Ethiopian First Lady Jets in for World Export Development Forum
17 September 2014 , By Edwin Musoni, Source: New Times
THE First Lady of Ethiopia, Roman Tesfaye, arrived in Kigali yesterday to attend the ongoing World Export Development Forum and also participate at the 5th Senior Executive round- table on sourcing from women vendors where she was expected to deliver a keynote address on the theme "Empowering Women and Powering Trade." Mrs Tesfay is currently championing an initiative dubbed 'Connecting 1,500 Women and Young Girls to the Export Market' aimed at accelerating women's economic empowerment through marketable technical skills focused on hand weaving, embroidery, gemstones, jewelry, and leather fashion accessories.
The project assists women to link their skills to high end domestic and export markets. "The project is unique in the sense that it works on the value-chains of identified sectors, where on one side it is economically empowering the poorest and on the other hand, building the export supply capacities of women entrepreneurs. Another distinction is the types of partnerships that are involved," reads part of the statement issued upon her arrival in Rwanda. At a special luncheon, the Ethiopian First Lady interacted with Rwandan women in various sectors such as health, youth, ICT and entrepreneurship. She was also due to meet with President Paul Kagame.
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