Pressure is mounting on Malawian authorities to end a bitter standoff threatening the country’s next Global Fund windfall, as a growing coalition of faith leaders and rights groups warn that thousands of lives could be at stake if the impasse drags on any longer. The Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected […]
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), […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Personally Affected by HIV and Aids (Manerela+) has called upon the law enforcers to take action against people who abuse people who are living positively. This comes amid increased cases of stigma and discrimination against HIV infected persons especially those that are members of the Key Population [Commercial Sex […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) has faulted some eligious and community leaders who they say have contributed to the persistent homophobia, stigma and discrimination towards LGBTI all in other words members of key population across the globe. According to MANERELA+ Programs Officer Harold Kachepatsonga, the […]
A religious grouping Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) has expressed concern over people who default on their Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment, a situation that may lead to drug resistance and has called upon the government through local Councils to take a swift action in dealing with […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA) has expressed concern with the abuse key population or minority groups continue to face in the country. The remarks were made in Mangochi during a dialogue and interface meeting with religious leaders and some members of the LGBTI community and […]
Chairperson for Balaka Civil Society Organization (CSO) Network Sheikh Ishmael Maulidi has hailed Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected With HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) for its tireless effort in advocating for inclusiveness of all people including those who fall in the key population or minority groups. The Sheikh said this after […]
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 […]
One of Malawi’s popular religious bodies fighting against HIV and Aids pandemic and ruman rights called Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA) has asked faith leaders in the country to embrace members of the key population in the society particulary members of the LGBTI [Lesbians, Gays, […]
One of the Religious Leaders ministering in the Central Region Lakeshore District of Salima Pastor Mankhanamba has reiterated the need for Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Companies and Individuals to provide condunsive environment as well as financial assistance to members in the key population particularly ‘Intersex’. The plea was made recently at an Orientation meeting of religious […]
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 […]
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 […]
An activists representing one of human rights bodies Malawi Networks of Religious Leader Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) have faulted Police for rushing into arresting a man allerged to have been pretending to be a female prostitute and soliciting immoral purpose. Malawi Police at Kanengo Police Station Monday arrested a a locked […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) is currently implementing an AIDS free project in Partnership with CHAM and IMA World Health Organization (WHO)-a United States faith based organization in Washington DC. The project is being carried out in Dedza District with support from United States Agency […]
A delegation of Religious Leaders who convened at Peters Lodge in Zomba on Wednesday have issued a rousing call for action on Sexual and Reproductive Health as well as Reproductive Rights. Some of the members present at the meeting conceded that indeed time has come to open up and accomodate Minority Groups include the LGBTI’s (Lesbians, Gays, […]
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 […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Personally Affected by HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) has encouraged men to undergo HIV/Aids testing as one way of preventing themselves from contracting the deadly virus as well as immediately starting taking ARV’s when tested positive. The call was made following the revelations that women out-numbered men in a […]
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Personally Affected by HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) on Friday 29th July 2016 held a Regional dialogue interface meeting between religious leaders and groups of people who engages themselves in different types of sexual activities called LGBTI [Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transexual and Intersex]. The meeting held at Mkango Lodge […]