Graça Machel calls for greater women's access to banking

The president of the Foundation for Community Development and the New faces,new voices,Graça Machel,calls for greater women's access to formal economic system of the country as the main prerequisite for their empowerment.

The Social activist spoke yesterday on the last day of the first international conference on gender equality and empowerment of women, organized by the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo.

While recognizing that there are women entrepreneurs who are already in the financial system in Mozambique,Graca Machel believes that the number is negligible,if compared with the overwhelming majority which is in the informal sector,especially the importers in the informal sector,the''mukheristas ",whose activities are of great impact in the country,but are excluded from the financial system.