Government said the process of empowering women in the work place and economically in the country is on course. Speaking at a news conference on the 61th Commission on Status of Women (CSW), Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Jean Kalirani said Malawi is on track to make sure that women in the […]
Malawi on Wednesday, joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International day of the street children with government saying it will ensure that every child has a home and that an exercise to rid the major cities and towns of street children will continue. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. […]
The Minister for Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Jean Kalirani has said Malawi has done very well in economic empowerment of women especially in the work sector at the continental level. Kalirani made the remarks during a side event organized by the Malawi Government in conjunction with UN Women on the margins of the Commission on the Status of Women 61 (CSW61) in […]
The Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has called upon well wishers including international organizations to support Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) for them to initiate their interventions in all districts in the country. Speaking after a familiarization tour of the national helpline service over the weekend, Minister of Gender Dr. Jean Kalirani […]
Malawi has a lot of work to do and should engage women to attain peace, Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalilani said on Friday. Kalilani was speaking in Lilongwe when she opened the National Women in Peace Conference. She said although Malawi was famed as a peaceful nation with no record […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. Jean Kalirani, says government is concerned with increased number of teenage girls indulging in sexual activities hence exposing themselves to early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Speaking Friday during a World Population Day commemoration event in Senior Chief Kachindamoto’s area in Dedza, Kalirani said […]
Minister of Gender, who is also Dowa Central constituency legislature, Dr. Jean Kalilani, has demonstrated a real commitment seeking to strengthen political foothold in the constituency by bankrolling activities of the youth. Kalirani has launched football and netball league worth K2 million in order to encourage young people in her constituency live a healthy life style through sporting […]
Minister of Home Affairs Jean Kalirani has called for quick relocation of Mozambican refugees from a tiny village in Mwanza to a fully fledged refugee camp. Kalirani said at a news conference on Monday that a tiny village of 120 has been invaded by a swam of 11000 refugees, occupying every inch of space and […]
Minister of Health Jean Kalirani on Friday assured Malawians that they should not panic with reports of shortage of drugs in public hospitals, saying the country has enough stocks of medicines and supplies at its Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST). Kalirani has said government was committed to maintaining high standards of health service delivery in […]
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani has noted that Malawians are having too many babies which will impact on the population growth of the one of the world’s most impoverished countries. Kalilani said government plans to construct a new hospital in Lilongwe, after newspaper report suggest eapid population growth in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe and the […]
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has explained that government will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals to be used to finance a health fund to address underfunding within the health sector. Malawi’s government hospitals offer free services to the citizenry. Often times the hospitals have suffered drug and medical equipment shortages – […]
The flagship national weekly, Malawi News has queried government’s recent accusations of civil society leaders for reporting abuse of National Aids Commission (NAC) to Global Fund, arguing that before blaming others as being unpatriotic, the government should examine the actions of those who dined and wined on the account of Aids/HIV money and consider whether […]
The Malawi government says it will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals be used to finance a health fund, Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has disclosed. Cabinet was currently working on the prices for the user fees “to help improve health service delivery.” Malawi’s government hospitals offer free services to the citizenry. […]
The number of people living with HIV in Malawi is said to be around 1,060,000, Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani told parliament, saying of these 147,000 are children and 913,000 are alduts. Presenting her ministerial statement, Kalirani said Malawi continues recording success stories in response to HIV and AIDS with the latest being the […]
Malawi Malaria cases in the country have drastically dropped, Minister of Health Jean Kalirani on Thursday told Malawi Parliament during her ministerial statement. “Despite the disease continuing to be a significant public health challenge for Malawi and accounting for 22 percent of all in-patient deaths in the 2013/14 fiscal year, the incidences of malaria have […]
Malawi’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has rejected accusations that it is behind the fire that gutted the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in Lilongwe on Tuesday. Opposition parties claim that the fire was deliberately started to destroy evidence that could have overturned the parliamentary victory of a member of DPP. Last week, a high […]
Secretary-General for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Dr Jean Kalilani is accusing the President Joyce Banda administration of disregarding education in the country by what she says putting educational policies that are impinging on the graduates from various colleges in the country. Addressing the students from Domasi College of Education (DCE) in the eastern city of […]
A legal expert has said that the missing of the seal for Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) might mean the end of the journey for the nine-year old political grouping as the party without such a common seal can no longer participate in any political national activities. The legal expert also said that […]