Luanda - The work of the third edition of the Luanda Biennale, Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace, continues this Thursday with the presentation and debates around the panel "Women in peace processes, security and development".
According to the forum's spokesperson, journalist Neto Júnior, the speakers will be Ms Bieta Diop, special envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) on Women, Peace and Security and Lindiwe Sisulu, a South African heroine.
The moderators will be Mónica Mossagua, minister of Gender Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprise Development of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Rosa Cruz e Silva, Angolan historian and university lecturer.
The second panel will focus on "The process of transforming education systems, innovative financing practices in the African context", while the third will be on "The challenges and opportunities of integrating the continent and the prospects for economic growth".
The last topic of the day will be "Climate change, ethnic challenges, adaptation and vulnerabilities".
The spokesman recalled that on Wednesday the panels "Young people, the players in promoting a culture of peace and social transformation on the continent" and "Access to technology and education as tools for achieving gender equality" were discussed.
Neto Júnior said that this was a meeting of intergenerational dialogue between young people and African leaders.
He said that the young people stressed the importance of the leaders of the African continent guaranteeing a permanent dialogue between the various generations and the fulfilment of young people's aspirations related to professional fulfilment, desires and their dreams.
The spokesman said that the African leaders guaranteed that there is permanent joint work and the platform generated through the Luanda Biennale is the result of President João Lourenço's commitment as a champion of peace and reconciliation in the African Union.
The forum which was opened by the Head of State, João Lourenço, was attended by his counterparts from Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, and São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, and former statesmen.
The Luanda Biennale contributes to the implementation of the "Action Plan for a Culture of Peace in Africa", adopted in March 2013 in Luanda, Angola, as part of the African Union's "Act for Peace" campaign.
It is in line with Sustainable Development Goals 16 and 17 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, the seven Implementations of the African Union's Agenda 2063, "The Africa We Want", as well as the "Silencing the Guns in Africa" initiative by 2030.
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