Dedicated to Vilma Espin and the historical leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro, the meeting of the Board of the Regional Conference on Women of Latin America and the Caribbean is held at National Hotel in Havana. Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel presided over is opening.
A wreath of flowers on behalf of the people of Cuba was placed this August 23 before the stone guarding Vilma Espin Guillois´s ashes in the Mausoleum of Heroes and Martyrs of the Second Eastern Front.
Fifty seven years have passed and community work, its functioning and essence continue prevailing. But what did the Revolution´s triumph and the founding of the Federation of Cuban Women on August 23, 1960 mean?
The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) granted this Thursday in Havana, the August 23 Distinction to a group of females, who with their daily work contribute to the development of the country and exalt the role of the organization representing them.
The members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) in Granma province develop several ceremonies in grass-roots-level organizations and municipalities on the anniversary of the organization next August 23.
Meetings of members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) with students and professors from teacher training schools in Bayamo and Manzanillo marked the beginning of the activities of homage and remembrance in Granma to Vilma Espin, founding president of that organization.
