Few weeks ago, a woman activist by the name Seodi White was all over the media lambasting President Joyce Banda for politely offering unsolicited advice to married women in Malawi. The so called activist shamelessly deuced President Banda of advocating for patriarchal culture in a democratic country. To sober minded people including women, saw nothing […]
The Daily Times newspaper has apologised over claims that Secretary for Education Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo accompanied by two presidential aides = reportedly summoned and grilled two outspoken activists Seodi White and Jessie Kabwila for their remarks that they would not vote for President Joyce Banda just because she is a woman. The paper claimed that the […]
From December 2012 to August 2013, we were part of the organising team of the National Gender Conference which has just taken place at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi from 1st September to 4th September 2013 under the theme – “Celebrating Malawi’s Quest for Gender Equality: Telling Our Own Story, Redefining and Taking Stock”. The conference was […]
Many people have asked me: what is patriarchy? Patriarchy is a social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social organization and the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property, and where fathers hold authority over women and children. It implies the institutions of male rule […]
The anger of Madam Seodi White towards President Joyce Banda has been noted. What has not been noted is what caused it. She claims she was annoyed because President Banda sort of demonized women who are divorced. This, President Banda did, according to Madam Seodi White, by advising women in Nkhata Bay a couple of […]
Yes I mean Joyce Banda. The Head of State. On one of her campaign tours in Nkhatabay on Sunday 21st July, the President put aside her presidential mantle and engaged in a Nankungwi (female cultural counsellor) mode and gave advice to all women in Malawi not to misinterpret gender by being rude to their husbands, […]
Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White courted controversy on Facebook when she posted on her timeline that Assemblies of God president Reverend Dr Lazarus Chakwera who has confirmed he is to run for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidency has an “irritating” American accent. Chakwera, 58, has been dominating news after he confirmed that he aspires […]
Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White has long been an outspoken campaigner for gender justice in Malawi, a country where half its women are married before the age of 18. As the head of the Malawian chapter of Women in Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), White is at the forefront of the battle against inequality, traveling around […]
Thousands of Malawians took to the streets on Thursday in a peaceful demonstration against the economic hardships they are facing in the country and petition President Joyce Banda administration to review some of the economic reforms being undertaken. Banda has been trying to rebuild an economy sent into a tailspin by late president Bingu wa Mutharika, but […]
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) boss John Kapito lets hundreds of consumers in the commercial capital Blantyre on Thursday to hold peaceful demonstrations against the economic hardships they are facing in the country. Kapito who was joined by academic and activist Dr Jessie Kabwila and women rights activist, Seodi White presented a petition to Banda […]
Many Malawians largely ignored a nationalwide demonstration for Thursday by Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to protest at economic crisis which the consumer watchdog blames on President Joyce Banda’s economic policies. Many people did not take to the streets but shops, banks and schools remained closed. Nyasa Times correspondents in the commercial city of Blantyre and […]
Rocked by the current harsh economic downturn, people in the populous lake shore resort district of Mangochi are now selling their own blood for survival, it has been learnt. Thousands of people in the district, propelled by the ongoing economic hardships in the impoverished southern African state, are selling blood to vendors in order to make […]
Some countable months ago, Seodi White, the Executive Director of Women in Law in Southern Africa (WILSA) dragged the Malawi government to court over abortion rights. White simply wanted the government to give women freedom to abort at their own choice. In her own words White said, “It’s a pity that government has shown some […]
Organisers of the Friday, January 20, protests say all is set for women of Malawi to converge for constructive engagement on the protection of women and the defense of their rights through a peaceful sit in. A group of independent Malawian women and some members of the civil society are mobilizing Malawians, women and men, […]
After Nyasa Times reported that state broadcaster MBC director of news and programmes Chimwemwe Banda described presenter Marie Segula as “ugly” for television, human rights activist Seodi White has slammed Banda for abusing rights of fellow women. The remark ignited a furious backlash and First Lady Callista Mutharika also condemned the “crass” remarks. She made it […]
Religious leaders continue reacting negatively towards the campaign that seeks to push government authorities to soften the abortion laws in Malawi. Women rights activists are asking government to consider liberalizing abortion laws which are currently restricted to a pregnant mother whose life is in danger. The campaign is premised on the basis that more women’s […]
Malawi human rights defenders have hailed the citizens use of social media on the Internet and the role Nyasa Times web-based interactive news is playing to help more people know, demand and defend their rights. This was said during a public debate broadcast live on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and also streamed online. The public […]