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African trade unionists celebrate the continents women's day with call for investment in education
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AFRICAN trade unionists celebrated the continent’s women’s day today by calling for investment in education to build climate change resilience.
The International Trade Union Confederation-Africa (ITUC-A) celebrated African Women’s Day by recognising the ongoing struggle for gender equality and women’s rights.
African Women’s Day was first declared at the historic congress of the Pan-African Women’s Organisation in Dakar, Senegal, on July 31 1974, and has since become a significant moment for reflection, mobilisation and action.
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