CSIS Video: President Joyce Banda on Women’s Health & Empowerment in…
By APHA
When Joyce Banda unexpectedly ascended to the presidency of Malawi last April, after the death of President Mutharika, many in her country and around the world wondered what her impact would be as Malawi’s first woman president. Among the many challenges, her government faces high rates of maternal mortality, high total fertility rates, and high HIV prevalence among women and girls, combined with low levels of women’s economic empowerment and widespread violence against women. CSIS wanted to learn more about how women leaders in Africa are bringing new attention to women’s health and empowerment in their own countries, and to bring those voices into the discussion about U.S. policy priorities for women’s global health. To do this, we sent a small team to Malawi and Zambia in December 2012
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CSIS Video: President Joyce Banda on Women’s Health & Empowerment in…
Posted by APHA
on Jan 14 2013. Filed under Featured videos and pod casts, Women & Children.
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