Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:22:01 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA ZAMBIAN women like any other will also benefit from Graca Machel Trust economic advanced empowerment programme that is aimed at uplifting the livelihood of women in Africa. The Graça Machel Trust inaugurated Women Advancing Africa Forum, which is set to bring some of the continent’s best and brightest minds together to shape a common agenda to accelerate the economic advancement of women in Africa. Ms Machel said Africa had experienced tremendous development in the last few decades, however a significant gap in the economic advancement of women had remained a huge challenge. She said the Trust was establishing a platform for women to claim their right to sit at the table where decisions were made and to shape the policies, plans and strategies for the futures and those of the generations to come. “Africa is in a second liberation era – the economic liberation. Women can […]
