African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) congratulates Kamala Harris for being the first African American, and the first female to crash through one of the world's highest glass ceilings and became Vice President elect in U.S. history.

1. For Immediate Release
8 November2020
ANCWLCONGRATULATES THE FIRST FEMALE VICE-PRESIDENTELECTIN US HISTORY.
AfricanNational CongressWomen’sLeague (ANCWL) congratulatesKamalaHarrisforbeingthe first
AfricanAmerican,andthe firstfemale tocrashthroughone of the world'shighestglassceilingsand
became Vice PresidentelectinU.S.history.
Harris will assume office onWednesdaythe 20th of January2021 as the Vice-President,alongside
PresidentJoe Biden.She hasbeenapioneeringwomanleader,fromwaybackwhenshe studiedatthe
Universityof California,HastingsCollege of Law,where Harrisserved asa Presidentof itschapterof the
Black Law StudentsAssociation.The ANCWLishopingthatHarriswill continue pioneeringandchampion
a global campaignto endracismand patriarchy.
Harris as the Vice-Presidentof the USmust be the voice of reason againstwhite supremacy,patriarchy
and male chauvinisminUSand across the globe.ServingunderPresidentJoe Biden,she mustalsobe at
the frontline tofightagainstimperialismandamongstotherscall foran endto illegal occupationof
Palestine landbyIsrael,anendof sanctionsagainstZimbabwe,Cubaandmanyothercountries.The
forceddisplacementof PalestinebyIsrael hasdevastatingsocio-economicandpsycho-socialimpactson
Palestianfamilies,particularlyonwomenandchildren.The impacts of sanctionsimposedbyUSto some
countriesare alsohavingnegative impacttothe well-beingof womenandchildren.
The ANCWL congratulatesKamalaDevi Harrisandmay hersuccessencourage all womenacrossthe
globe,inparticularblackwomentoreach theirgoals.Thismustalsobe a lessontoall menacrossthe
globe thatwomenhave capacityto lead.
Issuedby
MeokgoMatuba
ANCWLSecretaryGeneral
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