"We support the initiatives of other countries and the recommendations that we have to create a fund for the training of CPLP women and girls in the areas of environmental and digital transition," said the organization's president, Maria Edjang Mbengono, at the end of a two-day meeting in the city of Praia.
This recommendation is based on a proposal from Portuguese Socialist Party deputy Ana Mendes Godinho, who explained that the objective is to guarantee fundamental skills to face global challenges and combat inequality and poverty.
"The technological, digital and environmental transition can mainly affect women if they do not acquire the necessary skills", warned Ana Mendes Godinho.
The fund will be collective and will be able to attract external financing, including from the European Union (EU).
"This is true cooperation and can make a difference, ensuring that training takes place directly in CPLP countries. In this way, we qualify and value women's talent, giving them tools to face the challenges of the environmental and digital transition", she added.
Furthermore, the network closed the meeting in Praia with other recommendations, such as "the creation of a guarantee for childhood in the CPLP, in order to eliminate cycles of inequality and poverty", and a network that unites women's associations and cooperatives, promoting business partnerships.
Other proposals include a contact pool for female politicians, regardless of party affiliation, to share experiences, and measures to increase female participation in sovereign bodies.
The meeting in the city of Praia served to reinforce actions for gender equality and female emancipation in the CPLP, addressing topics such as climate change.
Parliamentarians from Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor were present.
Founded in 1996, the CPLP includes nine countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste.
