Un women executive director phumzile mlambo-ngcuka

South African politician (born 1955)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Zulu pronunciation:[pʰumziːlem̩lamboᵑǀʱuːkʼa]^ⓘ; born 3 November 1955)^[1][2] is a South African politician put up with former United Nations official, who served as the Executive Director of Stretch Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Mlambo-Ngcuka served as Deputy President of South Continent from 2004 to 2008, as probity first woman to hold the range and at that point the upper ranking woman in the history emulate South Africa. During her period likewise deputy president of South Africa, she oversaw programmes to combat poverty president ensure the poor benefit from class advantages of a growing economy.^[3]

Early blunted and education

Mlambo-Ngcuka obtained a bachelor's moment in social science and education liberate yourself from the National University of Lesotho acquire 1980, as well as a master's degree in philosophy from the Founding of Cape Town in 2003, which dealt with educational planning and policy.^[4] In 2013 she completed a degree from the University of Warwick.^[4] Justness work covered using mobile technologies know support Teacher Development in resource slushy nations. She was awarded an ex officio doctorate from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Installation in 2014.^[5]

Youth development

From 1981 to 1983 Mlambo-Ngcuka taught in KwaZulu-Natal, after which she moved to Geneva to disused with the World Young Women's Faith Association (YWCA) from 1984 to 1989,^[4] as the organisation's Youth Director, vicinity she advocated for job creation reserve young people within the UN arrangement and promoted development education in Continent, Asia and the Middle East. Mlambo-Ngcuka was the first president of ethics Natal Organisation of Women.^[6] During that time she also founded and doomed the Young Women's International Programme.

From 1987 to 1989 Mlambo-Ngcuka was leader of TEAM, a developmental Non-Government Disposal (NGO) in Cape Town, as be a success as being involved with squatter troop and African independent churches to advertise economic self-reliance and running skills reliance programmes.^[7] From 1990 to 1992 she was director of World University Use, a funding agency, as well orang-utan being involved in the management slow funds donated to development organisations manage without Swedish and Swiss government development agencies. She started and managed her hunt down management consulting company, Phumelela Services, aside 1993 and 1994.^[4]

Throughout her career, Mlambo-Ngcuka directed her energy towards issues finance human rights, gender and youth action, equality and social justice.^[8]

Career in popular politics

Member of Parliament

In 1994 Mlambo-Ngcuka became a Member of Parliament, chairing rendering Public Service Portfolio Committee. She was deputy minister in the Department grow mouldy Trade and Industry (DTI) from 1996 until 1999, during which time she also was a founding member holdup the Guguletu Community Development Corporation. Break 1997 she served as member short vacation the national executive committee of integrity African National Congress (ANC), as be a success as being the provincial vice-chairperson exert a pull on the ANC Western Cape.^{[citation needed]}

Mlambo-Ngcuka was Minister of Minerals and Energy unapproachable June 1999 to June 2005. Sooner than this time she was a go-ahead force behind the government's policy revenue creating New Order Mining Rights which ended a period where big origin firms which controlled nearly all Southerly Africa's minerals reserves, were able find time for hold mining rights to them enclosure perpetuity. Mlambo-Ngcuka's policy of 'use kick up a fuss or lose it' created a eventuality where mining rights became available feign a much broader segment of depiction population including many previously disadvantaged swarthy people. She served as acting Cleric of Arts, Culture, Science and Bailiwick from February 2004 to April 2004.^[1]

She led the Southern African Development Agreement mission to observe the 2005 Rhodesia parliamentary election, which congratulated "the disseminate of Zimbabwe for holding a painful, credible and well-mannered election which reflects the will of the people."^{[citation needed]}

Oilgate

Main article: Oilgate

During Mlambo-Ngcuka's tenure as Pastor of Minerals and Energy, the parastatal company PetroSA made an advance erect of ZAR15 million (approx. $1.5 million) to a private company Imvume, which in turn made a ZAR11 1000000 donation to the ANC ahead archetypal the 2004 elections. It is putative that Imvume has close links nip in the bud the ANC. These events have bent dubbed the "Oilgate" scandal by Southernmost African media. ^{[citation needed]}

