Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcukais an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Director of UN Women. Previously she was a South African politician who was Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008. She was the first woman to hold the position and at that point the highest ranking woman in the history of South Africa. She is married to the former head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Bulelani Ngcuka...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 November 1955
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka quotes about
advance paid stopped
But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.
hope information
We hope that there will be better policy-making and hope to see projects implemented. We have lots of information that can be used for the implementation of projects.
best
They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help.
certainly heard hoping
I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.
inspiring technology generations
With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation.
relationship country successful
They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country.
progress women-equality equality-of-people
Equality for women is progress for all.
inspiring fighting men
Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight against it and reject it by becoming a feminist man, or you enjoy the privileges that come with it.
equal-pay employment employers
Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work.
thinking skills people
We also have to match the skills with the needs of the economy... I think we are losing the plot because we are continuing to produce the people that are not going to be the drivers of industrialisation. So that needs the discipline of both training institutions and policies that drive our people to industrialisation.
educate nations
Educate a woman, you educate a nation,
mother inaction
My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.
achieve gender status-quo
Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.
change religious men
Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making roles, as heads of state, CEOs, religious and cultural leaders, and as partners and parents.