The judiciary has urged persons with disabilities to respect the law as it is against the law in Malawi to gather alms on the streets. The judiciary Public Relations Officer, Mlenga Mvula said in an interview following the case that happened on February 14, 2017 where Blantyre police arrested 12 people for gathering alms on […]
President Peter Mutharika has said people with disability need more attention and support for them to realize their potential. Making the remarks on Friday at Sanjika Palace during an audience with Federation of Disability Organizations of Malawi (FEDOMA) Mutharika said people with disability are facing discrimination and exclusion in many aspects of their lives hence […]
Malawi President Aurther Peter Mutharika (APM) on Saturday received an Ambassadorial Country Status Award courtesy of Africa Disability Alliance, a top civil society award, the only one of its kind in Africa. Mutharika received the award when he was presiding over International Day of Persons with Disability at Luchenza in Thyolo District. This award is […]
Forum for the Development of Youth with Disability (FDYD) has urged government and various players to involve the youth with disabilities in policy and decision making processes to ensure their inclusion and participation in various development activities in the country. According to FDYD Executive Director, Rex Tikondane Kalima, young people with disabilities are being looked […]
Malawi government has warned that it will pounce on any parent who discriminates physically challenged children. The warning was issued on Tuesday by Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati when she visited beneficiaries of Social Cash Transfer Scheme in Chitipa East Constituency. Kaliati expressed concern that some parents who are ashamed […]
Government has finally gazetted the Disability Act, making it enforceable, Minister of Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Affairs, Rachel Kachaje confirmed. There has been outcry by Federation for Disability Organization in Malawi (Fedoma) on government’s failure to gazette the Act approved by parliament in May last year. In an interview with Nyasa Times, Kachaje said […]
Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (Fedoma) has petitioned Blantyre City Council (BCC) complaining of lack of accessibility of all facilities and services available or provided to the public. Fedoma has since given BCC 30 days to respond to the raised concerns, which emanate from the unavailability of specially designed structures and features in public […]
Federation for Disability Organization in Malawi (Fedoma) is not amused by government tactics not to gazette the disability Bill and has since pleaded for speedy gazetting of the disability bill which was passed by parliament in May last year. Fedoma observes that further delay to the process is tantamount to continued victimization of people with […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced that she will host the first-ever African Leaders Forum on Intellectual Disability in partnership with Special Olympics in February 2014 in Lilongwe, Malawi. President Banda made the official announcement at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, on a panel shared by Special Olympics Chairman Dr. Timothy […]
President Joyce Banda government scored top marks on Thursday when it successfully repealed the infamous Injunctions law and passed the Disability Bill in Parliament sitting in the capital city, Lilongwe. The injunction law – officially known as the Civil Procedure (Suits by or against the Government or Public Officers) Amendment Bill of 2010 – was passed in […]