Cuban women’s organization’s Day celebrated in Las Tunas

The decisive contribution of women from Las Tunas to the economic, political and social development of this eastern Cuban province, make them worthy of today, the national headquarters for the 63rd anniversary of the Federation of Cuban Women.

The Vicente Garcia Gonzalez Revolution Square, in Las Tunas city, was the venue of the main event for the commemorative activities of the organization that in the province welcomes 91 percent of the female population and bets on accompanying the challenges of the women of these times.

Linked to food production in rural communities, in science and services, the business system, health, teaching, the non-state sector, or from their homes playing the difficult role of caregivers or housewives, FMC members are called “Women in Revolution”.

For all those reasons Las Tunas celebrate the achievements and challenges of Cuban women who, 63 years after their organization, continue to defend their rights through the new Family Code, the National Program for the Advancement of Women and the Observatory on Gender Equality.

On the other hand, the Cuban state mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, paid tribute today to the role of Cuban women in the revolutionary process and the legacy of Vilma Espín Guillois, on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the FMC’s foundation

The Federation was founded on August 23, 1960, at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution, and made it possible for the Cuban women to have their own place where they could discuss their concerns and be part of the social, economic and political transformations of the time.

With information from ACN and PL