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I Sat Down In 1989 And I Made Up My Mind At That Point That I Was Going To Spend The Rest Of My Life Assisting Women And Youth To Gain Social And Political Empowerment Through Business And Education. I Convinced Myself Economic Empowerment Of Women Was Going To Be Key, Especially In A Country Like This Where Most Women Didn't Go To School.

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I Sat Down In 1989 And I

Joyce Banda

I Sat Down In 1989 And I Made Up My Mind At That Point That I Was Going To Spend The Rest Of My Life Assisting Women And Youth To Gain Social And Political Empowerment Through Business And Education. I Convinced Myself Economic Empowerment Of Women Was Going To Be Key, Especially In A Country Like This Where Most Women Didn't Go To School.

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