{"id":99318,"date":"2026-04-08T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/chapo-launches-fund-for-womens-empowerment"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:39:15","slug":"chapo-launches-fund-for-womens-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/chapo-launches-fund-for-womens-empowerment","title":{"rendered":"Chapo launches Fund for Women\u2019s Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong> <\/span>Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Tuesday launched a Fund for Women\u2019s Empowerment, known as Empodera.<\/p>\n<p>Marking Mozambican Women\u2019s Day, celebrated every year on 7 April, Chapo said \u201cEmpodera is an initiative that responds to one of the commitments taken by our country: that of promoting women\u2019s economic autonomy, expanding their access to opportunities, supporting women\u2019s productive initiatives, and creating conditions for more women to pass from a situation of vulnerability to prosperity, with dignity and hope\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Empodera programme also enshrines a commitment to combat domestic violence, gender-based violence and the murder of women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur objective is clear\u201d, said Chapo. \u201cWe want women to be economically strengthened and socially protected. We want girls with guaranteed rights, and we want society that does not accept violence as fate or silence as a response\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are banking on better conditions so that each woman and each girl may live in safety, dignity and hope\u201d, the President declared.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion of the rights of women and girls \u201cshould be understood as a condition for peace, for national unity, for reconciliation, for poverty reduction and for the construction of a fairer and more developed Mozambique\u201d, Chapo added.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that the country\u2019 first President, Samora Machel, had once declared \u201cthe emancipation of women is not an act of charity: it is a necessity of the revolution, a guarantee of its continuity and the condition for its triumph\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo said he was sure \u201cthere will be no sustainable development, no lasting peace, and no shared prosperity while barriers persist that prevent women from fully exercising their rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want a society in which men and women achieve their potential and participate in equality of dignity and opportunities\u201d, he declared. \u201cFor us, the promotion of Mozambican women is a question of justice, democracy, development and the future of the nation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo noted that major advances in the empowerment of women have already been made: thus, there is almost parity between the sexes in Mozambican secondary education (49.9 per cent of secondary students are girls), and, in 2025, 97 per cent of all recorded births took place in health units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo society will be truly free while its women are not fully respected\u201d, said Chapo. \u201cNo economy will be genuinely inclusive while its women do not have equitable access to opportunities. 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