First Woman, Mrs. Kartumu Yarta Boakai, has departed the nation for a high-level go to to america, aimed toward forging w and mobilizing help to advance the nation’s well being sector and enhance the lives of susceptible residents.
The First Woman’s mission, in accordance with her workplace, is targeted on advocacy and collaboration, with a robust emphasis on strengthening main healthcare and addressing challenges dealing with ladies and kids.
Whereas within the U.S., Mrs. Boakai will take part in main worldwide engagements, together with the World Well being Convention and the annual high-level assembly of the Group of African First Women for Improvement (OAFLAD), each going down on the sidelines of the eightieth Session of the United Nations Basic Meeting (UNGA).
On the World Well being Convention—hosted by Woods System of Care in partnership with the Mollie Hare Heart for Excellence and The Community In the direction of Unity for Well being (TUFH)—the First Woman is predicted to ship a keynote deal with. Her remarks will spotlight sensible options for strengthening Liberia’s main healthcare system, with explicit consideration to maternal and little one well being companies.
As well as, Mrs. Boakai will be part of her counterparts at OAFLAD’s high-level occasion, themed “Constructing Resilience for Ladies and Women within the Face of Local weather Change and Battle.” The gathering will formally launch OAFLAD’s 2025–2027 marketing campaign and have discussions on urgent points, together with gender equality, ladies’ schooling, sexual and reproductive well being, and girls’s empowerment amid battle and local weather change.
Her itinerary additionally features a working lunch on sexual and reproductive well being, the place the First Woman will collaborate with fellow African First Women to push for a unified strategy to addressing crucial continental challenges.
The Workplace of the First Woman described the go to as a strategic step in a long-term, solution-driven agenda, aimed toward constructing collaborative alliances to strengthen Liberia’s well being methods and empower ladies and kids throughout the nation.