{"id":4351,"date":"2021-03-26T10:39:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T10:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T10:39:33","slug":"graca-machel-trust-expert-leaders-group-womenofnow-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/events\/graca-machel-trust-expert-leaders-group-womenofnow-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust Expert Leaders Group: #WomenofNow Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As part of its activities to mark this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day on March 8, The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust and TikTok partnered to run the #WomenofNow campaign. The campaign was used to introduce the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust Expert Leaders Group on Women\u2019s Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy (ELG). The Expert Group convened by the Trust\u2019s Founder, Mrs Gra\u00e7a Machel, with the Trust\u2019s New Faces New Voices Champions; comprises of Women leaders who currently serve, or have previously served in leadership positions as Governors\/Deputy Governors of regulators (Central\/Reserve Banks).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Expert Leaders group aims to seize the urgency of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to advocate for gender inclusiveness in relief, recovery responses and a reconstruction agenda. This is in a context of pre-existing entrenched structural barriers, social and economic inequalities that disproportionately affect women, worsening due to the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe title=\"Dr Tukiya Kankasa Mabula Former Deputy Governor; Bank of Zambia, GMT Expert Leader\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQbdx9yxb9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The mandate of the Expert Group is to elevate the voices of African women, driving a regional and continental agenda, working with the GMT Network Country Chapters at national levels. This will build a strong ecosystem of voices and actors at all levels. \u201cWomen\u2019s leadership at all levels is a fundamental requirement to fighting inequality successfully. COVID-19 presents us with unprecedented opportunities for the regeneration of the African socio-economic landscape and the movement towards a just, equitable and sustainably prosperous continent. Let us dare not squander this opportunity for a rebirth, \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/2020\/06\/18\/times-of-unprecedented-crisis-present-unique-opportunities-for-unprecedented-action\/\">Open Letter &#8211; \u201cTimes of Unprecedented Crisis Present Unique Opportunities for Unprecedented Action\u201d &#8211; Gra\u00e7a Machel, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr. Vera Songwe and Maria Ramos.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4357\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4357\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4357 size-fusion-400\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-400x320.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-400x320.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20320%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-177x142.png 177w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-200x160.png 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-400x320.png 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-500x400.png 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-600x480.png 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-700x560.png 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-800x640.png 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-1200x960.png 1200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flowers-Plants-1536x1229.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>GMT #WomenofNow Campaign on TikTok.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0The leaders are a true representation of Women of Now, driving change while multiplying the faces and amplifying the voices of women and girls. Dr. Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula Former Deputy Governor; Bank of Zambia; Mrs Elsie Addo Awadzi- Deputy Governor; Bank of Ghana; Ms Gail Mathabo Makenete- Deputy Governor at Central Bank of Lesotho; Dr Natu Mwamba-Deputy Governor of the Bank of Tanzania; Dr. Dhliwayo the Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Dr Aisha Ahmed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria were the expert leaders who took part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@g_macheltrust?lang=en&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\">campaign<\/a> to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its activities to mark this year\u2019s International  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[662,663,664,338,374,280,665,100,666,667,668,669,670],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-womenofnow","tag-dr-aisha-ahmed","tag-dr-natu-mwamba","tag-dr-charity-dhliwayo","tag-dr-ngozi-okonjo-iweala","tag-dr-tukiya-kankasa-mabula","tag-dr-vera-songwe","tag-graca-machel","tag-graca-machel-trust-expert-leaders-group","tag-maria-ramos","tag-mrs-elsie-addo-awadzi","tag-ms-gail-mathabo-makenete","tag-tiktok"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}