Young women in Malawi’s southern district of Chiradzulu have received a financial boost from a local NGO, Girls Empowerment Network (GENET) which is implementing a social-economic empowerment project which seeks to economically empower vulnerable women and girls in the area of Senior Chief Chitera. The project which is funded by African Women’s Development Fund follows […]
Rahima Nepiyara looks like any other ordinary school girl. She has a bright smile and moves around Salima Secondary School as if not weighed by the fact that she cannot afford to meet her school fees needs. In Form One, the 14 years old is so bright, though she is sneaked into class every three […]
Malawi joined the rest of African countries on Sunday to mark the Day of the African Child with children caling on traditional leaders and the police to help stop cultural practices that affect their well-being. Some children, especially those in rural Malawi, face outrageous rituals that are critically harmful to health, including female genital mutilation […]
Malawi will settle for the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC) marriage age of 18 following consultations government through the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare embarked on to incorporate stakeholder’s views to determine the right minimum matrimonial age after parliament had settled for 16. In 2009 the country’s parliament amended Clause 9 in the […]
President Joyce Banda has said government will make available conducive conditions that will enable girls not only access education, or remain in school, but also whet their appetite to fully exploit their potentials to attain full potential. She said this would be through a five-pronged approach that includes promoting parental and community involvement, making the […]
Absenteeism rate among adolescent girls in Malawi primary schools due to poor menstrual hygiene is expected to drastically reduce following a launch of a project known as Keeping Girls in School which seeks to distribute, for free, reusable sanitary pads to primary school girls. Communications adviser for Girls Empowerment Network (GENET) which is championing the […]