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Graça Machel

Mozambique

International advocate for women and child rights; former education minister, Mozambique


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Created: 7th Feb 2008
Modified: 8th Jul 2008
Professional Information
Professional Areas:
Other, United Nations
Employer:
Foundation for Community Development, United Nations
Working primarily in:
Mozambique

Description of Work:

Graça Machel is a renowned international advocate for women’s and children’s rights and has been a social and political activist for decades. She is President of the Foundation for Community Development (FDC), a not-for-profit Mozambican organisation she founded in 1994. The FDC writes grants for civil society organisations to strengthen communities, facilitate social and economic justice, and assist in the reconstruction and development of post-war Mozambique.

In 1994, the Secretary General of the United Nations appointed Graça Machel as an independent expert to carry out an assessment of the impact of armed conflict on children. Her groundbreaking report was presented in 1996 and established a new and innovative agenda for the comprehensive protection of children caught up in war, changing the policy and practice of governments, UN agencies, and international and national civil society.
Biographical Information
Graça Machel
(At a Glance)
Place of Origin: Mozambique




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