Network for Youth Development (NfYD) has urged communities in Chiwamba area to be vigilant in protecting children with disability from any form of abuse and violence. NfYD programmes manager, Licade Nyirenda made the remarks Sunday when she presented a Christmas gift of Medical Supplies worth K500 000 to Chiwamba Health Centre in Lilongwe. She said […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has called on social welfare and child protection workers for not delivering impressive and notable results in their expected roles of promoting social economic empowerment and protection of women and children using community and welfare approaches. The Minister made the remarks on Monday in Lilongwe […]
Civil Society Organisations Network has appealed to government to create a position of district child officers to handle issues affecting children. The chairperson of the network Teckson Amadu said this in Mzimba on Saturday during a child protection stakeholders’ meeting which was organised with funding from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). Amadu said the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday condemned law violations and all forms of abuses perpetrated towards children in the country. Chakwera was speaking when he presided over the commemoration of World Children’s Day at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. During the commemoration, the president answered questions from children on issues that affect them. He said inhumane cases […]
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has warned parents and guardians against neglecting children at the expense of child survival, protection and development. She said government would arrest parents and guardians that would fail to provide attention, care, support and protection to children. Kaliati said this on Tuesday in Blantyre when […]
Absence of a stand-alone ministry of children and district child offices in Malawi, are some of the “worrying” issues in a civil society organizations (CSOs) alternative report to be submitted to the African Union (AU) committee of experts on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). The report, which will […]
Barely a few days after settling a clash with the NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGOGCN) over the missing of the word ‘gender’ in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare, President Lazarus Chakwera seems to have drawn another flame of fire for omitting ‘children’ in name of the reconstituted ministry. This time, child focused non-governmental […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate’s court has sentenced Shupi Mitambo, 25, to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for acts intended to cause grievous harm contrary to Section 235 (a) of the Penal Code. According to Lingadzi Police Spokesperson, Salome Zgambo, the Court heard through State Prosecutor Inspector, Grace Mafosha that on June 27, 2020 Mitambo beat […]
Lingadzi police station is keeping in custody a 28 year old Rwandese woman Slivia Mukunoheri for allegedly abusing her two step children by making them crawl on a hard concrete surface. This occurred on Tuesday in Area 49 at Gulliver, in the capital city. Police at Lingadzi said some well wishers informed police that in […]
High Court Judge Fiona Mwale joined Chancellor College law students and their lecturers at their backyard in eastern city of Zomba to discuss the state of child rights in Malawi. The academic discussion, dubbed Staff-Students Seminar, was conducted under the theme “Protection of Children from violence and abuse: Traditional norms and the Law.” Setting the […]
A Magistrate Court in Mangochi has sentenced a woman to two years in jail with hard labour without an option of a fine for scalding her son’s hands with hot water. The court heard that Zeria Kasiya scolded both hands of her five-year-old son and some parts of the body after he misused K100 out […]
Traditional leaders in Mzimba District have been urged to review and scrap off harmful cultural practices which violate children’s rights. Chairperson for M’mbelwa District Council, Dan Nkosi made the call Saturday during commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the headquarters of Traditional Authority (TA) Kampingo Sibande. Nkosi observed that some norms, traditions […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Cecilia Chazama, has described Bill No. 1 of 2018, National Children’s Bill as duplicating the already existing functions of the ministry and other partners in child protection and care. Chazama told a news conference in Lilongwe on Monday that Bill tabled as a private member’s motion by […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe surprised and shocked child rights activists in the country when he disapproved a private members bill which seeks to set up a National Children’s Commission to step up the protection of children in the country. The bill was moved by Lilongwe central MP Robin Lowe of main opposition Malawi […]
An international Non Governmental Organization (NGO), which is affiliated to the wellbeing of children, Help a Child (HAC) Malawi, has registered its commitment to play a complementary role with government in exploring sustainable strategies that can help children to realize their full potential in life. HAC Country Director, Erin Dijkstra during a meeting organized to […]
Association of Progressive Women (APW) has embarked on a project that is aimed at equipping learners in primary schools of Mwanza through Child-Led Clubs on child rights so that they are protected from child marriage and human trafficking. In an interview on the sidelines of a workshop at Tsupe Primary School on Friday, Project Officer […]
Councillor for Phalombe Central Constituency has emphasized on the need for parents and guardians to take a greater role in child protection. Councillor for Migowi Ward, Bridget Mtambalika made the remarks at Nkhulambe Primary School ground on Saturday when she presided over the commemoration day of the African Child in Phalombe district. She said it is the […]
Malawi Police in central region district of Mchinji bordering with Zambia have arrested a 28-year-old woman, Sellina Twaibu, for allegedly scalding and seriously wounding her late sister’s daughter. The incident has occurred at a time government and its various stakeholders are making tireless efforts to fight child abuse and violence amongst the country’s communities. The […]