My Father Made Sure I Was Treated

It Is Only When A Woman Is Economically Empowered That She Can Negotiate At Household Level With Her Husband About The Number Of Children That Body Of Hers Can Have.

Overall, I Have Formed Three Major Organizations: The National Association Of Business Women, The Young Women's Leaders Network, And The Joyce Banda Foundation. Under The Foundation, We Have A Huge Program That Targets Women To Teach Them About Hiv And Other Diseases And To Give Them Economic Empowerment.

I Got Married At 22 And Remained In An Abusive Marriage For 10 Years. I Made Up My Mind That That Was Never Going To Happen To Me Again. I Made A Brave Step To Walk Out In A Society When You Didn't Walk Out Of An Abusive Marriage. It Was Mental And Physical Abuse.

Lula Da Silva Was My Hero When He Was President. I Googled Him So Many Times. The Fact That He Got 20 Million People Out Of Poverty... That Happened By Encouraging Entrepreneurship, By Supporting Small Business.

When I Gave Birth To My Fourth Child, I Suffered From Post Partum Hemorrhaging. I Almost Lost My Life. I Was Lucky To Be Under The Care Of Trained Health Care Personnel. I Started Wondering Then What Was Happening To Women In Rural Villages.