The promotion of the status of women and their contribution to economic growth cannot be dissociated from the overall development of mankind. Hence the need to initiate effective international solidarity and to ensure a more equitable distribution of wealth between rich communities and those embroiled in a daily fight against poverty and marginalisation. your receptiveness as women, combined with your natural propensity to fight injustice and exclusion, as evidenced by the dynamism and the outstanding persuasiveness shown by so many associations beaded by women, should encourage you to consider future opportunities for regional and inter-regional partnership from a wider perspective which helps improve the integration of developing nations into the world economy.
It is a pleasure to welcome you to Morocco and to wish you every success in your proceedings. I would like your gathering in Marrakesh to be an opportunity for you to think about building a consensus and identifying the instruments and mechanisms to be implemented at national and regional levels, with a view to promoting women's micro-entrepreneurship in the countries of the south.
This is a key to economic growth in these countries. It is also instrumental in the achievement of sustainable development which is a central item on this forum's agenda.? |
