Women Moving Mountains: WIMN Champion Renee Ngamau honoured
 âIf you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.â African Proverb.  Graça Machel Trust Women in Media Champion & Amnesty International Kenyaâs Chairperson and advocate, Renee Ngamau was recently honoured for her dedication as a human rights defender to protect public land. Renee received
International Day of the Girl Child 2020 Vlog Call
The Graça Machel Trust works across the continent on three issues: womenâs rights, childrenâs rights, and governance and leadership. We catalyse action, support local initiatives, lend solidarity and offer support where it is needed. We connect people and groups that should know each other and work together; and engage both publicly and behind the scenes
Gender-Based Violence survivors are agents of change
  Photo by cottonbro from Pexels  Gender-based violence (GBV) is a public health issue that affects all members of society, but more significantly women and girls. GBV includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, psychological abuse and economic or educational deprivation. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a lot of women and children worldwide
âDonât be silentâ â Virtual Conference on Gender Based Violence
 Don't be Silent courtesy of MultiChoice.   MultiChoice Group (MCG) has partnered with businesses, governments, NGOs, the media and local communities in a virtual event titled the Brotherhood and Sisterhood Gender-Based-Violence Conference. The virtual event themed âDonât be silent!â will get participants to look into critical challenges impacting most African women,
Mrs. Graça Machel nominated for global award
 Graça Machel Trust (GMT) Founder, Mrs. Graça Machel has been nominated for this yearâs Priyadarshini Academyâs Global Awards. Mrs. Machel has been honored with this prestigious award for her outstanding contribution to the Welfare of Women & Children.  She is nominated alongside Mr. JosĂŠ Angel GurrĂa, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation
Mrs. Graça Machel Opens the 2020 SDG Inspiration Day
 Dr. Marcia Balisciano, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility- RELX and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder - Graca Machel Trust and SDG Advocate  The Graça Machel Trust (GMT) founder and also UN SGD Advocate, Mrs. Graça Machel on Wednesday, 24 June delivered the keynote address at the 2020 SGD Inspiration Day. The event,
Celebrating World Press Freedom Day – journalists are the unsung heroes
The COVID 19 pandemic has presented humanity with an array of challenges. The media has been overwhelmed in many aspects among them, on the type of  information that needs to be fed to the public. Each passing day, a different story is told. At first, the focus was on the statistics of new cases, deaths,
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.