United Nations | NGOs attend meeting on the status of women

The vice-chairman of the Fu Lun Youth Association of Macau, together with two members of Macau Women’s General Association (AGMM), are attending the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women that is taking place at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York from March 14 to 24.
Macao Daily News reported that this is the first time that AGMM will join the event. The association will be participating as a non-government organization (NGO). The two delegates were chosen among participants from the organization’s own International Affairs Training Program, which started activities in 2014, aiming to improve personal competitiveness and social skills of women in Macau.
According to one of the delegates, Ruby O, who is currently working at a local hotel, neighboring regions and countries ran a series of examinations to select the most qualified candidate to represent their country at the UN event. “I feel honored and lucky to have been chosen to speak for Macau. When I was preparing for the meeting, I realized that Macau is doing well in terms of gender equality,” she said.