The historic South-African women´s leader, Winnie Mandela, is in the spanish capital, Madrid, responding to an invitation from the main Public universities of Comunidad de Madrid which have invited her as the President of the International Plattform of Solidarity with the Saharawi Women.
The fourth edition of the Madrid public universities meeting on Western Sahara helds from May 26th to 29th in the Spanish capital with the participation of many academics, experts in the colonial conflict, as well as several political personalities, including among many others Sahrawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar or the South African Winnie Mandela. The fourth-day, which is meant to be a public space for reflection and debate on the Sahrawi issue, will be held at the prestigious Fine Arts Circle in Madrid under the theme: "Western Sahara, an outstanding agenda, decolonization and human rights."
In a meeting hold today between the South-African Women´s leader and the President of the Spanish Plattform of Women´s Artist, cristina del Valle acompigned by the Sahrawi Women´s International Relations Officer, Suelam Beiruk, she said that is going to launch a huge international campaign of solidarity with the saharawi people and mainly with their women whom are an example of emancipation and empowerment in the arab and muslim world.
