Joyce Banda Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==National Association of Business Women== Banda is the founder of the National Association of Business Women in Malawi that was established in 1990. It is a registered non-profit foundation in Malawi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/africa/osaa/ngodirectory2/dest/countries/printNGO.asp?lang=ENG&country=29&ngo=MALW27 |title=National Association of Business Women |publisher=United Nations |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026124825/http://www.un.org/africa/osaa/ngodirectory2/dest/countries/printNGO.asp?lang=ENG&country=29&ngo=MALW27 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> The association aims to lift women out of poverty by strengthening their capacity and empowering them economically.<ref name="hivos">{{cite web |url=http://www.hivos.nl/dut/community/partner/10003036 |title=National Association of Business Women / Partners / Home β Ontwikkelingsorganisatie Hivos |language=nl |publisher=Hivos.nl |date=31 December 2008 |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054222/http://www.hivos.nl/dut/community/partner/10003036 |archive-date=4 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> This is a social network of 30,000 women, dedicated to supporting women's businesses and supporting women who want to participate in business. Its activities include business training, technical training, record keeping and management skills.<ref name="hivos"/> They work towards creating dialogue with policymakers to make policies favourable to women business owners.<ref name="intracen">{{cite web|url=http://www.intracen.org/womenandtrade/ |title=Women and Trade β Home page |publisher=Intracen.org |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref> Its current director is Mary Malunga.<ref name="intracen"/> The foundation has had a partnership with the Netherlands-based Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation ([[Hivos]]) at The Hague since 2003.<ref name="hivos"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page