Graça Machel Keynote: Government Summit – SDGs in Action Side Session
Dubai, UAE – February 13, 2023 Good Afternoon Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman, It is my pleasure to join you as we chart pathways to bring us closer to solving the multiple challenges facing humanity. I am pleased to offer a humble contribution on how investments in children and women can, and must,
Graça Machel: TIME100 Impact Awards acceptance Speech
Dubai, UAE – February 12, 2023 Thank you to the organizers of the TIME100 Impact Awards for this gracious honor and congratulations to my fellow awardees recognized alongside me this evening! Thank you also to my loved ones and colleagues across the decades who have propelled me to the heights that we celebrate
FinEquity 2023 Annual Meeting: Graça Machel Speech
Johannesburg, Wednesday, February 7, 2023 Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Let me commence my remarks with a couple of facts and figures for us to wrap our minds around today: 100 years. That is how long it took activists to struggle for women to secure the right to vote in the United States.
Graça Machel Keynote – Engagement and Empowerment Forum (GEEF) 2023
Seoul, Republic of Korea - Thursday, February 2, 2023 Good morning! President of Yonsei University, Seung Hwan Suh, Former Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Excellencies and Distinguished Guests, Thank you to my dear friend and one of Korea’s finest sons, former Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, for the invitation to address this prestigious gathering this
Graça Machel Trust- Expert Leaders Group (ELG) in Financial Inclusion
The Expert Leaders Group (ELG) is a high-level expert group of strong African women leaders in the finance sector that are driving systemic actions to advance women’s active participation in the digital economy. In 2021, the Graça Machel Trust convened the ELG under the leadership of H.E Mrs Graça Machel, consisting of female Deputy Governors
Graça Machel Trust- Women Creating Wealth (WCW) Programme Overview
Graça Machel Trust- Women Creating Wealth (WCW) Programme Overview
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHILD RIGHTS IN AFRICA: IMPACT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
H.E. Ms Graça Machel - Chair, International Board of Trustees of ACPF 9th International Policy Conference on the African Child - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Good morning Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the African Child Policy Forum and my own behalf, I welcome you all to this first-ever international policy conference that
Call for Applications: Women Creating Wealth
A significant challenge women small business owners face is raising finance to grow their businesses. It is estimated that women's financing gap is $42 billion. The Graça Machel Trust WCW (Women Creating Wealth Programme) and African Development Bank AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for women in Africa) have joined hands to start closing this gap. Our
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting children’s 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 Children’s Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescents’ 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 Trust’s 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 mother’s health and social economic conditions, the early years of a child’s life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.