From: Simon Akouete
Date: March 23, 2023

The whole P4P team are doing well I believe.

I am sending you some photos of the ceremony of the second edition of the International Women’s Rights Day organized by the DRVR-TOGO Association with the Young Women’s Leaders Group (G.J.F.L) here in Vogan-Awlamé in Togo. The theme this year is “For an Inclusive Digital World: Innovation and Technologies for Gender Equality”.

Many events and demonstrations are organized around March 8 to promote women’s rights and equality between women and men. The event is marked first by a women’s caravan with a fanfare group carrying the banner they held in front of the crowd on which you will see the name and logo of Pedals for Progress and an American flag. On the opposite side is the flag of Togo and the name of the Young Women’s Leaders Group, which is one of the groups supervised by the association Challenge and Revolution in Rural Life (DRVR-TOGO). The caravan passes through the surrounding villages, and is followed by a women’s bicycle race with a key message: with bicycles, we have a means of transport that is fast, safe, ecological, and above all economic and adapted to our means for the reinforcement of our small commercial activities.

All our thanks go to P4P, its partners, and to all near and far who supported us for the smooth running of this activity.

Simon Yawo Galé AKOUETE, coordinateur de l’association DRVR-TOGO