ActionAid Malawi joins the 2019 national commemoration of the International Women’s Day
Carrying placards from L to R: Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare , Honorable Cecelia Chazama, MP chatting with the UN Resident Coordinator, Maria Jose Torres, and the Principal Secretary for Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mrs. Erica Maganga, during the solidarity march during the national commemoration of the International Women’s Day.
ActionAid Malawi participated in this year’s national commemoration of the International Women’s Day which took place on 8th March 2019 at Namitete Secondary School Ground in Lilongwe. This year, the world commemorated the day under the theme: ‘Think equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change’. Malawi localized the theme to be ‘Think equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change: Advance the status
ActionAid Malawi participated in this year’s national commemoration of the International Women’s Day which took place on 8th March 2019 at Namitete Secondary School Ground in Lilongwe.
This year, the world commemorated the day under the theme: ‘Think equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change’. Malawi localized the theme to be ‘Think equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change: Advance the status of all women and girls in Malawi’
The function was graced by the Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Honorable Cecelia Chazama, MP. In her speech, the Minister said the localized theme reflects the current situation where gender inequalities are wide spread in all sectors of the economy.
