Patricia Malasha is a champion for women's empowerment based in Lusaka, Zambia. She works with government officials, customary leaders, and communities to empower women as part of a USAID-funded program. The program, a US White House initiative called the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, aims to reach 50 million women in the developing world by 2025.
Nine traditional chiefs have partnered with USAID and DFID over the last five years to demarcate and document the land rights of 30,000 women farmers across Zambia and Mozambique.