Global music sensation Tiwa Savage has issued a powerful call to action urging girls and women across Malawi to break their silence in the face of sexual abuse and harassment, warning that a culture of enforced endurance is allowing violence against women to continue unchecked. Speaking in her role as global ambassador for the Spotlight […]
Malawi’s fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) is being crippled not by a lack of laws, but by weak enforcement, poor access to services and glaring accountability gaps, government has admitted, as shocking new figures reveal the true scale of the crisis gripping the nation. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Navicha, […]
Malawi’s government has unveiled a sweeping new plan to combat a devastating rise in suicides — with men bearing the brunt of the crisis — by bringing mental health support directly into communities, schools and even Parliament itself. Addressing MPs this week, Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha admitted mental health […]
Women’s economic dependence on their spouses is leaving many vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV), Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has said, calling for greater investment in initiatives that promote women’s financial independence. Navicha made the remarks in Balaka on Wednesday after touring activities under the Pamodzi Kuthetsa Nkhanza (PKN) project, where […]
The British High Commissioner to Malawi, Leigh Stubblefield, has held her first official meeting with Gender Minister Mary Thom Navicha, with both sides pledging closer cooperation on efforts to tackle gender‑based violence and strengthen women’s rights across the country. In a statement, the British High Commission said the discussion focused on shared priorities, including ending […]
Minister of Gender, Children and Community Development Mary Navicha has challenged youths in the country to be self reliant by creating their own wealth through entrepreneurship. She made the remarks Wednesday in Lilongwe when she presented symbolic cheques to beneficiaries in the Women and Youth Loans under the Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (MEDF). She said […]
Minister of Gender, Child and Community Development, Mary Navicha this week visited Mulanje District where she urged women in traditional authorities Nkanda and Mabuka to vote for Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Speaking in Traditional Authority Mabuka, Navicha said women and children are the ones that suffer most during […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha stunned Malawians on Monday when she was captured on cameras cheering and hand-clapping when President Peter Mutharika made sexist, crude comments against his predecessor Joyce Banda. In an apparent response to former president Banda’s claims that he is a drunkard, Mutharika said he takes wine, […]
Minister of Gender, Children and Community Development, Mary Thom Navicha, on conducted an open air meeting with all chiefs from her Thyolo Thava constituency on Monday to appreciate some of their concerns and challenges in order to find common solutions. Navicha took the opportunity to discuss with the chiefs on how best they could collaborate with government […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has issued a stark warning to take the rare move of naming and shaming civil society organisations (CSOs) which do not provide audited accounts of funds and the technical support they receive from local and international donors. Navicha alleged that there is a lot happening within CSOs ranging […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Thom Navicha has launched the Malawi Chapter of African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) with an assuarance that government has put in place strong measures to ensure social inclusion and gender equality standards are mainstreamed in all development frameworks. She made the remarks on Monday, March 2, […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Navicha, has reiterated government’s strong resolve to protect and promote rights of persons with albinism and that perpetrators of attacks on these people shall hardly escape the long hand of law. She was speaking at Mzimba District Hospital on Monday, February 24, 2020, where she visited […]
Malawi government has set aside K4 billion for women in village banks and Zokonda Amai Groups across the country to access loans and enhance their financial independence. The Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Navicha disclosed this in Parliament on Friday. “Government has set aside K4 billion special for women in Bank Mkhonde […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has eaten her own words and swallowed her pride when she made a dramatic u-turn over her remarks that women provoke the situation when they dress scantly when in outdoors. Navicha made the remark after some vendors molested and harassed a woman in Blantyre last week […]
Minister of Gender, Children Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has called for stiff punishment for some women in Mzuzu who mercilessly pounced on a fellow woman and beat her up over gossip stories. Navicha expressed dismay with a video circulating on social media showing a family beating and violating the modesty of another woman. […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has been faulted for condemning the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) – a Constitutional body – over its release of a report on rape incidents allegedly committed by police officers against women around Msundwe, Mpingu and Mb’watalika trading centres in Lilongwe. Navicha in a statement that her […]
Ireland Ambassador to Malawi, Gerry Cunningham, says it may be possible that Malawi is registering little progress in the fight against gender based violence because of lack of accurate data. Cunningham has said this amid concerns that so many incidences of gender based violence in Malawi, especially those happening in the work places, are not […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Navicha has called for a strengthened advocacy against Gender Based Violence (GBV) as the country is commemorating 16 days of activism against GBV. This was said during a press briefing in Lilongwe during the official launch of 16 days of activism against GBV which is commemorated […]