The Graça Machel Trust is officially a newly-elected member of African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC); and is readily committed to work with the Committee to translate childrenâs rights into a reality. This appointment comes with an Observer Status by the ACERWC. The Child Rights team was given
 Personal Mastery and Leadership is considered a critical anchor in building resilience towards all worthwhile transformational journeys.  In realising the benefits of this for entrepreneurs, at the beginning of March this year, 32-South African women in agribusiness embarked on their first cycle of the Women Creating Wealth (WCW) 16-Week Blended Learning digitised programme starting
To kick off International Womenâs Day, one of Zimbabweâs leading newspaper The Business Connect had a special edition that salutes the women who defined an integral decade in the fight for equality, feminism and womenâs rights. Â Their tribute read in part: âThis yearâs compilation Zimbabweâs Iconic Women of the Decade is a collection of bold,
GMT Child Rights Programme recently marked a phenomenal milestone after presenting the final revised version of its digital childrenâs learning platform HAKI 4 ALL Children to over 100 Children from across the Africa continent. This took place on March 12, 2021 during the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 18thACERWC CSO
 iStock Image  The Graça Machel Trustâs (GMT) Women Economic and Social Advancement (WESA) has launched a 12-month Online leadership development programme targeting women leaders who run networks across seven Womenâs Business Country Chapter Networks. The question the programme seeks to address is âWhat is the leadership profile that drives thriving, successful
The global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to create significant challenges for everyone. For leaders operating at different levels of the economy, it has become a double-edged sword. This year, the Graça Machel Trust joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Women's Day under the theme Women in leadership. We asked women in our networks
As part of its activities to mark this yearâs International Womenâs Day on March 8, The Graça Machel Trust and TikTok partnered to run the #WomenofNow campaign. The campaign was used to introduce the Graça Machel Trust Expert Leaders Group on Womenâs Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy (ELG). The Expert Group convened by the
March 9, 2021 Today, on the Peopleâs Vaccine Global Day of Action, we mark a year since we as a global family have been confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, humanity has shared in the collective trauma of managing an unfathomable magnitude of sickness and death in our midst. Together, in every corner of the
Graça Machel Trust founder, Mrs Graça Machel is (ALM) African Leadership Magazineâs African Climate Champion of the year 2020. She and alongside 10 other distinguished Africans including World Health Organization, Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Nana Akufo-Addo the President of Ghana were recognised during a virtual event on February 26.  Mrs Graça
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting childrenâs rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Childrenâs Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescentsâ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trustâs goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a motherâs health and social economic conditions, the early years of a childâs life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.