The Committee of the World Directorate of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) concluded in Havana. The event, commemorating the organization's 80th anniversary, lasted four days and was attended by the Secretary General of the National Directorate of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelle, and the Director of the National Center for Sex Education in Cuba, Mariela Castro.

"It is an honor for me to celebrate this anniversary in Cuba, an indomitable and unyielding land," expressed the President of the WIDF, Lorena Peña. Similarly, she issued a call for feminism and international solidarity and raised her voice for all women suffering from the "Zionist genocide in Palestine."

For her part, Amarelle recalled the work of Cuban heroine Vilma Espín as Vice President of this Committee, which allowed her to influence the organization's agenda and political direction on a global scale.

"Her role was that of a global leader who articulated the struggle for women's rights with broad projects, taking the voice and achievements of Cuban women to the most important international forums of the time," she stated.

The WIDF, a non-governmental organization with consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council and UNESCO, is one of the oldest and most historic feminist organizations globally. It was founded on December 1, 1945, in Paris, and today marks eight decades of struggle for peace, women's rights, and social justice.

Among its founding principles are peace and disarmament, children's rights, and international solidarity. (CubaSí)