#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation
of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

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Aicha Ech-Chenna

Morocco

Morocco’s ‘Mother Teresa’

Aicha Ech-Chenna from Morocco has been leading a tireless fight for the promotion of women’s and children’s rights for more than 50 years. She founded the association ‘Solidarité Féminine’, which offers single mothers – rejected by their families – training, literacy courses and a job to become financially independent.

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