In November 2016 Malawi government announced its plans to conduct a public inquiry on the laws that criminalize homosexuality in order to decide as to whether to change such laws or not. According to the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice Dr. Janet Banda SC, government was receiving enormous pressure to review such laws hence […]
Members of the sexual minority LGBTI (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) group have called upon all Malawians including Religious Leaders to accept that LGBTI’s exist and begin to recognise and respect their human rights. The call was made by some members of the LGBTI community at the end of an interface meeting with religious leaders and an […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politician Ken Msonda will this Thursday be in High Court to hear the determination of Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on whether his case of “kill homosexuals” remarks he made on his Facebook page should be heard as a constitutional case. Two leading activists on minority rights – Gift Trapence and […]
Some Religious leaders in the country have agreed and collaborated with the Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Personally Affected by HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) on the need to accomodate people who engages themselves in LGBTI [Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transexual and Intersex] as they are worried about the highrate of HIV /AIDS prevalence rate. This was one […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has convicted and fined two gay men for outraging public decency after they were caught having sex in public place in the capital city. Kelvin Gomani performed the gay sex act with Davie Loka in a car park on 4 December, 2016, the court heard through prosecutor Sergent Ruth Chiunjika. They were […]
Officials from Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) say the government has directed them to assess same-sex marriage laws. Chairperson of MHRC Justin Dzonzi said the government acted within the law to engage his organisation on the issue before parliament takes up the bills. “We have actually began preparations for the inquiries on changing laws of […]
Human rights activist and social commentator Allie Mwachande has blamed the faith community for losing track in discharging their religious duties. This follows the decision by the Episcopal Coference of Malawi (ECM) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) in playing a leading role in organizing the national wide Anti-Abortion and Same sex Marriage demonstrations. […]
Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) executive director Gift Trapence has come under attack for criticising the church on the use of children during learning hours in the recent protests. The Episcopal Conference of Malawi and Evangelical Association of Malawi led protests against abortion and same sex marriages attracted learners who were in school […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) have announced that all is set for Tuesday’s 6th December nationwide demonstrations against pregnancy termination, among others. The two faith organisations announced their plan to hold a nationwide protests against legalization of abortion and homosexuality dubbed Citizen’s March for Life and Family. According […]
Executive Board Member for Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) Reverend Macdonald Sembereka has insisted that Malawi needs at all cost to adopt the newly proposed Abortion Laws which he said will greatly assist in reducing cases of maternal deaths. Sembereka was speaking prior to the March protest against the legalization of Abortion in Malawi […]
Malawian activist Lyson Sibande has for the past few years spent time on research and studies that has now borne a book whose sole aim is to stimulate a healthy debate on homosexuality issues in the region. Homosexuality remains a controversial topic in Malawi. Despite tumult by activists, the law in Malawi subjects people engaged […]
Centre for the development of the people (Cedep) says it has registered a success story for the last decade it has been in the country. Cedes is a firebrand non-governmental organisation whose aim, among other things, is to promote free mind for the people of Malawi so that progressiveness takes place. The organization’s communications officer, […]
The Center for the Development of People (CEDEP) has so far registered 50 homophobic cases since January this year, according to the organization’s Communications Manager Simeon Thodi. Thodi was reacting to a complaint by some homosexuals who, in an interview with Nyasa Times complained that they are being ill-treated by the general public and are […]
The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC) of Evangelical Association of Malawi has shifted the planned protests against abortion and homosexuality calls from 17t October to November 2016. A few weeks ago the Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission announced its plans to hold what they call “the Citizen’s March for Life and Family” in all […]
A newly registered Christian ministry called The Truth on fire says its ready and committed to fight tooth and nail in defending biblical principles and Malawi’s values by among others forcing government not to bow down to pressure from those calling for the legalization of same sex marriages and safe abortion. Speaking in an interview, […]
Gay rights advocacy body, Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), has condemened plans by the Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission [EPJC]—a social governance arm of the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)— to hold a countrywide march against gays and abortion calls. Cedep executive director Gift Trapence said the church should be promoting non-discrimination, saying demonstrations […]
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has referred back to the High Court a discontinued case where politician Ken Msonda was dragged to court for inciting violence. Writing on his Facebook page on January 2 2016, Msonda, who is spokesperson of opposition Peoples’s Party (PP), declared that the best way to deal with homosexuals was to kill […]
The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC) of Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has said it is time that President Peter Mutharika declared his stand on the controversial homosexuality and abortion issues in the country. Speaking during a news conference in Blantyre, the chairperson of EPJC-a governance and advocacy wing of Evangelical Association of Malawi, […]