Joyce Banda Quotes
born 1950
Joyce Banda (born 12 April 1950) is a past president of Malawi. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party created in 2011.
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I want Malawians, in 20 years, to look back, when we have depleted our resources, and say we had oil but we benefited. Our country became a better place for us to live in
Despite the Women, Peace and Security agenda as anchored in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 being in place for 25 years, women remain largely excluded from formal peace negotiations
One, to turn around the collapsed economy and the reforms I implemented to achieve that, and secondly, that I [reduced] maternal mortality from 675 per 100,000 live births to 460 [per 100,000 live births] in 24 months.
It came from his mouth: that the former president sent doctors to come and inject him the day he was kept in the police [station]. That is the one [accusation] that is more current and serious now but I don’t care even about that because it’s not possible.
In fact, it was the other way round: I received a lot of support from men in my country, maybe sometimes more than my fellow women. If there were any statements on radio scandalising me or accusing me, it was my fellow women, so I think I would be telling a lie if I said that I faced that in Malawi.