Selmor Mtukudzi records with leading African musicians

If through this song my voice helps to ensure that fewer women die during child birth I would be the happiest woman alive

AFRO Jazz musician Selmor Mtukudzi is in South Africa, together with other female musicians to record a song calling for world leaders to put women’s empowerment at the heart of the new development goals in order to put the world on track to end extreme poverty.
Selmor began recording the song and video in Johannesburg on Monday and all procedures are expected to be complete on May 1.
Apart from Selmor the song will also feature Judith Sephuma (South Africa), Victoria Kimani (Kenya), Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania), Arielle T(Gabon), Omotola (Nigeria) and Waje (Nigeria) The recording of the song and video will be at SABC studios, in Auckland Park, Johannesburg.
Commenting on the project Selomor said the African Union declared 2015 a year of Women Empowerment so taking action about the role of women in the development agenda was more important than ever before for her.
“This is an important year and this is an important campaign. My passion is health and for me it is tragic that, to this day, we have far too many girls and women dying because they lack access to quality health services. If through this song my voice helps to ensure that fewer women die during child birth and that fewer children die from preventable diseases, then I would be the happiest woman alive,” she said.
The song is part of the ‘Poverty is Sexist Campaign’ by the ONE Campaign. The song will be used to promote the Poverty is Sexist Campaign across the world, and will be officially launched in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Mozambique and in South Africa during the World Economic Forum for Africa and the African Union Heads of State Summit.
The campaign has a petition which is calling on world leaders to fast-track the fight against inequality and injustice by investing more in women and girls if the world is to end extreme poverty by 2030.
ONE believes that they cannot fight the injustice – that is extreme poverty without fighting the immense gender inequality that persists around the world. Through this song, ONE – a campaigning and advocacy organization of more than 6 million people is calling for smart policies and targeted investments in health, education and the economic empowerment of women and girls for them to unleash their human, social, political and economic potential.