ECA’s former director Thokozile Ruzvidzo receives 2022 African Woman Pioneer Award

Abstract

GIMAC, a pan African civil society organization network, has presented its 2022 African Woman Pioneer Award to Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, former Director of ECA’s Gender, Poverty and Social Policy division, for her efforts in advancing the social, economic and political status of African women. Ms. Ruzvidzo received the 2022 Pioneer Award along with two other outstanding Africans, Ms. Aya Chebbi, an award-winning feminist and diplomat, and Dr. Jean-Bosco Butera, Special Adviser and Chief of Staff to the Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security at the African Union Commission.