Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 16 September 2025– The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), under the leadership of its President, H.E. Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone, will officially launch its new continent-wide campaign, #BuildingResilience, at a high-level side event on 23 September 2025, at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice on the sidelines […]

The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), under the leadership of H.E. Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone, will host a high-level side event on the margins of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80). Under  the theme “Building Resilience for Women and Girls in the Face of Climate Change and Conflict”, the event will […]

We, the First Ladies of Africa, gathered at the Second Africa Climate Summit in September 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, stand united in our conviction that the climate crisis and continuing conflicts place an unbearable burden on women and girls across our continent. These twin forces strip away livelihoods, entrench inequalities, and erode the very foundations of our societies, undermining […]