Senate Resolution 121 - Introduced

PAG LIN

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                      BY  BOETTGER
  1  3 A Resolution recognizing the visit of five distinguished
  1  4    women leaders from Nigeria.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Iowa has long been a leader in promoting
  1  6 the goals of international education and
  1  7 cross=cultural learning, and is home to several
  1  8 organizations that actively pursue such opportunities
  1  9 to share knowledge and understanding; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, Iowa also has a rich history of pioneering
  1 11 women leaders and was active in the national women's
  1 12 suffrage movement and other movements to bring about
  1 13 social change; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, five women leaders from Nigeria have
  1 15 traveled to Iowa as part of a two=year project of the
  1 16 United States Department of State called Women in
  1 17 Northern Nigeria that organizes cultural exchanges in
  1 18 an attempt to answer the question posed by First Lady
  1 19 Laura Bush in 2006, "How do we nurture the development
  1 20 of the next generation of women leaders in Africa and
  1 21 worldwide?"; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, in 2007, four women political leaders from
  1 23 Iowa traveled to Nigeria, a democracy since 1999, to
  1 24 learn about the issues facing Nigerian women as they
  1 25 struggle for equality in education, the economy,
  1 26 politics, health care delivery, and the social life of
  1 27 that country; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, Iowans have much to learn about the
  1 29 complexity of the global society of which we are a
  1 30 part and have much to teach about good governance and
  2  1 the involvement of women in education and civic life;
  2  2 NOW THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  4 welcomes the Nigerian women to Iowa and expects that
  2  5 Iowa and Nigeria will both benefit from the Women in
  2  6 Northern Nigeria cultural exchange in terms of shared
  2  7 experiences and ideas between the two nations and that
  2  8 their visit can serve as a catalyst for the
  2  9 advancement of women who aspire to leadership
  2 10 positions in government, business, and other sectors
  2 11 of life in Nigeria.
  2 12 LSB 6613SS 82
  2 13 tw/rj/5