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AFLPM_MIPREDA wishes to felicitate with all Muslim faithful across the world, as you mark with reverence the birth of the Holy Prophet Mouhammed(PBUH)
May this day serve as a reminder to serve Allah faithfully through his teachings and to live a life of peace, love and joy.
On August 5, 2024, The African First Ladies Peace Mission and the Mediation Training Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a partnership to promote peace and harmonious coexistence across Africa through professional training and certification of women leaders in various African communities.
In her virtual welcome remarks, H.E Mrs. Fatima Vila Nova, First Lady of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and Vice President of AFLPM-MIPREDA emphasized that peace is an achievable goal through cooperative and collective actions.
In her official statement, the First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia and President of AFLPM-MIPREDA, H.E Fatoumatta Bah Barrow highlighted the crucial role of women in mediation and peacebuilding, noting that inclusive participation leads to more effective peaceful outcomes. Her Excellency’s statement was read by AFLPM’s Head of Communication and Visibility Ms. Jerrilyn Mulbah
The Former President of the Republic of Malawi and AFLPM’s Honorary Advisory Council Member H.E Madam Joyce Banda encouraged women leaders to take advantage of the training through the partnership to elevate and reclaim African women’s role in ensuring a peaceful and development-oriented Africa.
The Secretary-General of AFLPM-MIPREDA Dr. Jewel Howard–Taylor stressed the need for increased peacebuilding initiatives and collaboration with peacebuilding organisations to train and transform mindsets for peaceful coexistence at all levels across Africa.
MTI’s President Amb. Segun Ogunyanwo expressed optimism about the partnership’s potential to promote harmony throughout Africa.
The signing ceremony had in attendance past and present officials of government, civil society organizations, and Regional and International representatives from UNDP, ECOFEPA, NOPSWECO, ICMC, SPSP, Africa Advancement Forum, Africa Women Impact Summit, National Youth Impact Summit, etc. Each speaker commended the partnership and expressed their willingness to support AFLPM-MIPREDA and MTI- Nigeria to ensure lasting peace and peacebuilding initiatives across Africa.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Secretary General H.E Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor a former First Lady of Liberia and the immediate Former Vice President of Liberia and witnessed by the Chief of Operations and Administration Dr. Bakut T. Bakut on behalf of the African First Ladies Peace Mission.
The African First Ladies Peace Mission wishes its esteemed members and women all over the world Happy International Women’s Day. We honour those who are paving the way for women empowerment and representation. Together we must continue to work towards investing in women rights issues and finding lasting solution to ending poverty.
The Chairperson of the Honorary Advisory Council (HAC) of the African First Ladies Mission (AFLPM-MIPREDA) convened an emergency Assembly Meeting to discuss the appointment of a Vice President and other related issues on the future of the Organization based on the provisions of Article 17 (4) of the Charter of the African First Ladies Peace Mission.
In attendance were the members of the Honorary Advisory Council, Current First Ladies and Past First Ladies of African States.
Having extensively discussed the leadership and future of AFLPM-MIPREDA the following decisions were made and are to take immediate effect.
Members therefore nominated the following:
The Assembly further nominated
H.E Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, a Former First Lady and the Former Vice President of the Republic of Liberia as the Executive Secretary who will assume Office under the new nomenclature of SECRETARY – GENERAL of the African First ladies Peace Mission.
With this new leadership in place, the Assembly is confident that a new dawn has emerged for AFLPM-MIPREDA.
The Assembly concluded the meeting by asserting that, the urgency of peacebuilding cannot be overstated and AFLPM-MIPREDA is committed to working assiduously toward the Mission, Vision and Strategic objective of the Organization for the promotion of peace, stability and development in Africa.
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H.E. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the Former First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairperson of the Honorary Advisory Council (HAC) of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) (MIPREDA), joined influential women leaders and other high power delegations from various African countries at the 4th High-Level Africa Forum on Women, Peace and Security held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13-14 December 2023.
The forum themed “To Enhance Women’s Participation and Leadership in Peace and Security Processes in Africa,” was convened by AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security, Madam Benita Diop under the leadership of H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
H.E. Mrs. Aisha Buhari spoke on “Promoting Cooperation Across Political and Civil Society Spaces to Enhance Women’s Participation in Peace and Political Processes; Challenges and Opportunities”.
During her virtual address, on December 13th, 2023, H.E Mrs. Buhari expressed her delight being a part of the forum and addressed the challenges in enhancing women’s participation in peace and political processes globally and suggested recommendations for government and policymakers to consider.
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