NEPAD Spanish Fund approves 8.2m Euros for African women’s projects
The NEPAD Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment approved funding for 31 projects in Sub-Saharan African countries worth 8,209,745 Euros in its determination to empower women in the region and boost development.
According to a press release from the NPCA which announced this, the projects were selected from more than 600 proposals received from non-governmental organisations, grassroots groups, academic institutions and regional economic communities across sub-Saharan Africa, by the Steering Committee of the Fund in Madrid on Feb 29, 2012 and scheduled for completion between 12 and 24 months.
Commenting on the approved funding, NEPAD Agency’s CEO, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, said “NEPAD and the Government of the Kingdom of Spain share a common goal of advancing gender equality and gender equity,” adding, “The implementation of the NEPAD Spanish Fund represents one of the key steps to achieve this goal.”
For his part, Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI), Mr. Juan Lopez-Doriga, praised NEPAD’s Gender Programme for its meticulous, thorough and diligent work in the selection process.
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