Male members of the Malawi National Assembly have signed up as HeForShe champions, making critical commitments to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the country. Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya, led 27 other male Members of Parliament (MPs) in signing the commitment in Lilongwe. The National Assembly’s HeforShe commitments are another landmark in promoting […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has placed Malawi on 170th position out of 187 countries in dealing decisively with gender based violence despite huge sums of money injected in the programme to fight the vice. The 2015 UNDP report means that Malawi has to do more to deal with gender based as the report shockingly […]
Some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) which represented Malawi at the recent 62nd Convention on the Elimination of all Forms o Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva observed that lack of political will and lack of gender sensitivity in electoral laws are some of the areas government needs to improve on if the country is to […]
Sarai Chisala of EmGender Research Network, who challenged a Norwegian development arm over the use of “single” in an advert seeking young women for internship, has successfully won the battle and the advert has been withdrawn from a newspaper pending removal of the marital status. In the letter , Thor Offedal, country director for Development […]
President Peter Mutharika has said Malawi government has put in place mechanisms aimed at addressing the plight of women in the country who he said are usually victimized because of their gender. Addressing Global Leaders meeting on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Professor […]
President Peter Mutharika has been advised by a University of Malawi don, to focus on “objective appointments” when hiring people into public positions but also ensure gender equality. Happy Kayuni, Associate Professor and head of Political and Administrative studies department at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College observed that political appeasement has been the major […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati on Wednesday evening stole the show when she was guest of honour during the launch of the Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Policy by the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM). The minister made a speech for about 45 minutes, making most people in the Capital Hotel’s Marquee tired […]
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has launched post graduate and under graduate programmes in gender studies following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the tertiary institution and the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social welfare. The Diploma, Degree, and Masters of Science (Msc) in Gender to be offered by […]
Malawian President Arthur Peter Mutharika has been appointed global champions for UN HeForShe campaign. According to the United Nations Headquarters, they identified President Mutharika for the appointment because of his commitment to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women; ending child marriages; and gender based violence. Meanwhile, State House press office has said Mutharika […]
President Peter Mutharika has admitted that some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a gender connotation will not be achieved by this year, 2015. Mutharika made the observation when he presided over the launch of HeForShe campaign at the Parliament Building in Lilongwe on Thursday. The HeForShe campaign is a global aimed to mobilize […]
Malawi on Thursday launched the new initiative to galvanize the support of leaders to bring an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls around the world. Launching the campaign at Parliament Building in Lilongwe, President Peter Mutharika pledged to ensure that women and men are equal and have the right to equal […]
The Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Áine Hearns has commended efforts by local NGOs in the fight for gender equality. Speaking during a gender violence based photographic exhibition at Woodlands (formerly known as Sanctuary Lodge) in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Hearns said With good support and facilitation by capable and dedicated NGO’s, real progress can and should be […]
The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) Program that is being implemented by the Government of Malawi with support from the European Union (EU) and United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) will in December 2014 award Non State Actors that are implementing innovative and creative interventions in the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment in […]
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has introduced post graduate and under graduate programmes in gender studies following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the tertiary institution and the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social welfare. The introduction of the programmes will see a total of 90 students undergoing […]
Malawi has been ranked fifth in the Sub-saharan region in promoting equality for women in the workplace. Research by the World Economic Forum (WEF) – the body behind the high-powered annual Davos summit – found Malawi is a top performer in the region, mainly on primary education, on the rankings of its Global Gender Gap […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said despite the enactment of the Gender Equality Act in 2013, there are still high levels of gender-insensitivity in the private sector. MHRC Gender and women rights Director Michael Kakatela disclosed this during a workshop for the private sector on the enforcement of the gender equality Act on Tuesday. […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has called on stakeholders to scale up implementation of gender mainstreaming and women empowerment programmes at all levels. Speaking during the launch in Lilongwe, Kaliati said since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platforms for Action was adopted at the fourth World Conference on […]
NGO-Gender Coordination Network (NGOGCN) Observer Mission to the country’s tripartite polls, has called on the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) to ensure that all complaints lodged by female candidates are properly recorded in a sex disaggregated format and that are effectively dealt with before they escalate and cause serious disturbances. The observer team noted a number […]