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Graca Machel (Mozambique)马谢尔
格拉萨•马谢尔1989年以前担任莫桑比克教育部长,莫桑比克国家儿童组织主席。该组织负责把孤儿安置在乡村。她和很多家庭合作,努力安置儿童。马谢尔为莫桑比克妇女争取权益而四处活动,是全球扫盲力量的一支生力军。
马谢尔女士是1998年在津巴布韦召开的联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)的代表,联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)的国家委员会主席,曾经任职于1990年世界全民教育大会国际指导委员会。她被联合国秘书长指派主持“武装冲突对儿童的影响研究”。她是1997年“互动人道主义奖”获得者。因为她对儿童事业的长期奉献,获得了CARE大奖。
马谢尔女士是莫桑比克第一任总统的遗孀。现任丈夫是南非共和国前总统纳尔逊•曼德拉。她主要在马普托(莫桑比克首都)和南非之间活动。
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.