Malawi’s First Lady Monica Chakwera has said it is time to end gender inequality is now by put women at the centre of development in the country. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Wednesday when she closed a three-day 2021 virtual African Gender Equality Conference (AGEC) 2021, Chakwera said violence against women across Africa […]
Women lawyers, who have been pushing for the prosecution of police officers who allegedly raped some women in Msundwe, Lilongwe say the women lawyers grouping is surprised with the prolonged silence on the matter. The Women Lawyers Association of Malawi took the matter to court on behalf of the sexual victims. Women Lawyers Association of […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has appealed to women in the country to speak with one voice on matters affecting them as opposed to pulling each other down or succumbing to the divide and rule traps set on them. Chilima was speaking in Lilongwe Saturday when he attended an inaugural networking meeting for the Women Lawyers […]
Women Lawyers Association has put its full weight behind the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for taking Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members of parliament to court for contempt for failure to implement Constitutional Court order on electoral reforms bills. Women Lawyers Association’s Dr Benedetta Malunga said the HRDC have good reasons for the court action. […]
Women Lawyers Association (WLA) of Malawi says it is taking legal action against the Malawi Police Service over its officers who allegedly raped women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. The association’s president Tadala Chinkwezule says the women lawyers have been compelled to take the legal action because “the […]
Women Lawyers Association of Malawi (WLA) has recommended changes in some laws governing elections and election petitions in the country to avoid the problems the country faced following this year’s tripartite elections. WLA Coordinator for Research and Advocacy, Dr. Bernadette Malunga made the call in the constitutional court as she presented the oral submissions for […]
Women Lawyers Association (WLA) has asked the Constitutional Court to rule that a president-elect should be sworn in after all presidential disputes are resolved. WLA lawyer Dr Benadetta Malunga also proposed a number of electoral reforms and recommended that the court gives its verdict on the issue. On the burden of proof, Malunga said there […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) and Women Lawyers Association (WLA), as friends of the court in the presidential elections nullification petition case have urged the five-judge panel of the Constitutional Court to make its determination based on law and evidence presented. The two parties’ submissions during oral session on Thursday in Lilongwe followed submissions filed by UTM […]
Women Lawyers Association of Malawi has added to the calls for Malawians to accept and respect the ruling of the court on the deputed May 21, 2019 presidential elections results case. The association’s Coordinator for Research and Advocacy, Bernadette Malunga said this in an interview after conclusion of the court’s hearing of the case on […]
Judge Healey Potani has told the Constitutional Court on Thursday that the Malawi Law Society (MLS) and Women Lawyers Association have not complied with the law to file with the court relevant documents to join the landmark poll case as friends of the court. Potani said this at the start of the high profile presidential […]
The Women Lawyers Association of Malawi (WLA) are still putting pressure on President Peter Mutharika to rescind his appointment of ruling Democrtaic Perogressive Party (DPP) Regional Governor for the South Charles Mchacha into the Cabinet and consider increasing women ministers. The Women Lawyers Association is demanding that Mutharika should rescind Mchacha’s appointment, accusing him of demeaning women […]
Women Lawyers Association have threatened redress “elsewhere” if President Peter Mutharika fails to respond to their petition of the firing of Deputy Minister of Homeland Charles Mchacha and other gender issues within a ‘reasonable time.’ Women Lawyers Association’s research and advocacy coordinator Dr. Benedetta Malunga said Mutharika did not address a single concern of the […]
Members of Women Lawyers Association have presented a petition to President Peter Mutharika for reducing the number of women in Cabinet from four to three in the 20-member team. The Women Lawyers on Monday stormed the Office of President and Cabinet at Capital Hill, Lilongwe where they presented the petition to Chief Secretary to the […]