Havana, Cuba: The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba, Esteban Lazo, congratulated the Cuban Women Federation (FMC) on the occasion of celebrating the 61st anniversary of its foundation.
Through a letter published on the website of the Parliament of the Caribbean nation, Lazo highlighted the role of the organization in the development of policies and programs aimed at achieving the full exercise of female equality.
She stressed that parliament is an expression of the growing role played by women, not only because they integrate the majority of women and the presidencies of their permanent work committees, but because they are also representative of the most diverse sectors and instances of the country.
The also president of the Council of State alluded to female participation in all stages of the revolutionary struggle in national history, and in particular in the current circumstances of confrontation with Covid-19.
“The actions of our women have been decisive, mainly in the fields of health care and scientific research, as well as in solving local problems, wherever the district delegates, presidents of popular councils or municipal assemblies they lead the actions, “he said.
Lazo recalled in the message the “eternal president of the organization”, the revolutionary Vilma Espín, who consecrated her life to the fight for the emancipation of women.
“We congratulate all the federated on the new anniversary of their organization, when they dedicate themselves with particular combativeness to the defense of the Homeland and Cuban families, threatened by the intensification of the aggressions of Yankee imperialism,” the letter concluded.
The FMC emerged on August 23, 1961, when various women’s organizations merged into it to promote programs for the equality of women in Cuban society.
