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Regula Chavez-Malgiaritta
Country Director Mozambique and Advisor Business Administration CESAF
Regula Chavez-Malgiaritta is a professional with significant experience in international development and leadership roles at Swisscontact, a Swiss non-profit organization focused on international cooperation and development.
Current Positions
Regula currently holds multiple positions within Swisscontact:
- Country Director for Mozambique12
- Project Team Leader for Skills to Build1
- Advisor for Business Administration at CESAF (Centro de Serviços de Assessoria Financeira)2
Professional Background
Regula's career at Swisscontact extends beyond her current roles in Mozambique. She has also served as:
- Director and representative for Swisscontact in Ecuador
- Deputy Director for South America
These positions demonstrate her extensive experience in managing and leading development projects across different regions.
Contact Information
For those needing to reach Regula in her professional capacity:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +258 850 495 224
- Location: Maputo, Mozambique34
Regula's diverse roles and responsibilities within Swisscontact highlight her expertise in business administration, project management, and international development, particularly in African and South American contexts.
Highlights
The Commemoration of 8 March Why do we commemorate 8 March as International Women's Day? The 8th March is not for a superficial celebration, but for commemoration - remembrance and awareness of the struggles of women to achieve better living conditions, to build a new, just and fraternal society. A struggle in which many women gave their lives - so it is not just any day.
- 166 years ago (1858), on the 8th of March, New York women workers took to the streets to protest against the inhuman conditions in which they worked. These women have given their lives in this historic struggle.
- 116 years ago (1908), in the same city, there was another strike of women textile workers, in which many of the strikers were burned to death, mainly demanding a reduction of their working day to 10 hours and permission to breastfeed their babies.
- Between 1909 and 1911, mass marches were held in Europe and the USA on 8 March to commemorate what had happened years earlier. In 1910, within the framework of the Second International and at the proposal of the German socialist Clara Zeltkin, the day was taken as a day to celebrate women's struggle to improve their working conditions. It was not until 1977 that the United Nations designated this date for the celebration of International Women's Day. Our challenges:
- In terms of violence against women there are inescapable imperatives that we have to take on as a society, but undoubtedly, there is one that today should not let us sleep easy, this is that of femicide, rape, child marriages and early pregnancies.
- The rights acquired by women have been the result of the struggles, sacrifices and lives of women who must help the new generations to take up the baton.
- It is therefore not a day of superficial celebration but a day of remembrance and awareness of women's struggles to achieve a new society. Much has been won - conquered, but we must move forward together, men and women, young people, public and private actors to: o Eradicate gender-based violence is imperative and avoid more femicides. o Protecting our girls from the abuses of patriarchy is another pending issue. o Intergenerational solidarity must be another plank in the struggle. o Sharing the responsibility of the household - in child-rearing. o Generate opportunities for education, study, learning and employment to achieve independence and feel empowered. o Eliminating the use of women as sexual objects IS A TASK FOR ALL OF US - ONLY THEN WILL WE SUCCEED IN BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE, JUST, EQUITABLE AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY.
As Swisscontact we are committed to working for fairness and equal opportunities.
