About Betty Makoni
Betty Makoni is writing from Botswana where she is meeting with the Zimbabwean program directors of GCN to celebrate GCN’s accomplishments and sustain its success.
Hazviperi Betty Makoni is the President and Founder of the Girl Child Network Worldwide. Betty Makoni founded the Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe in 1998. She and 10 high school girls established 
a girls club in a local high school to combat the kind of terrible sexual abuse that Betty herself had undergone and that many girls were enduring from teachers, relatives, and even, officials. They marched across the country; they organized campaigns to teach girls their rights; they built empowerment villages to enable abused girls to heal and support each other. Read more about the Girl Child Network Worldwide.
Girls Empowerment and Education Fund benefits girls around the world who don’t have money to carry out their uplifting projects. The fund will be the first to support proposals…
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what a fantastic informative blog! Many Thanks
Big question I know, but how do you think women are influencing early 21st century development?
The International Herald Tribune has launched a year-long series called The Female Factor, which examines the most recent shifts in women’s power, prominence and impact on societies around the world. The Female Factor aims to take the reader on surprising journeys where women’s worlds intersect, whether they are in the western or the developing worlds, and answer the question: How are women influencing early 21st century development?
Despite huge divergences in women’s lives there are female pioneers throughout the world choosing to make a difference in their own way. Consider for example the milestone in major studio film direction with Kathryn Bigelow’s recent Oscar victory.
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