New Japanese envoy to promote women empowerment

The Japanese Ambassador Kae Yanagisawa has said, as the first woman to represent her country in Africa, she is keen to promote women empowerment in the country.

She was speaking at a reception at Sunbird Capital in Lilongwe to mark her assumption of office.

Yanagisawa said it was her wish to see that more women are empowered.

“It’s my passion to see women empowered emancipated, equipped and elevated to the rightful status in the communities and working place,” she said.

The envoy also said she will use her expertise that she has gathered as a female leader to promote gender equality.

Yanagisawa reiterated that  apart from supporting  Malawi’s socio economic  development, she will  continue  from where  her  predecessor  left  to promote mutual understanding  and bilateral  relationship both  at grass roots  and State levels.

“I will use the existing frameworks and also initiate various interventions to promote people to people exchange programmes,” she said.

In his remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Francis Kasaila said government cherishes its relationship with Japan.

According to Kasaila, government is looking forward to working with the Japanese government through the new ambassador, especially in promoting trade between the two countries so that Malawi can achieve economic growth.