Africa: Ensuring Equitable Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines

The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes that, if safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 are developed, everyone, everywhere who could benefit from these vaccines should have… Read more »

Africa: Leading Through Recovery and Reconstruction Post-Covid-19

Mrs Graça Machel urges global leaders to play a part in guiding Covid-19 recovery and reconstruction agenda and implementation of policies that will ensure the interests of… Read more »

Africa: Putting Women's Voices At the Centre - a Comprehensive Report On the State of Gender Equality in Africa

The African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and UN Women unveiled details of its Africa Gender Index report during a virtual global… Read more »

Uganda: Stories From Uganda - Forced to Walk to Hospital While in Labour

A few weeks before her due date, Gloria Nalwoga watched a TV report featuring a story of a mother who had died while walking to hospital during the COVID - 19 lockdown. Her heart… Read more »

Uganda: Of E-Agribusiness Opportunities and Unlawful Evictions

Immaculate Atwine, from Ntungamo District western Uganda, is an Agri-business women entrepreneur, specializing in processing pure millet flour for porridge and ghee from cow milk.… Read more »

Uganda: Stories From Uganda - Money Is Not Food

Money is not food. This is a lesson limestone miners at Tapech Mine located in Moroto district, Karamoja region, learnt the hard way during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda. The… Read more »

Uganda: Stories From Uganda - Exploring Mobile Apps for Business During Lockdown

In Uganda, just like in any other countries, the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown brought dissolutions to many businesses. However, against all odds, some Women in Uganda found… Read more »

Ethiopia: Statement By Graça Machel Trust Condemning Violence in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda

The Graça Machel Trust is gravely concerned by, the ongoing violence in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda. We are especially concerned about the adverse short and long term… Read more »

Uganda: Stories From Uganda - Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk

'Tokabiila maata gayiise' is a Luganda saying that loosely translates to 'do not cry over spilt milk', and encourages people to cut their losses and move on. Salmah Dusman, is one… Read more »

Africa: African Civil Society and Development Engage On Solutions for Food Security

The Southern Africa Trust, Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) and Graça Machel Trust invite… Read more »

South Africa: Sleep Well Ambassador Zindziswa Mandela

The Graça Machel Trust is deeply saddened by the death of Ambassador Zindziswa Mandela, and would like express its heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the Mandela family… Read more »

Africa: African Women and Girls Shaping the Policy Discourse of the COVID-19 pandemic response

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Graça Machel Trust (GMT) has launched the Ilizwi (the voice): African Women and Children shaping policy discourse of the COVID-19… Read more »

South Africa: Graça Machel Trust Launches the Women Creating Wealth programme in South Africa

The Graça Machel Trust, is bringing the Women Creating Wealth Entrepreneurship Development Programme to South Africa. Women Creating Wealth is a Pan-African initiative that… Read more »