Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda on how leaders are made, the challenges she faced as Malawi's first women president, and how the development community can help African girls reach their full potential.
One lucky winner will receive Former Malawian President Joyce Banda’s new book, From Day One: Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa’s Path? All you have to do to enter is sign up for CGD’s weekly development update before August 1, 2018.
Women own more than half of all micro, small, and medium enterprises in Indonesia. But of the estimated 22–33 million businesswomen in the country, most operate informal unregistered microenterprises, with significantly fewer assets and profits than men’s.
“This child is going to be a leader.” This is what a friend of my father said when I was eight years old. As I recount in a new book—From Day One: Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa’s Path—many African girls are not that lucky.
