International Women's Day Celebrated in North Nouakchott

The Regional Directorate of Social Affairs, Children, and Family of the wilaya (region) of North Nouakchott celebrated International Women's Day, on Monday, under the theme: “Women’s Leadership Towards Greater Equality of Opportunity To Counter COVID-19”. The ceremony, organized on this occasion at the headquarters of the Directorate in Dar Naim, was marked by the distribution of certificates appreciating the merit of the winning girls from primary and secondary schools and the Center for the promotion of women, who have distinguished themselves in nationwide competitions. In a speech on the occasion, the Wali (governor) of North Nouakchott, Mr. Sy Mamadou Goudiel, explained that the International Women's Day is an occasion that is renewed each year to measure the progress made in the process of participation and empowerment of women. In turn, Ms. Saviya Mohamed Mahmoud Hachem, Regional Director of Social Affairs, Children, and Family, praised the role of women in the development of the wilaya, calling on them to give more and to sacrifice themselves for the national construction. For his part, the mayor of Dar Naim, Mr. Momme Ould El Kotob Ould Momme, said that women have succeeded in ensuring respect for their dignity and their right to access positions of responsibility, stressing the importance of girls' education, first step on the way to achieve the desired objectives.