Luncheon to Popularize the African Women's Decade Themes

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- INVITATION TO JOURNALISTS

When: July 14

Where: Multipurpose Hall in the New African Union Conference Center

Who: Organised by the Directorate of Women, Gender and Development of the African Union Commission (AUC). The event will be championed by H.E Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and H.E. Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi.

Why: To popularize gender issues to the highest levels of power and decision making through the two most influential women of the continent and Heads of State of their respective countries.

Participants: Heads of State and Governments, members of the diplomatic community, AU officials.

Journalists are invited to cover this eventon July 14th in the Multipurpose Hall

For more information please visit the AU website: www.au.int/en/19thsummit