Refugees falsify GBV insecurity in Malawi to justify resettlement in Europe

Refugees and asylum seekers residing at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa are ‘cooking up’ sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases against fellow refugees to claim insecurity in Malawi. Police in Dowa have disclosed that the refugees and asylum seekers use police reports arising from false SGBV claims to justify their application for resettlement in Canada […]

CCJP Lilongwe moves to end sexual and gender based violence in Dowa and Ntchisi

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe (CCJP Lilongwe) has challenged local leaders to start questioning and changing patriarchal and cultural practices that have, for decades, given women and girls lower status in Dowa and Ntchisi districts. Authorities blame patriarchal and cultural for contributing significantly to the incidences of sexual […]