LGBTQ+ people in Malawi have issued fresh calls for the government to introduce laws protecting their rights, as members of the community continue to report physical attacks, entrenched stigma and barriers to accessing healthcare. A 30-year-old lesbian woman from Mpemba, along with others from Ndirande and Machinjiri, said the current legal environment is directly infringing […]
Campaign groups fighting for LGBTIQ+ rights in Malawi have launched a fresh push to secure a seat on the country’s top human rights body — insisting the community can no longer be locked out of the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC). The demand comes hot on the heels of a separate campaign, Youth-Decide, which piled […]
Presidential press secretary Brian Banda has said President Lazarus Chakwera has no clear stand on legalization of same-sex marriages and has left the issue to the country’s citizens to determine whether to legalise it or not. Banda also told the media during the Weekly Brief at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Mondaythat the issue was same-sex marriages […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Titus Mvalo on Tuesday presented Malawi’s human rights report to the United Nations’ 36 session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) taking place in Geneva, saying although same-sex marriages are illegal in Malawi, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is conducting a study on whether it could be legalised. […]
Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) and Action Hope Malawi have asked members of parliament to push for legislations that she the divisive “vices against nature” that work against interest of sexual minority groups such as criminalising homosexuality. The two organisations want discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation. “Criminalisation of same […]
Compelled by their predicament due to Covid-19 devastation, Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/Aids (Manerela+) on Wednesday distributed assorted food items and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the minority groups in Mangochi district. The minority groups who received the items are the: “Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI), […]
Unequivocally, Malawi remains unstable following the disputed presidential elections in May this year and it will, unfortunately, stay on this path for the foreseeable future as human rights groups continue to push for the resignation from office of Malawi Electoral Commission boss Judge Jane Ansah for bungling the elections. Before discussing the ongoing unrest, two […]
Fearing persecution after being outed as gay, Aniz Mitha fled Malawi leaving behind his well-off Muslim family and four-year-old son, he headed for South Africa, where he became a sex worker to survive. Fearing persecution after being outed as gay, Aniz Mitha fled Malawi. Leaving behind his well-off Muslim family and four-year-old son, he headed […]
Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) has described running mates who participated in the Tuesday evening debate as “confused”, saying they must rethink their stands on homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Cedep executive director, Gift Trapence, said on Wednesday in the aftermath of the debate that it was unfortuanate that Mohammed Sidik Mia (Malawi Congress […]
The topic of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) ruffled feathers during the Tuesday presidential running mates final debate with participants differing on what their governments would do once elected into power about the minority group. The debate was organised by private-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and tackled sticky issues that produced varying responses […]
Malawian scholar and social commentator Lyson Sibande’s book, Homosexuality in Africa: a Political, Religious, and Cultural Dilemma, has hit the country’s bookshops and seeks to address the conflict of values, beliefs and ideals between politics on one hand and religion and culture on the other. The issue of homosexuality has been a contentious issue in Africa; […]
Malawi police said Wednesday they had arrested Limbani Sibande, 24, in northern city of Mzuzu, for presumed homosexuality at a time activist are demanding that laws banning homosexuality should be overturned. Both Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer Peter Kalaya and National Police headquarters in Lilongwe, Public Relations Officer, James Kadadzera, confirmed the arrest. The […]
Chairperson for Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA)-Mangochi Branch Pastor Gamaliyele has admitted that dialogue meetings between religious leaders and members of the LGBTI persons have tremendously helped in reducing discrimination and violenve against members of the LGBTI community. The servant of God disclosed this recently in Mangochi at a meeting MANERELA […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) in partnership with the African Organization for Families (AOFF), a regional affiliate of World Congress of Families will from November 29 to 30 hold the World Congress of Families. Both ECM, EAM and AOFF have confirmed about the conference scheduled for Sunbird […]
One of Malawi’s faith based organisations Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA) has embarked on a new project under the theme ‘Building LGBTI Inclusive Faith Communities in Malawi’. This was revealed at an orientation of Religious Leaders on Advocacy and Human Rights Sexuality which took place […]
The Aids and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (Arasa) has written the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) to stop the idea of holding a public inquiry that is aimed to get the national views on whether or not Malawi should continue criminalizing same sex marriages. Arasa is a regional network of civil society organization (CSOs) […]
The Ethics, Peace, and Justice Commission (EPJC) of Evangelical Association of Malawi has faulted government’s decision to initiate a public inquiry on homosexuality through Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) describing the move as unconstitutional. In November 2016 Malawi government through the Solicitor General and Secretary of Justice Dr. Janet Banda announced its plans to conduct […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+)-a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Religious grouping aimed at promoting Faith Based Response in reducing Stigma and Discrimination and other Human Rights Issues-has trashed a proposal by Malawi Human Rights Commission’s (MHRC) to conduct a Homosexuality/LGBTI (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Intersex) Survey […]