First ladies in the position to help

First ladies focus on health care and education for women and children.

EVERY one of the 15 first ladies at the inaugural First Ladies Summit held in Kuala Lumpur last week wanted better opportunities for children – particularly in education and health care – in their own countries. The participants came from four continents – Africa (Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Zambia), Asia (Malaysia, Laos, Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka), Europe (Albania) and the Americas (Paraguay in Latin America and Kiribati in the Caribbean).