Tania Romualdo Ambassador of Cabo Verde to China

cultural and people-to-people exchanges can play an important role in this field.

There is a governmental institution called the Cabo Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity dealing with the improvement of gender equality. I would like to promote direct contact between their president and the leaders of similar institutions in China, in order to establish a partnership between the sister institutions.

I believe Chinese and African women can learn much more if they enhance a dialogue and start sharing experiences, which can only start with cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Culture is one of the most powerful weapons in our hands if we use it well and take the most out of it. It will definitely help us achieve our goals of mutual understanding, mutual respect, exchanging of experiences and learning from each other.

African women living in China should grab this wonderful opportunity to experience living in such a culturally rich country as China. They should take advantage to learn as much as they can about the Chinese history, culture, people and the language. African women should explore China in every way possible to promote their own country and continent, to promote not only political dialogue, cooperation and business relations, but also the cultural and people-to-people exchanges, because after all, that’s what will bring us all closer together and make this world a better place.