Princess Cites Importance Of Women Capacity-Building

Bandar Seri Begawan – Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna has stressed on the importance of continuously placing a strong emphasis on human capacity building with equal access to education, employment and training.

This would help women to promote self-development and place them in a better position to cope with challenges as well as fully utilize opportunities in the increasingly competitive world.

Her Royal Highness made the speech while officially closing the 7th Area Conference Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) for Southeast Asia and the Far East yesterday.

The Princess in her closing address said that in bringing women into the mainstream of society, women need to promote partnership with their counterparts without prejudice and should complement each other.

Her Royal Highness said women should adopt a life-long learning attitude and constantly update their knowledge and skills.

“Especially in this globalise world where information and communication technology is one of its main drivers, women should capitalize on the benefits it presents in the new economy,” she said.

Her Royal Highness received the conference recommendation from Datin Hajah Masni, Conference Co-Chairperson.

Her Royal Highness later received a souvenir from Helda Stewart, ACWW world President.

The week-long conference with a theme, "Working with women worldwide", addressed the many challenges women face in their daily lives against the backdrop of globalisation.

The conference was organised by the Brunei Darussalam Women's Institute (WI) with the cooperation of the Youth and Sports Department. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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