Angolan Vice-President Discusses Ratification of Convention Against Violence Towards Women

Luanda — Angolan Vice-President Esperança da Costa received a delegation from the African Union (AU) in Luanda on Thursday–participants in the 2nd International Women’s Forum for Peace and Democracy–to discuss the ratification of the African Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.

Speaking to the press after the meeting, the AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security, Liberata Mulamula, called on Angola to become the first country to ratify the legal instrument adopted by…