STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release November 14, 2014 THE FIRST LADY HER EXCELLENCY GERTRUDE MUTHARIKA TO GRACE WOMEN’S ENTEPRENUERSHIP DAY IN NEW YORK, USA The First Lady Her Excellency Gertrude Mutharika leaves the country on Saturday November 15, 2014 for New York, United States of America (USA) where, among many other engagements, she has been invited to be a Guest Speaker and panelist during the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day to be held on November 19, 2014. The event which will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York will be handled by speaker and moderator Cathy Calvin President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UN Foundation. The Malawi First Lady will be joined by Her Excellency Penehupifo Pohamba, the First Lady of Namibia at the event. The Seminar which will be held under the theme ‘Government’s role in empowering girls and women entrepreneurs’ will discuss women entrepreneurs in recognition that they are the new engines for inclusive and sustainable industrial growth and rising stars of the economy in developing countries. The event is relevant to Malawi which seeks to promote women economic empowerment as stipulated in Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGD’s). The participation of the First Lady, therefore, symbolises high level political will on the part of government to turn Malawi women from passive recipients of handouts to active participants in their own economic empowerment. Madame Mutharika will share information on the role of Malawi government in supporting more women empowerment endeavors. She will also share information on how government is working with the private sector to empower women entrepreneurs. It is also highly likely that the First Lady will demonstrate how the recently launched Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust can be a tool for turning waste into an economic opportunity area where women can use waste as a source of income. Among many others, the event shall draw together women entrepreneurs themselves, women motivational speakers, women working in public institutions and those in Non-Governmental Organizations. Frederick Ndala Presidential Press Secretary Kamuzu Palace
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