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Graça Machel (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾasɐ mɐˈʃɛl]; née Simbine; born 17 October 1945) is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013).
Graça Machel is an African stateswoman whose decades-long professional and public life is rooted in Mozambique’s struggle for self-rule and international advocacy for women and children’s rights.
Dec 15, 2013 · Nelson Mandela once said his wife, Graca Machel, makes him “bloom like a flower.” Despite her reluctance to marry him at first, they’ve been inseparable since they tied the knot on his 80th ...
Sep 24, 2019 · Graça Machel DBE HonFBA is a renowned politician, teacher, activist, and humanitarian from Mozambique. She is widely known around the world as the widow of two presidents namely Samora Machel and Nelson Mandela of Mozambique and South Africa respectively.
Graça Machel is the Co-founder and Deputy Chair of The Elders; women’s and children's rights advocate; former freedom fighter and first Education Minister of Mozambique.
Feb 9, 2023 · A founding member of The Elders, a consortium of global leaders working for peace, justice, and human rights, Machel now uses her influence to diffuse some of the world’s most...
Graça Machel is an African stateswoman whose decades long professional and public life is rooted in international advocacy for women and children’s rights. Machel has created three...
The Graça Machel Trust acts as a catalyst, working across the continent to advocate for the protection of children’s rights and dignity, and amplify women’s movements by harnessing and promoting their contributions to the economic, social and political development of Africa.
GRAÇA MACHEL (SOUTH AFRICA) Ms. Machel is a current member of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders who work together for peace and human rights which she co-founded with her husband...
In her TEDxChange speech, Graça Machel calls on the world to put women and girls at the center of the efforts to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals.
