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Graça Machel (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾasɐ mɐˈʃɛl]; née Simbine; born 17 October 1945) is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013).
Graça Machel is the Co-founder and Deputy Chair of The Elders; women’s and children's rights advocate; former freedom fighter and first Education Minister of Mozambique.
Dec 15, 2013 · Nelson Mandela once said his wife, Graca Machel, makes him “bloom like a flower.” Despite her reluctance to marry him at first, they’ve been inseparable since they tied the knot on his 80th ...
Graça Machel is an African stateswoman whose decades-long professional and public life is rooted in Mozambique’s struggle for self-rule and international advocacy for women and children’s rights.
Graça Machel is an African stateswoman whose decades long professional and public life is rooted in international advocacy for women and children’s rights. Machel has created three...
As Minister for Education until 1989, Graça Machel worked to implement FRELIMO's goal of universal education for all Mozambicans. From 1975 to 1985, the number of students enrolled in primary and secondary schools rose from about 40 percent of all school-aged children to over 90 percent for males and 75 percent for females.
Feb 9, 2023 · A founding member of The Elders, a consortium of global leaders working for peace, justice, and human rights, Machel now uses her influence to diffuse some of the world’s most...
Feb 10, 2021 · There were other intelligent audacious women in Mozambique, yet for at least the first ten years after independence, Graça was the only one to reach the highest levels of government. Graça Machel began her career in the 1970s when Mozambique was still a Portuguese colony.
Ms. Machel is a current member of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders who work together for peace and human rights which she co-founded with her husband, former President...
Nov 1, 2023 · Who is Dr Graça Machel? Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and a child rights activist. Machel received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University in 2021 for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere.
