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Federation of Cuban Women celebrate 46 years of victories

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8/23/2006 11:30:00 PM

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Federation of Cuban Women celebrate 46 years of victories

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Federation of Cuban Women celebrate 46 years of victories

Havana, August 23 (RHC)-The Federation of Cuban Women, FMC, celebrates its
46th anniversary on Wednesday with the conviction that it has successfully
incorporated women into the island's society.

Cuban women make up one of the most dynamic sectors of Cuban soceity, with a
significant presence in the Parliament and 35% participation in the
country's leadership positions. Women make up half of the island's work
force.

The island's economic crisis worsened by Washington's blockade and threats
have not held back women's achievements on the island; women dominant Cuba's
most important sectors: health and education.

Cuban women are also present in defense, scientific research, production and
they have a strong presence in the medical field.

Before the triumph of the revolution in l959, women were marginalized and
kept out of most jobs.

Cuban women also joined the rebel army in the Sierra Maestra mountains as
part of Fidel Castro's person security forces and later later were
incorporated into the revolutionary process.

Member of the FMC's National Secretariat, Sonia Bereterbides, told the press
on Tuesday in Havana, "we must recognize the vision and capacity of
President Fidel Castro, who is always concerned about the development of
women in the country".

President Fidel Castro was the main creator of the Federation of Cuban
Women, which was founded on August 23rd, 1960.

The FMC leader recognized the institutional support which the Cuban women
have received over the 45 years of Revolution which, she stressed, has
favored and accompanied recent social achievements of Cuban women on the
island.

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