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"The First Lady has continued to amplify the voices of not only her fellow citizens but African women as a whole, like the 14-year-old Cameroonian American philanthropist Mongai Fankam."
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Lígia Fonseca
Lígia Arcângela Lubrino Dias Fonseca is a Cape Verdean lawyer, activist, and politician who has served as the First Lady of Cape Verde from 2011 until 2021. Fonseca became the first female president of the Cape Verdean Lawyers' Association (OAC), the country's national bar association, in 2001. She is married to Cape Verdean former President Jorge Carlos Fonseca.
"The First Lady has continued to amplify the voices of not only her fellow citizens but African women as a whole, like the 14-year-old Cameroonian American philanthropist Mongai Fankam."
"We are not doing this for our country, but for our brothers and sisters in other countries."
"First Lady of Cabo Verde, Ligia Fonseca, is a woman who possesses a strong mind, storing and producing great legal knowledge, and an even stronger heart that possesses compassion and a drive to make a change."
"It is truly inspiring to see such an influential leader be involved with and active in advocating for global causes."