Hundreds of Women from Western Sahara have just finished the three days sessions of their Sixth National Conference (called also Congress) which was hold in the Saharawi Refugee Camps from 22 to 24 of April 2011. This important event for the Saharawi women is organized each four years. As in other ocassions, hundreds of Saharawi Women have taken part in this important gathering repressenting the females from the Refuggee Camps, and also from the occupided cities of Western Sahara and overseas and saharawi communities abroad.
The VI Congress of the National Union of Saharawi Women (NUSW) concluded on late hours of last sunday, April 24th, by renewing confidence in the ex-Secretary General, Ms. Fatma Almahdi, electing an Executive off of 8 members and delivering a number of messages and recommendations.
Once again, the saharawi women declared oppenly their support to the legitime struggle of the saharawi people for peace and justice and express their determination on continuing playing a vital role in the saharawi society and stressed the need of preparing our women in technical and professional skills.
In his concluding speech, the Saharawi Prime Minister, Ms. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, applauded degree of maturity and responsibility shown by the participants in the evaluation of work and chart the way for the orientations of the coming stage.
The final session marked by reading out messages, recommendations and programme of action, which the participants have been engaged to study during 3 days of deliberations.
The Congress, which started on April 22 in the Feb. 27 School, witnessed cultural, intellectual, science and sport workshops as well as workshops for educating elderly, voluntary work and human rights.
Foreign delegations from the African, american and european continents attended the important gathering of the saharawi women and express their solidarity and support to the saharawi women in their struggle for living in an independent and democratic country.
