Women’s Month: First Lady and UN Resident Coordinator visit the exhibition of GCR’s safe spaces in Pemba
At the launch of Women’s Month, the First Lady of the Republic and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator visited the handicraft exhibition of GCR’s Safe Spaces in Pemba, made by women displaced by the conflict in Cabo Delgado.
As part of the launch of Women’s Month in Mozambique, which runs from 4 March to 7 April, Girl Child Rights (GCR) received the First Lady of the Republic and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator on a visit to the exhibition of GCR’s Safe Spaces in Cabo Delgado, in the city of Pemba.
Who the women in the exhibition are
The women present are internally displaced people, survivors of the conflict in Cabo Delgado. In GCR’s Safe Spaces they found protection and psychosocial support and, through handicrafts, a path to economic autonomy. For many of them, making handicrafts has become both a source of livelihood and a form of recovery.
The exhibition brought together handicraft products made by the women in the safe spaces.
The visitors’ messages
During the visit, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator shared her own experience: in Uganda, she said, the women of her family also knew the weight of displacement and the strength of economic empowerment.
The First Lady of the Republic left a message of encouragement for the women and the GCR team:
“Keep working in the same way – to transform women’s lives.” — First Lady of the Republic of Mozambique
The dialogue circle
On the same day, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator also visited GCR’s Safe Spaces in Pemba, where she took part in a dialogue circle with the women on Income-Generating Activities.
GCR’s Safe Spaces combine protection, psychosocial support and income-generating activities.
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