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Rwanda Women's Delegation in China

 


  At the invitation of All-China Women's Federation, the 5-member Rwanda Women's delegation headed by Mrs. Angelina Muganza, minister of Gender and Women in Development of Rwanda, has visited Beijing, Xiamen and Guangzhou from 19th to 30th November 2001.
  During their visit in Beijing, Mme. Gu Xiulian, Vice-President of ACWF met with and hosted a banquet for the delegation on behalf of Mme. Peng Peiyun, President of ACWF. Mme. Feng Cui, Member of the Secretariat of ACWF held a working conference with the delegation and exchanged the experiences on women and children's issues. At the provinces, Mrs. Zhang Guoying, President of the Standing Committee of People's Congress in Guangdong Province and Mr. Huang Jiecheng, member of the standing committee of the Communist Party and Secretary-general in Xiamen City received and offered banquets to the delegation.
  The delegation has visited communities, nursery schools, home for the elderly and township enterprise. They went into Beijing "Siheyuan", traditional one-store houses with rooms on the four sides around a courtyard and as well as rural families in China to feel the great changes brought about by the practice of reform and opening-up policy. In addition, the members of the delegation also made a tour of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Gulangyu Island in Xiamen and Chen Clan Academy in Guangzhou.
  The delegation expressed their thanks to ACWF for the invitation and the warm hospitality, and held that the visit not only strengthened mutual understanding and friendship of the peoples and women in two countries, but also offered Rwandan women a precious study opportunity. They also expressed their sincere thanks for the material assistance offered by ACWF and said that the assistance would be used to facilitate women's development in Rwanda. In the meantime, They extended their warm invitation, asking Chinese women's delegation to visit Rwanda in 2002.


Rwandan women's delegation donated toys to Chinese children when they visited china.


 

 

 
 

  

 

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