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| Exchanging views: Najib in deep conversation with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga at the Global Summit of Women 2013. — Bernama |
This is a goal shared by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Penehupifo Pohamba, Dr Christine Kaseba and Keosaychay Sayasone, the first ladies of their countries.
Rosmah said her role was not just as a mother and wife to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, but also as a social worker.
“I have been actively working to help single mothers and promote early education for children, as I believe the spillover effect will be tremendous, not only for the family nucleus but also for the society and country,” she said at the First Ladies Forum, held in conjunction with the Global Summit of Women 2013.
Rosmah said she was fortunate to have the support of the Prime Minister, whom she described as “women and children-friendly”.
On a lighter note, she related her experience in trying to get Najib to listen to her ideas on early education for children.
Rosmah said she had tried to tell him of its importance at every available opportunity and one day, he responded: “What is this early education thing?”
“I then knew that he had not been listening and got experts to brief him. Only then was he supportive of the idea. When I told him that was what I had been trying to tell him all along, his reply was that it was because I’m his wife,” she said to laughter from the participants.
Penehupifo, who is the wife of Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, said her challenge was to obtain financial resources to fund programmes that could help the people.
“One of my main role is to help orphans and widows who have HIV/AIDS,” she said.
Keosaychay, wife of Laotian President Lt General Choummaly Sayasone, said there were more opportunities now for women in her country where education and employment were concerned, adding that the summit would serve as a platform for women from her country to gain knowledge and experience from others.
(Source: The Star Online)
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