Alamanuia taʻitaʻi i le Port ma le Gataifale Faagaioiga o Sasae ma Aferika i Saute (PMEASA) fonotaga i auvai o le vaitafe o Zambezi i Livingstone, Zambia, na aufaatasi ma le Aferika Union e ala atu i lona Matagaluega mo Tamaitai Itupa ma Atinae e faailoga "16 Aso o Activism ”I le fonotaga faʻaletausaga a le aufaipisinisi ia Novema 22 & 23, 2017.

O le fausiaina i luga o le autu o le fonotaga, "Siitia le tulaga o eleele fesoʻotaʻi atunuu i le logistics ma sami tau taua," CEOs, MDs, ma taitai sinia i uafu ma le gataifale alamanuia faamalo taumafaiga e siitia le talaaga o itupa tutusa ma tamaitai malosiaga i la latou vaega ma tuʻuina atu i le faʻaaogaina o a latou fesoʻotaʻiga e alualu ai i luma lenei taua mataupu talanoaina.

Na saunoa foi le Afioga Hon. O le sui peresetene o le malo o Zambia, le faletua o Inonge Mutukwa Wina, na faamalo atu i le aufaipisinisi ma le taumafaiga a le AU ina ia avea le vaega o le gataifale e aofia ai tamaitai ma faaalia ai lona lagolagoina o le fausiaina o le WOMESA Chapter i Zambia. I le avea ai ma tagata filifilia o lenei fonotaga, o le Afioga Eng. Brian Mushimba, Minisita o Felaʻuaiga ma Fesoʻotaʻiga a le Republic of Zambia, ma le manino le faʻailoa mai o le itupa-faʻasauā faiga faʻavae e leai se avanoa i lana vaega, ma o tatou sosaiete ma 16 Aso o le Faʻagaoioia saunia se avanoa e tomanatu ai pe faʻafefea ona tatou fausia ni nuʻu e faʻafailele itupa tutusa I le fonotaga a le Komiti Faʻafoe, Mr. Bisey Uireb, o le Taitaifono o le PMESA ma le Pule Sili o le Namibia Ports Authority, na fautuaina ai poloketi ma taumafaiga e lagolagoina ai le tulaga tutusa o aliʻi ma tamaʻitaʻi, o le a avea ma tulaga tutoatasi i lana lisi o mataupu.

Ms. Catherine Wanjiru, o le Pule Sili o Kenya Ports Authority, ma Ms. Nozipho Mdawe, le failautusi aoao o le PMEASA ma o le sui-fono o le fonotaga, na faaalia uma lo latou faamoemoe o le a toatele tamaitai o le a auai i le taitaiga o uafu ma nofoaga o le gataifale ma latou O le a faʻaaogaina latou tulaga e siitia ai le tulaga faʻapitoa ma leo o tamaʻitaʻi, e aofia ai le fausiaina o le taulaga o tulaga lelei e faʻailoa ai taumafaiga e faʻalauiloa tina i le galuega. Mr. Gary Dockerty, Faʻatonu o Faʻatauga i Dubai faʻavae SANMAR, faʻamalo lenei taumafaiga ma taʻua ai o le tele o taimi taleni e faʻaititia ona o le faʻaituʻau, ma e tatau ona tatou faʻamutaina na amioga i aso nei ma le faavavau i Aferika ma isi vaega o le lalolagi.

I le saunoaga ai i le itu a le Iuni a Aferika, na faaalia ai e le faletua o Mahawa Kaba Wheeler lona agaga faafetai ma le faamoemoe o le a tele ni pisinisi o le a mulimuli i tulagaaao o le PMESA e faailogaina le 16 Aso o le Faʻamalosiʻaga ma tulaga o le a fausiaina e faʻateleina ai le numera o fafine i tulaga faʻataʻitaʻi ma faʻasoa o pisinisi avanoa. Na ia faaalia o laasaga uma e faitauina, ma le tulaga o le alamanuia i luga o le leai o le faapalepale i sauaga faasaga i tamaitai sa faamalo. Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Comoros, ma le Republic of Guinea o loʻo iai fafine e taʻitaʻia le latou uafu ma faʻagaioiga o le sami.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Building on the theme of the conference, “Raising the profile of land linked countries in the logistics and maritime value chains,” CEOs, MDs, and senior leaders in the ports and maritime industry commended efforts to raise the profile of gender equality and women's empowerment in their sector and committed to using their networks to advance this important agenda.
Nozipho Mdawe, the Secretary General of PMEASA and co-convener of the forum, both expressed their hope that more women will join the leadership of port and maritime institutions and they would use their platforms to elevate the profile and voices of women, including creating a Ports of Excellence award category to recognize efforts to promote women in the industry.
Industry leaders in a Port and Maritime Operations of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMEASA) meeting on the banks of the Zambezi River in Livingstone, Zambia, joined hands with the African Union through its Department for Women Gender and Development to mark “16 Days of Activism” at the annual investor forum on November 22 &.