AWEPA Spain 2014 Report

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3
AWEPA Spain members .......................................................................................................... 4
Activities
Tribute to Nelson Mandela, February 17th, Barcelona ........................................................ 7
Cooperation agreement between Centro Euro Africa and AWEPA Spain ......................... 8
Tribute to Nelson Mandela, February 18th, Madrid ............................................................. 9
Meeting with AWEPA’s President, Ms Miet Smet ............................................................. 10
Celebration of Africa Day .................................................................................................. 11
Meeting with the persons responsible of Afrokairós ......................................................... 12
Desmond Tutu receives the Catalonia International Prize 2014....................................... 13
A day in the life of Women for Africa ................................................................................. 14
Head of AWEPA Spain assists to the delivery of an ambulance to Gambia .................... 15
AWEPA in the Olympic and Sports Museum Juan Antonio Samaranch, Barcelona ........ 16
Communications ..................................................................................................................... 17
News....................................................................................................................................... 18
AWEPA Spain section in the media ....................................................................................... 19
Introduction
Dear AWEPA friends,
I am pleased to deliver you this report of AWEPA Spain section which I am honored to chair.
AWEPA Spain coordination unit has prepared this report to let you know the reality of our
section, the evolution of this year and some of our future projects.
We are really pleased with how AWEPA Spain is working and proud of its growth and
evolution. We are grateful for the confidence that we receive from the President of AWEPA,
Ms. Miet Smet and her team.
The members of the executive board as much as the members of AWEPA Spain (111), we
are excited to continue to publicize AWEPA and, above all, to collaborate on the task that
AWEPA takes place in Africa.
I am pleased to see our growth since 2010, but also this year growth with the addition of
parliamentarians and ex-parliamentarians representing the entire political spectrum of the
Spanish state.
I hope this report shows you how we work with enthusiasm in AWEPA Spain. I also take this
opportunity, on behalf of my executive board colleagues in AWEPA Spain to give you the
message that we will continue working with the same enthusiasm which we have done so far
and with the will that AWEPA is a good instrument to help African parliamentarians and
governments in their struggle to consolidate democracy, human rights and international
cooperation.
Sincerely,
Josep Maldonado i Gili
Head of AWEPA Spain
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AWEPA Spain members
AWEPA Spain target for 2014 was to reach 100 members. Right now, we are 111 members.
We are proud of it. We have reached thanks to 21 new additions.
The charts below help to understand our section and distribution.
Distribution of members by year of admission
21
40
4
11
8
27
Historic
Year 2010
Year 2011
Year 2012
Year 2013
Year 2014
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Kind of members
98
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
13
10
0
Members
Executive secretariat
Distribution by genre
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
73
30
20
38
10
0
Men
Women
5
Members’ origin
1 2
24
Senate
84
Congress
Europe
Provincial
Current political status
59
60
58
56
54
52
52
50
48
Members of Parliament
Former Members of
Parliament
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Tribute to Nelson Mandela, Barcelona
On February 17th, in Barcelona, Centro Euro Africa organizes an event to honor Nelson
Mandela “Madiba” to share with the attendees its experiences both social and professional
and to think about the future of South Africa and Africa in general.
Senator Maldonado, head of AWEPA Spain, gives attendees the welcome and does the
introduction of the event.
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Cooperation agreement between Centro Euro Africa and
AWEPA Spain
On February 17th, in Barcelona, before the event to honor Nelson Mandela, the President of
Centro Euro Africa, Divaika Kiemba Dina, and the head of AWEPA Spain, Josep Maldonado
i Gili, sign a cooperation agreement, where both institutions agree to inform each other about
their activities and collaborate on those they consider proper.
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Tribute to Nelson Mandela, Madrid
On February 18th, in Madrid, Centro Euro Africa organizes an event to honor Nelson
Mandela “Madiba” to share with the attendees its experiences both social and professional
and to think about the future of South Africa and Africa in general.
Mr. Jesús López-Medel, member of AWEPA Spain’s executive board, assists and
participates in the event. He talks about AWEPA and makes some reflections about current
issues in Africa.
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Meeting with AWEPA’s President, Ms. Miet Smet
On April 9th, Ms. Miet Smet, President of AWEPA, visits Madrid in a private trip. Although it is
a private trip, she holds a meeting with Mr. Josep Maldonado, head of AWEPA Spain
section. During the lunch Mr. Maldonado gives to Ms. Smet a report about AWEPA Spain
section activities during 2013 and early 2014. Ms. Miet Smet greatly appreciates the work
that is carried out in AWEPA Spain section.
