Africa: Mandela Centennial Scholars Announced to Celebrate Madiba's Legacy

Today, July 18, the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) in partnership with Graça Machel Trust (GMT) and the Africa Leadership University (ALU) will announce… Read more »

Africa: Celebrating an African Global Icon Working to Improve the Wellbeing of Women and Children

This Africa month, the Graça Machel Trust celebrates its Founder, Mrs. Graça Machel, for her contribution towards the wellbeing of women and children. Her work has… Read more »

Africa: Renowned Humanitarian Mrs Graça Machel Awarded World Prize for Integrated Development

The 2018 World Prize for Integrated Development is awarded to Mrs Graça Machel for her significant social justice achievements and tireless work on behalf of women and… Read more »

Tanzania: Women of Rondo Taking a Radical Stand Against Malnutrition...as We Celebrate World Health Day

Most often in Africa, the smaller the village and remote it is the more it is synonymous with poverty and malnutrition. This is not the case with the small village of Rondo, south… Read more »

South Africa: Graca Machel Writes Last Letter to 'Big Sister' Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

My Big Sister,It is with a heavy heart that I address you today. As I struggle to accept your transition, I take solace in the fact that you have risen to become one of the… Read more »

Africa: The Graça Machel Trust's Malawi's Development Agenda

Mrs. Graça Machel, the Founder of the Graça Machel Trust, and an international advocate for women and children, will be visiting Lilongwe - Malawi from 13th to 16th… Read more »

Zambia: IBA/GMT-WIMN Launches Mentorship Programme for Journalists

As Zambia joins the international community in commemorating the International Women’s Day; the Information Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in collaboration with the Grace… Read more »

South Africa: High-Level Dialogue On Agricultural Productivity Begins

The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (Minds), in Partnership With the Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation (Skmf), Is Set to Host a High-Level Dialogue On Agricultural… Read more »

Zambia: Toilet Crisis in Lusaka's Chaisa Slums

"It is a shame," said Idah Tembo. Read more »

Zambia: Dining With the Enemy - Story of An Abused Woman

IT looked good as the procession moved on the Great East Road to the Lusaka Showgrounds to officially launch the 16-Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. Read more »

Southern Africa: A Call for Commitment, Accountability and Acceleration of Efforts to End Hunger and Malnutrition

The Graça Machel Trust in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) will be jointly hosting the Southern African Development Community (SADC) launch of the 2017 Global… Read more »

Africa: The Traditional Vegetable and Sweet Potato Research That's Revolutionising the Way We Build Food and Nutrition Security in Africa

Research focusing on traditional crops that are often ignored and known as "orphan crops" shows they contain minerals and vitamins that are essential for the body and are mostly… Read more »

Kenya: Graca Machel Trust Women in Media Network Member Awarded Prestigious Scholarship

Kenyan Journalist and the Graca Machel Trust Women in Media Network member Brenda Okoth is among this year's recipients of the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. Read more »

Africa: Women Advancing Africa Placing Women At the Centre Stage of Africa's Economic Advancement

The Women Advancing Africa Forum 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… Read more »

Southern Africa: Malnutrition in Southern Africa - Delivering Healthy Diets Together

Despite the rapid and significant progress we have made across Africa in recent decades, significant challenges of diet-related premature death, poor development and disease… Read more »

Zambia: Graça Machel Visiting Zambia

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zambia announces the visit of one of the world's leading advocates for women and children's rights, Mrs. Graça Machel, to… Read more »

Africa: Ending Hunger Key to Unlocking Children's Full Potential: Graça Machel Trust

Global Leaders commit to lifting 500 million people from developing countries out of hunger and malnutrition Read more »

Africa: The Graca Machel Trust Joins the Global Call to Vaccinate and Ensure That No Child or Adolescent Is Left Behind

This call to action forms part of the World Immunisation Week from 24th to 28th April 2017 Read more »

Zambia: Women Contribute to Cassava Growing Boom

Born in a small town of Mufulira, on the Copper Belt province of Zambia in 1960, Winnie Nachivula, is making a mark in the cassava production in Zambia which currently stands at… Read more »

Africa: Let's Talk - About Depression, About Nutrition

Today is World Health Day and the theme is Depression, a condition, which according to the World Health Organisation, affects over 300 million people worldwide. But why the focus… Read more »

Africa: Malawi Makes Aviation History As All-Women Crew Flies to Dar

Malawi Airlines recently literally took the nation's aviation history to lofty heights, when the first all-women operated flight flew from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in… Read more »

Africa: Empowering Women Changes Lives and Society

There is overwhelming evidence that empowering women and girls has transformative personal, social, economic and health benefits for individuals, their children, families and… Read more »

Africa: The Graça Machel Trust - Bold Advocacy and Action for Change Through the Transformative Power of Education

There is overwhelming evidence that empowering women and girls has transformative personal, social, economic and health benefits for individuals, their children, families and… Read more »

Malawi: Landmark Bill On Marriage Age Passed

The Malawi Parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark bill to amend the Constitution and harmonise the age of a child with other relevant laws thereby securing the protection of… Read more »

North Africa: Malawi Commits to Halve Maternal and Neonatal Deaths Over Next Five Years

Malawi has joined eight other African countries in Africa and South East Asia to make a commitment to reduce by half maternal and new-born death as well as still-born births in the… Read more »