of Ireland Mary Robinson, these leaders seek to mobilise the political will and financial resources necessary to achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015 – a key target of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Accolades National awards Woman of the Year, Malawi, 1997 Woman of the Year, Malawi, 1998 Nyasa Times Multimedia 'Person of the Year', 2010 International awards Martin Luther King Drum Major Award, 2012, Washington DC Legends Award for Leadership, 2012, Greater African Methodist Episcopal Church Women of Substance Award, 2010, African Women Development Fund Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, 1997, Hunger Project of NY International award for entrepreneurship development, 1998, Africa Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 100 Heroines award, 1998, Rochester, New York Certificate of Honors, 2001, Federation of World Peace and Love, Taiwan, Republic of China Honors Most powerful woman in the world 2014, Forbes Magazine – rank #40 Most powerful woman in the world 2013, Forbes Magazine – rank #47 Most powerful woman in the world 2012, Forbes Magazine – rank #71 Most powerful woman in Africa 2012, Forbes Magazine – rank #1 Most powerful woman in Africa 2011, Forbes Magazine – rank #3 See also Malawian Constitutional Crisis 2012 List of current members of the National Assembly of Malawi Further reading References External links United Nations 1997 Africa Prize |- |- Banda, Joyce 21st-century women politicians Female foreign ministers Female heads of government Female heads of state Women rulers in Africa Foreign Ministers of Malawi Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) politicians Living people Malawian feminists People from Zomba District People's Party (Malawi) politicians Presidents of Malawi United Democratic Front (Malawi) politicians Vice-presidents of Malawi Women government ministers of Malawi Malawian women diplomats Women vice presidents Center for Global Development Women presidents BBC 100 Women 21st-century Malawian women politicians 21st-century Malawian politicians Malawian women's rights activists