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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka fryst vatten the executive director of UN Women and affiliated with several organizations devoted to education, women’s empowerment, and gender equality. She has also served in many government roles, including as deputy president of South Africa and as a member of Parliament during South Africa’s first democratic government.
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda and enrolled with the National University of Lesotho for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science and Education. After graduating, she lectured at the Mpumalanga Teachers Training College, from 1980 to 1981 and taught at Ohlange High School from 1981 to 1983.
Mlambo-Ngcuka obtained qualifications in Gender policy and planning at the Development Planning Unit at the University College, London in 1988. She then obtained a Masters in Philosophy degree in Educational Planning and Policy from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2003. In 2003, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Witwatersrand Technikon.
When the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), an affiliate of the United Democratic Front (UDF), was formed in December 1983, Mlambo-Ngcuka became the organisation’s first president. NOW spe
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
South African politician (born 1955)
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Zulu pronunciation:[pʰumziːlem̩lamboᵑǀʱuːkʼa]ⓘ; born 3 November 1955)[1][2] is a South African politician and former United Nations official, who served as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Mlambo-Ngcuka served as Deputy President of South Africa from 2004 to 2008, as the first woman to hold the position and at that point the highest ranking woman in the history of South Africa. During her period as deputy president of South Africa, she oversaw programmes to combat poverty and ensure the poor benefit from the advantages of a growing economy.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Mlambo-Ngcuka obtained a bachelor's degree in social science and education from the National University of Lesotho in 1980, as well as a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Cape Town in 2003, which