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Celebration of Africa day
On May 30th, in Barcelona, AWEPA Spain section with the collaboration of Centro Euro Africa
organizes an event to celebrate Africa Day.
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Meeting with the persons responsible of Afrokairós
Mr. Josep Maldonado, head of AWEPA Spain section, meets with the persons responsible of
Afrokairós to converge collaborations between AWEPA Spain section and Afrokairós.
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Desmond Tutu receives the Catalonia International Prize 2014
On June 3rd, in Barcelona, Mr. Josep Maldonado, head of AWEPA Spain section, assists in
the event of delivering of the Catalonia International Prize 2014 to Desmond Tutu,
Archbishop in South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize.
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A day in the life of Women for Africa
AWEPA Spain participates, through Mr. Jesus López-Medel, member of the executive board,
in the event A day in the life of Women for Africa held in Madrid and organized by the
Association chaired by Ms. Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and with the presence of
Queen Sofia, which is her last act in the cooperation area with which she has always been
very committed.
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Head of AWEPA Spain assists to the delivery of an
ambulance to Gambia
On July 4th, the head of AWEPA Spain section, Mr. Maldonado, assists to the delivery of an
ambulance to Gambia. In his speech he talks about AWEPA and its projects.
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AWEPA in the Olympic and Sports Museum Juan Antonio
Samaranch, Barcelona
AWEPA Spain has reached an agreement with the City Council of Barcelona and the
Olympic and Sports Museum Juan Antonio Samaranch to create a space in the Olympic
Museum dedicated to AWEPA based on the fact that in 1992 Nelson Mandela was at the
Barcelona Olympic Games and that he used rugby as an instrument of racial coexistence.
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Communications
AWEPA Spain coordination unit has created a google group where, besides the usual
communications, urgent communications and everything related to both AWEPA and Africa
are sent.
Here are two recent examples: one sent when Caddy Adzuba received the Prince of Asturias
Award for Concord 2014 and another one when Nadine Gordimer died.
Caddy Adzuba, premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia 2014
Reconocida activista por la libertad de prensa, la reconstrucción de la paz y los derechos humanos,
especialmente los de la infancia y las mujeres en zonas de conflicto, Caddy Adzuba denuncia, a
través del periodismo, las torturas y violaciones de las que son víctimas las mujeres y las niñas
congoleñas y promueve su reinserción en una sociedad en la que son, por este hecho, repudiadas.
Caddy Adzuba nació en Bukavu, República Democrática del Congo, en 1981. Es licenciada en
Derecho por la Universidad Oficial de Bukay y ha trabajado para la organización no gubernamental
Search for Common Ground (EE.UU.). Actualmente, es periodista de Radio Okapi, emisora de la
Misión de Estabilización de las Naciones Unidas en la República Democrática del Congo
(MONUSCO), que, desde 2002, emite en todo el país. Está amenazada de
muerte desde que denunció la violencia sexual que sufren las mujeres de
su país, en guerra desde 1996. Ha estado a punto de morir asesinada en
dos ocasiones y tiene protección de Naciones Unidas.
http://www.fpa.es/
Muere Nadine Gordimer, escritora antiapartheid y premio Nobel de Literatura en 1991
La escritora sudafricana Nadine Gordimer ha fallecido este fin de semana a los 90 años de edad en
Johannesburgo.
Nadine Gordimer fue una gran escritora, pero además una firme defensora de la absolución del
apartheid. Fue miembro del Congreso Nacional Africano y defendió a su amigo Nelson Mandela,
también fue una activista del movimiento contra la sida y del
control de esta enfermedad entre los más desfavorecidos,
especialmente en Sudáfrica i el resto del continente africano.
"Algunas personas dicen que me dieron el premio no por lo
que he escrito, sino por mi política. Pero yo soy una escritora.
Esa es mi razón para seguir con vida", manifestó Nadine
Gordimer tras recibir el premio Nobel.
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News
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AWEPA Spain section in the media
Through events, interviews... AWEPA Spain section tries to be present in the media.
Here there is an example: an interview to Mr. Josep Maldonado, where as head of AWEPA
Spain section and lover of Africa talks about AWEPA projects and the current situation in
Africa.
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