Addis Ababa, 17 September 2014 - The First Lady of Ethiopia, Roman Tesfaye, arrived in Kigali on Tuesday to attend the ongoing World Export Development Forum and also participate at the 5th Senior Executive round-table on sourcing from women vendors where she was expected to deliver a keynote address on the theme "Empowering Women and Powering Trade." Roman is currently championing an initiative dubbed 'Connecting 1,500 Women and Young Girls to the Export Market' aimed at accelerating women's economic empowerment through marketable technical skills focused on hand weaving, embroidery, gemstones, jewelry, and leather fashion accessories.
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