{"id":3793,"date":"2020-08-06T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2020-08-06T06:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:30:38","slug":"celebrating-womens-month-graca-machel-trusts-women-creating-wealth-south-africa-cohort-are-calling-for-support-of-women-owned-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/highlight\/celebrating-womens-month-graca-machel-trusts-women-creating-wealth-south-africa-cohort-are-calling-for-support-of-women-owned-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Women\u2019s Month – Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Women Creating Wealth South Africa cohort are calling for support of women owned businesses."},"content":{"rendered":"

Johannesburg, South Africa\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

05\/08\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n

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120 business women based in South Africa make up a group of entrepreneur cohorts under the <\/span>Gra\u00e7a<\/span> Machel Trust (GMT) Women Creating Wealth (WCW) program, an Entrepreneurship Development Programme that has already positively impacted 300 high growth entrepreneurs in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The programme commenced in February of 2020 and has seen the cohorts being empowered and continually collaborating, coaching and supporting each other’s businesses even during this \u201cbusiness unusual\u201d time. This women\u2019s month these wealth creators are taking action. The women are not only celebrating each other, but they are making a call to the world to join and support their social media campaign by going beyond likes and hashtags, by creating awareness and shining the spotlight on women in business and women-owned businesses in an effort to help them remain sustainable. It\u2019s a well-known fact that money in the hands of women goes a long way to sustaining families and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The campaign will see each of these women telling their business stories using self created videos.\u00a0 The main objective of the campaign is to create awareness about their business while encouraging their network and the society at large to support women owned businesses. The campaign also serves as a driver to create and maintain a culture of women continually supporting each other and committing to sharing other womens\u2019 business capabilities on an ongoing basis. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You have been identified as one of the influential people in the advancement of South Africa and we would like to request you to join the movement by recording your own story about business and calling on South Africa to support women owned businesses. Please post your video on your social media platforms (please record your video in landscape, wearing black)<\/i><\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hashtags to be used for the social media campaign are #gracamacheltrust #womencreatingwealth #supportherbusiness #womenbusinessowners #mindherbusiness #womensmonth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact Persons:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Mpata (GMT Communications Officer)<\/span><\/p>\n

(071)\u00a0 403 4648<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

sarahm@gracamacheltrust.org<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sarah Motshwane Sebetola (GMT- WCW Cohort and Co-owner of Tshepiso Branding Solutions)<\/span><\/p>\n

(068) 599 9595<\/span><\/p>\n

motshwane@tshepisobranding.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pumza Mthethwa (GMT- WCW\u00a0 Cohort and Director of Brandties Marketing Agency)<\/span><\/p>\n

(083) 256 7273<\/span><\/p>\n

pumza@brandties.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust is a non-profit organisation that works in Africa to ensure women and children are put at the centre of Africa\u2019s development agenda. Through building networks and alliances to champion transformative change, the Trust supports local initiatives and connects multi sectoral stakeholders at regional, national and sub-national levels to catalyse action that tackles institutional and social barriers to the advancement of women and children in Africa. By using its convening power, the Trust amplifies the voices of women and children; promotes the holistic development and protection of children, influences governance; and promotes women\u2019s contributions and leadership in the second Liberation: the economic social and political development of Africa. Website: <\/span>www.gracamacheltrust.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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