Tag archives: women

Malawi’s Wealth Magazine organising inaugural women’s entrepreneurship summit 

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Wealth Magazine, Malawi’s quarterly local entrepreneurial and business magazine, is organising an first-ever women’s summit on wealth creation — Wealth Woman Summit — whose panelists will be accomplished Malawian women professionals. To be held on October 30 at Sunbird’s Soche International Conference Centre in Blantyre from 6pm to 9:30pm, Wealth Woman Summit is being hosted with support from Wealth Magazine alongside different stakeholders in the industry […]

Read full story — Malawi’s Wealth Magazine organising inaugural women’s entrepreneurship summit 

Foundation believes in women and youth potential as recipe for Malawi development

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Global chief executive officer for Timeless Women of Wonder foundation (TWOW) Nyakan June says Malawian  women and youth have potential in transforming their lives and change the face of their communities if they are socially and economically empowered. Speaking on recently at Mlodza Secondary School during the interface meeting with the youth from areas of […]

Read full story — Foundation believes in women and youth potential as recipe for Malawi development

Malawi women have spoken: All sectors—Govt, NGOs, CSOs, private sector must now act

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Friday, October 9, 2020, will go down in history as one of the most important days in the country’s continued struggles aimed at achieving gender justice. In gender justice, what we aim to achieve is to have a society that doesn’t discriminate against any gender. Where  we are standing today, things aren’t still all rosy. […]

Read full story — Malawi women have spoken: All sectors—Govt, NGOs, CSOs, private sector must now act

Women anger at President Chakwera justified, must do the right things -Malawi paper

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Protests organised  by the Women Manifesto Movement comprising  various women empowerment  civil society  organisations (CSOs), pressing for equal representation should not be taken lightly, an influential Malawian newspaper has said in an editorial comment. Women held street protests Friday and  accused President Lazarus Chakwera of failing to fulfill the Gender Equality Act which requires 60-40 […]

Read full story — Women anger at President Chakwera justified, must do the right things -Malawi paper

Malawi women demonstrates for gender justice in public appointments

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Gender activists, on Friday kicked off demonstrations in Malawi’s major cities of Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre to protest against the gender imbalance in public appointments following the appointment of few women as board of directors into 67 parastatals. The women activists charge that the boards are dominated by males, against the provisions of the Gender […]

Read full story — Malawi women demonstrates for gender justice in public appointments

Chakwera has insulted Malawi women, must apologise and change

By Nyasa Times Reporter

When confronted to explain his apparent disregard for women in his public appointments, we expected President Lazarus Chakwera to be considerate and, of course, apologetic in his response. He should have been considerate and apologetic because after disregarding women in his appointments, the last thing we expected from him was another insult towards women. By […]

Read full story — Chakwera has insulted Malawi women, must apologise and change

Malawi women organise demo against Chakwera over gender imbalance

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Women Manifesto Movement, comprising various women empowerment civil society organisations (CSOs) are organising a nationwide protest this Friday against President Lazarus Chakwera’s failure to fulfil the Gender Equality Act (GEA) requirement of 60:40 representation of either sex in public appointments. According to a notice on the demonstrations, women in Blantyre plan to march from […]

Read full story — Malawi women organise demo against Chakwera over gender imbalance

Government committed to promote and empower women – Daud

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Deputy Minister of Local Government, Halima Daud says the persisting gaps in gender equality and women’s empowerment are a barrier to the full achievement of development goals in the country. She said this on Tuesday during official opening of a two-day training workshop for women councillors at Linde Motel in Dowa, emphasizing that leaving women […]

Read full story — Government committed to promote and empower women – Daud

Prof Danwood Chirwa: The backward turn, Tonse govt assault on Malawi women’s rights

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The uproar about the exclusion of women from the recently announced parastatal Board appointments by the new Tonse Alliance government is at once an issue of moral commitment and of legal compliance, domestic and international. As a moral question, it speaks to the attitude of the new government to women: whether it sees them as […]

Read full story — Prof Danwood Chirwa: The backward turn, Tonse govt assault on Malawi women’s rights

JB  inspires Malawi women with motivational talk at Lilongwe conference

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Iron sharpens an iron, joy, hope and motivation filled Calvary Family Church Hall, Falls Estate in Lilongwe on Saturday, September 19 when women of impact converged for an ernest and frank talk. ‌Former president Joyce Banda gave a moving speech at a women’s conference dubbed ‘Women of Impact conference’. Scripture’s Union youth section organised the […]

Read full story — JB  inspires Malawi women with motivational talk at Lilongwe conference

First edition of Pawer magazine for women’s economic empowerment out

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The first edition of Platform for Advocacy of Women Economic Rights (PAWER) magazine which is published by Empower, for the month  is out. Empower is a platform for women entrepreneurs, women rights activists and policy influencers to advocate freely for women’s space in the global economy. According to Prisca Chipao, who is Co-Founder, PAWER magazine […]

Read full story — First edition of Pawer magazine for women’s economic empowerment out

Malawians, please safeguard your private parts. We are tired of leaked nudes!

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Besides coronavirus (Covid-19), it’s becoming evident that leaking nudes is slowly becoming another pandemic. A week doesn’t pass without other people enjoying a gaze on social media of other people’s private parts. It’s even shocking that even elderly and honourable people are embarrassing themselves in this jazz of nudes. What has come of us, fellow […]

Read full story — Malawians, please safeguard your private parts. We are tired of leaked nudes!

Minister Kaliati bemoans rise of gender, social degradation due to Covid-19

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has expressed concern over gender based violence and child abuse which she said are on the increase since the onset of Coronavirus pandemic. Kaliati made the remarks on Thursday in Lilongwe at a media briefing to inform the general public on the ministry’s mandate and its […]

Read full story — Minister Kaliati bemoans rise of gender, social degradation due to Covid-19

Chakwera hits at DPP: To rename ministry, says more women in Cabinet than any Malawi president

By Nyasa Times Reporter

President Lazarus Chakwera  has defended the absence of a Ministry of Gender and Women, saying he has named more women in Cabinet than any president in the history of Malawi. Gender activist Emma Kaliya had criticized President Chakwera  for not living up to the promise of 40 percent female representation. Kaliya also pointed out that […]

Read full story — Chakwera hits at DPP: To rename ministry, says more women in Cabinet than any Malawi president

Parliament’s Caucus tells PP’s Matola to apologise to all Malawi women over derogatory remarks

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Parliament’s powerful women committee has told People’s Party (PP) secretary general Ibrahim Matola to apologise to all women following his demeaning statement against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah on Friday in Blantyre during an electoral meeting. PP Secretary General used some words which many viewed as abusive during a National Elections Consultative Forum […]

Read full story — Parliament’s Caucus tells PP’s Matola to apologise to all Malawi women over derogatory remarks

Mutharika  launches K13bn loans for youth, women:  Says leaving nobody behind in Malawi’s economic progress

By Nyasa Times Reporter

President  Peter Mutharika on Wednesday said youth and women empowerment is the key to social-economic development of the country and wants  to empower them  to be drivers of change with the launch of K13 billion loans  by government finance company, Malawi Enterprises Development Fund Limited (Medf). Speaking at launch of the loan scheme at Mount […]

Read full story — Mutharika  launches K13bn loans for youth, women:  Says leaving nobody behind in Malawi’s economic progress

Malawi launches women’s leaders network

By Nyasa Times Reporter

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, […]

Read full story — Malawi launches women’s leaders network