Most African Women Are Taught To Endure

I Sat Down In 1989 And I Made Up My Mind At That Point That I Was Going To Spend The Rest Of My Life Assisting Women And Youth To Gain Social And Political Empowerment Through Business And Education. I Convinced Myself Economic Empowerment Of Women Was Going To Be Key, Especially In A Country Like This Where Most Women Didn't Go To School.

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.

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.

Leadership Is About Falling In Love With The People You Serve And The People Falling In Love With You.

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.