First Lady in US for a series of meetings

First Lady Esther Lungu

The First Lady Esther Lungu has arrived in United States of America for a series of high-level meetings in Dallas Taxes and New York.

Mrs. Lungu arrived in New York around last night and was received by Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Dr. Mwaba Kasese-Bota at JFK International Airport.

The First Lady will today proceed to Dallas, where she has been invited by the George W. Bush Institute, to participate in high-profile engagements with other First Ladies focusing on women empowerment, health, technology and other sectors.

Mrs. Lungu will participate in the meetings alongside US First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush.

Mrs. Lungu is registered to speak at the Invest in Women, a discussion to be moderated by Mrs. Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and founder of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, at the Bush Center Auditorium.

She will also attend the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon and public private partnership panel meeting where former US President George W. Bush will make remarks.

Other meetings Mrs Lungu participate in will include the First Ladies Roundtable on improving maternal and child health in Africa, and the technology and innovative training focusing on Facebook and Google best practices.

Mr. and Mrs. Bush will host a dinner for the first ladies.

On return to New York, Mrs. Lungu will participate in a series of meetings including those on the Women and the New Sustainable Development Agenda on 25th September, Forum of African First Ladies Against Cervical Cancer (27th September), Organisation of African First ladies against HIV/AIDS (28th September), reception hosted by UN Secretary General’s wife Ban Son-taek (29 September) and the First Ladies Technical Advisors Fellowship (1st October) on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Since assuming office on January 25 this year, Mrs. Lungu has received accolades for leading various initiatives to promote the empowerment of women, girls, the disabled and other needy people, as well as lobbying for public and private sector-led provision of health and social support to communities across Zambia.

This is contained in a statement made available to QFM News today by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations Chibaula Silwamba.