The Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said government will hire at least a legal expert solely to render legal assistance and cases involving persons with disabilities and other vulnerable people. According to her, the lawyer her ministry is planning to hire will also pursue reported cases of killings of […]
Malawi has outlawed child marriage after the much awaited Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill which has streamlined legislation on marriage and divorce, and also introduced a new marriage age of 18, was tabled and has been passed by MPs in the Parliament. Malawi had one of the lowest legal ages of marriage in Africa. […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has pleaded with Malawians to afford people with albinism equal opportunities in life and to desist from the culture of stigmatizing them. This comes amid recent reports of victimization and killing of albinos for rituals. Kaliati said Albinos are like any other individual hence a […]
The 13 children who were abducted recently by a business man were on Thursday turned back from Mozambique where they were found. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, disclosed the return of the children in an interview with Malawi News Agency on Friday. She said the ministry got a tip from […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has protested against the bail given to Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Pastor Harrison Juwa, who is accused of defiling a teen girl. Kaliati said the offence is against society and serious one that did not deserve bail and urged the judiciary not to be insensitive to the […]
Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has vowed to take to task a Seventh Day Adventist Executive Secretary for Central Region Conference, Harrison Juwa, 50, for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old niece. During a newsconference in Lilongwe, the Minister responsible Patricia Kaliati expressed concerned over the pastor’s conduct which she described as barbaric […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said officials in her ministry are failing to utilize K130 million they received this year for various projects due to incompetence. Outspoken Kaliati has since issued a one-month ultimatum to the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) and the Department of Disability to ensure […]
Malawi’s Minister of Gender, Children, Social Welfare and Disabilities Patricia Kaliati has revealed that government has proposed 18 as the minimum marriage age for girls in the current review which is ready for Cabinet approval before it is taken to Parliament. Currently, the minimum age is at 13 with consent from parents or guardians. Kaliati […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has warned against using young girls as dancing queens during bridal showers, stressing such practice fuels immoral behaviour among girls. Bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding and also incorporates veterans who advise the bride to be […]
Malawi’s Minister of Gender Patricia Kaliati has put a positive spin on the country’s First Lady, Gertrude Mutharika, abscence at a First Ladies meeting during the UN General Assembly because one of the panelists was former Malawi president Joyce Banda. Speaking in New York with Nyasa Times on Monday, Kaliati said Mutharika delegated her to attend the meeting […]
Malawi’s Minister of Gender, Children, Social Welfare and Disabilities, Patricia Kalaiti, MP, on Thursday held three separate engagements with NGOs that work on social development issues at the United Nations in New York. The Minister is in New York accompanying President Peter Mutharika, who is attending the 69th session of the United Nations. The first […]
Gender Minister Patricia Kaliati is grossly misguided in her “hallucinations” to suggest that former President Joyce Banda “has a liking for following President Peter Mutharika wherever he goes”, Banda’s office has said. Kaliati reportedly addressed a news conference in New York to “react to reports” that the former President is also scheduled to travel to […]
Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental rights anyone should enjoy. And freedom of association too is one of those major rights everyone should have. Not long ago, some fellas in some camp made the highest noise in terms of who should say this, do this or not. They were called the best propaganda […]
Minister of Gender Patricia Kaliati has described former president Joyce Banda as an embarrassment to women and a danger to their prospects for leadership. Kaliati spoke at a news conference in New York on Monday in a reaction to reports that Banda would be coming to the United States at a time when President Peter […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has said there is need for more advocacies on issues of education among people in the country to enable them attain higher education. Kaliati said this on Friday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe after a delegation from the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in […]
A United Kingdom (UK) based Organization of People Living with disability has promised to build a Paralympics stadium in Malawi. The organization’s Director Annie Wafula Strike disclosed the development during a meeting she had with Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati when she visited UK. The organization which works mostly in Kenya, advocates […]
Malawi governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has launched an external wing in United Kingdom with its national organising secretary Chimwemwe Mazabuka Chipungu and director of women Patricia Kaliati hailing the development as a step forward for the party. The DPP UK Wing was launched at Mercury Grand Hotel in Leicester on Saturday night in a […]
Malawi ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) national organising secretary Chimwemwe Chipungu and minister of gender who is also the party’s director of women, Patricia Kaliati will launch the DPP UK Wing this Saturday August 23 in Leicester. The event will take place at the Mercury Grand Hotel, located on 73 Grand Street in Leicester. Organisers […]