FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin

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important for it marked the commencing of the Decade for Gender and Beijing +15, according to Keynote speaker, Ms. Joy Masheti. Prior to the Commemoration, the AACC Executive Secretary for Women and Migration Programme sent out a message to all the AACC Member Churches and NCCs across the continent exhorting them to celebrate the courage and resilience of women during the 2010 International Women’s Day and share with the AACC some of the activities that will be undertaken to mark the day. She underlined in the message that, there are several ways for a lasting progress for all but it is universally accepted that equal rights and equal opportunities are the only ways for sustainable development and progress for both women and men. No girl child should be denied access to education because she was born a girl neither should any woman not be allowed to express her views just because she is a woman. It is only within an environment of equal rights and equal opportunities that the energies and strengths of women can be harnessed for the betterment of our continent. Never before has Africa needed the contribution of women in its fight against poverty, wars and conflicts than today. 3.1. Celebration of the 2010 International Women’s Day by the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone The Council of Churches in Sierra Leone celebrated the 2010 International women’s day (IWD) on the 15th of March 2010. The occasion was graced by women from all works of life including religious leaders and school children. To give the world theme a domestic flavor, three speakers were invited to talk on: • Religious Traditions as they affect Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: and Progress for All • International and National Instrument designed to promote equal rights, equal opportunities and progress for women • The Socio/economic and political realities of women in Sierra Leone. 12 Panelists addressing the 2010 IWD in Freetown
4. Promotion of the Fellowship of the Least Coin The AACC Executive Secretary for the Women and Migration Programme worked on the promotion of the Fellowship of the Least Coin in Nairobi, Kenya, in Antananarivo, Madagascar and in Lome, Togo. 4.1 Part of the celebration of the 2010 International Women’s Day was to run a Workshop on the Promotion of the FLC. It gathered women from the AACC Member Churches and National Council in Nairobi. They were taken through the DVD of the FLC that the ICFLC Executive Secretary, Mrs. Corazon Tabing-Reyes, graciously made available to us and also through the experiences of the members that have been active in the FLC, i.e. the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Participants were very grateful that I could hold the Workshop before my move to West Africa. They promised to do their best to promote the movement. Positive feedback from the Methodist Church of Kenya was received and we do hope that other churches and organizations will follow. 4.2 In Lome, Togo, soon after I resumed work in April 2010 two sessions on the Promotion of the FLC were also held; one was with the Leadership of the Methodist Church of Togo and the other one was with the Women’s Department. They did recognize that the Church was very active in the past in the FLC but lost interest along the way. They however, committed themselves to revive the movement. 4.3 In Antanarivo, Madagascar, during the Women’s Consultation on Peace in May 2010, a session was dedicated to the Promotion of the FLC on the request of the Leadership of Tabitha after I had spoken with them. The AACC Women’s Programme made a financial contribution from the FLC Grant towards the Madagascar Consultation to assist women in a country that was coming out of wars and conflicts. 13 A view of the audience during the 2010 Celebrations by the CCSL
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