{"id":68682,"date":"2016-04-25T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T11:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/ambassador-catherine-russell-travels-to-sudan-and-malawi\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T11:24:46","slug":"ambassador-catherine-russell-travels-to-sudan-and-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ambassador-catherine-russell-travels-to-sudan-and-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Catherine Russell Travels to Sudan and Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, April 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Media Note<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>April 22, 2016<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women\u2019s Issues Catherine Russell will travel to Sudan and Malawi from April 23 \u2013 30.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>In Sudan, Ambassador Russell will meet with government officials, representatives of civil society and international organizations, community leaders, and students to discuss the status of women and girls in Sudan. Her meetings will focus on preventing violence against women, promoting women\u2019s economic empowerment, and enhancing women\u2019s roles in peace, security, and reconciliation efforts.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>The Ambassador will also meet with Awadeya Mahmoud, a 2016 recipient of the Secretary\u2019s International Women of Courage Award.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>In Malawi, Ambassador Russell will meet with government officials, local leaders, members of civil society, and students to learn more about the status of adolescent girls\u2014particularly their health, education, and safety\u2014as part of a new U.S. effort to empower girls in Malawi under the Let Girls Learn initiative championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, April 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 22, 2016 Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women\u2019s Issues Catherine Russell will travel to Sudan and Malawi from April 23 \u2013 30. In Sudan, Ambassador Russell will meet with government officials, representatives of civil society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-68682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}