The 2023 celebration marks a juncture in the advancement of womenโ€™s rights as it launches a new recurring theme from this year to 2028: ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š. It sparks a renewed commitment to the advocacy and banks on the gains achieved during the 2016-2022 theme, ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’, which emphasized the need for compassionate and harmonized networks towards gender equality and womenโ€™s empowerment (GEWE).

We begin this new era of the National Womenโ€™s Month Celebration with the hope and ambition that ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†.