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Graca Machel (Mozambique)馬謝爾
格拉薩•馬謝爾1989年以前擔任莫桑比克教育部長,莫桑比克國家兒童組織主席。該組織負責把孤兒安置在鄉村。她和很多家庭合作,努力安置兒童。馬謝爾為莫桑比克婦女爭取權益而四處活動,是全球掃盲力量的一支生力軍。
馬謝爾女士是1998年在津巴布韋召開的聯合國兒童基金會(UNICEF)的代表,聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)的國家委員會主席,曾經任職於1990年世界全民教育大會國際指導委員會。她被聯合國秘書長指派主持『武裝衝突對兒童的影響研究』。她是1997年『互動人道主義獎』獲得者。因為她對兒童事業的長期奉獻,獲得了CARE大獎。
馬謝爾女士是莫桑比克第一任總統的遺孀。現任丈夫是南非共和國前總統納爾遜•曼德拉。她主要在馬普托(莫桑比克首都)和南非之間活動。
Graça Machel was Mozambique」s Minister for Education until 1989 and the chairperson of the National Organization of Children of Mozambique, an organization that places orphans in village homes. She has worked closely with families in her efforts to rehabilitate children, has acted to empower Mozambican women and has been a major force on behalf of worldwide literacy.
Ms. Machel was a delegate to the 1998 UNICEF conference in Zimbabwe, is president of the National Commission of UNESCO, and served on the international steering committee of the 1990 World Conference on Education for All. She was appointed by the secretary-general of the United Nations to chair the Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. Ms. Machel was the recipient of InterAction」s humanitarian award for 1997, and received a major award from CARE as a result of her long-standing work on behalf of children.
She is the widow of the first president of Mozambique. She is currently married to the former president of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, and divides her time between activities in Maputo, Mozambique and South Africa.
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