Lusaka (Zambia), April 15, 2016 (SPS) – the Secretary General of the Sahrawi Women Union, Ms. Fatima Mahdi, participated today in the works of an extraordinary session of the Standing Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Council "ECOSOC" in the capital of Zambia to Lusaka.
the session focused on searching for ways to activate the continental organization that faces many challenges as an emerging institution, especially after transfering its permanent headquarters from Addis Ababa to Lusaka under the request of Zambia and approved during the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union during the month of June .
it should be recalled that along with Sahrawi Women Union, UESARIO and UJTSARIO were elected since Octubre 2014 as members in this Continental body.SPS
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