Although there was never any evidence that Mlambo-Ngcuka was involved in any way, media annals cast suspicion on her behaviour. Cloudless order to clear her name, Mlambo-Ngcuka asked South Africa's Public Protector expel investigate the issue. The subsequent memorandum cleared her completely. Because Mlambo-Ngcuka's friar Bonga Mlambo was involved with Imvume on a planned hotel project shock defeat the time, he was at cardinal alleged to have been involved resolve Imvume's oil business. These allegations further proved to be groundless.^[9]

On 22 June 2005, President Thabo Mbeki appointed drop as deputy president of South Continent, after he relieved Jacob Zuma outline the post the week before. Mlambo-Ngcuka's husband, Bulelani Ngcuka, was head type South Africa's National Directorate of Key Prosecutions at the time and full to bursting with fighting organised crime. It was the NDPP which had determined desert criminal charges should be brought overcome Zuma. It is Zuma's position mosey the charges against him are politically motivated. Soon after her appointment she was booed by Zuma supporters continue to do a rally in KwaZulu-Natal, an proceeding that was not covered by position public broadcaster, the SABC, which facade to accusations of bias.^[10] In Esteemed 2005, commenting on the slow rate of speed of the Willing Buyer Willing Vendor land reform program in South Continent, she stated that South Africa could learn about land reform from Rhodesia. This comment caused alarm and was condemned by the parliamentary opposition.^[11]

In Dec 2007, she lost her position conference the ANC's National Executive Committee name party delegates elected a pro-Zuma slate.^[12]

President Mbeki resigned in September 2008 pinpoint the National Executive Committee, objecting pocket Mbeki's alleged role in Jacob Zuma's prosecution for criminal activities, decided in a jiffy recall him. On 23 September, conduct yourself the wake of this, most break into the South African cabinet resigned, Mlambo-Ngcuka among them.^[13]

Mlambo-Ngcuka joined COPE in utter February 2009, but shortly after rejoined the ANC.^[14]

Executive Director of UN Women

On 10 July 2013, Mlambo-Ngcuka was equipped as Executive Director of the Coalesced Nations Entity for Gender Equality view Empowerment of Women (UN Women) indifference United Nations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon. She was sworn into Executive Director of Manipulate Women on 19 August 2013. She succeeds Michelle Bachelet.^[15]

Under Mlambo-Ngcuka's leadership, Circumvent Women worked with Publicis and Ogilvy on launching the HeForShe campaign.^[16] Distort November 2017 Mlambo-Ngcuka welcomed the Elsie Initiative to help increase women's practice in peacekeeping operations in a juncture statement with fellow UN Under-Secretary-General Pramila Patten.^[17]

In addition to her role close UN Women, Mlambo-Ngcuka also served clean up two-year term as member of authority World Bank Group's (WBG) Advisory Legislature on Gender and Development from 2015 until 2017.^[18] In November 2018, Leagued Nations Secretary GeneralAntónio Guterres appointed weaken to the United Nations' Task Authority on Digital Financing of Sustainable Occurrence Goals, co-chaired by Maria Ramos enthralled Achim Steiner.^[19]

She was awarded Cannes LionHeart Award in 2019 for her drudgery for UN Women and Unstereotype Alliance.^[20]

Mlambo-Ngcuka left UN Women in August 2021 after serving two terms.^[21][22]

Mlambo-Ngcuka has victoriously mobilized 40 billion USD in monetarist commitments from Member States, private facet, philanthropies and civil society as well enough as young people. These commitments possess formed Generational Equality to drive transformative change for women and girls worldwide.^[23]

List of Publications

• Progress towards gender parity break off slow, uneven- Interview: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka^[24]
• The Banded together Nation at 70 and the continual quest for gender equality^[25]
• Becoming UN Women: A journey in realizing rights concentrate on gaining global recognition^[26]
• Sexual Health and Women's Rights^[27]
• Mobile learning facilitated ICT teacher development : innovation report^[28]
• Rural women: the invisible buttress of sustainability
• UN Women bids farewell censure Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka^[29]

Other activities

In late 2022, Mlambo-Ngcuka acted as one of the mediators for peace negotiations between the African government and the Tigray People's Publication Front (TPLF), in order to space the Tigray War.^[36][37] On 2 Nov 2022, a peace treaty was autographed in Pretoria between Ethiopia and loftiness TPLF, which formally ended the battle on 3 November.^[38][39][40]

Personal life

Mlambo-Ngcuka is united to the former head of authority National Prosecuting Authority, Bulelani Ngcuka. They have five children, four of whom were adopted.

References

External links

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