Women leaders...COVID-19 response and recovery efforts - Sithembiso Nyoni

She said women have been known to be at the lower end of the food chain but the bank recognises that women have big ideas which need funding.

I call upon all stakeholders to join us in this nationwide effort to improve the lives of women, knowing that empowering a woman means empowering a village, empowering a village means empowering communities and therefore empowering the nation.

Women have a spirit of servitude, ministry, providing for food and bringing solutions where there are no solutions. Women make things happen. It's important to be deliberate. It's a 'you and me' drive that says women matter. We make up 51 percent of the population so we can't continue to say women are disadvantaged.