Graça Machel – Humanitarian
“There is no equality without empowerment. There is no empowerment without knowledge. Our job is to foster the opportunities so that every woman, child, and adolescent can own— and demand— their rights.” – Graça Machel
Graca was born in rural Mozambique as the youngest of six children. Young Graça had a lot of encouragement to go to school. She attended mission schools before receiving a scholarship to the University of Lisbon. She then went on to study German and worked as a schoolteacher after graduation before entering politics.
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Machel served as Mozambique’s Minister of Education and Culture for 14 years, increasing school attendance and lowering illiteracy rates. She has been active in humanitarian work and agitation for girls’ education in the years thereafter. Machel also established a foundation that promotes education for women and children all around the world.
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