Malawi Government has dedicated this year’s International Women’s Day scheduled on March 5, in Phalombe to women and children who are victims of floods in the 15 districts of the country. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patria Kaliati, disclosed this in Lilongwe on Monday at a press briefing on the preparations of […]
Malawi on Thursday launched the new initiative to galvanize the support of leaders to bring an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls around the world. Launching the campaign at Parliament Building in Lilongwe, President Peter Mutharika pledged to ensure that women and men are equal and have the right to equal […]
President Peter Mutharika says Malawi needs to review some of the country’s laws to ensure that more women become members of Parliament (MPs) and secure other key decision-making positions in national development. Mutharika made the remarks at a news conference at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Tuesday. The President said he was concerned that the […]
This article is sadly inspired by the recent incident in Nairobi, Kenya where, in full view of everyone in the proximity of that cowardly and shameful act of physical and indeed sexual violence, a woman was stripped and assaulted. Her crime?,How dare she expose her body in public. Absurd!! My mind often gets numb at […]
A humanitarian and relief organization, Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD), on has appealed to Malawi women farmers to form cooperatives as one way of fighting poverty using common front. CARD Dowa Project coordinator, Mabvuto Phiri, made the call in Dowa this week before a group of 4,000 women who came from the area of […]
Malawi has been ranked fifth in the Sub-saharan region in promoting equality for women in the workplace. Research by the World Economic Forum (WEF) – the body behind the high-powered annual Davos summit – found Malawi is a top performer in the region, mainly on primary education, on the rankings of its Global Gender Gap […]
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda focused on the the challenges faced by women when she spoke on Tuesday at the BBC 100Women conference in London on Tuesday October 28. In her keynote address, Banda said despite there being progress for women moving into decision making positions as witnessed by the rise of women at all […]
President Peter Mutharika has directed that women civil servants should not be dancing for politicians during working hours, saying they should dedicate their efforts to deliver in their official duties. According to a statement issued by State Vice President Saulos Chilima on Saturday, the President has directed that women civil servants will only be allowed […]
Lack of economic opportunities, low educational levels, social and political discrimination has been cited as contributing factors to the vulnerability of women to HIV. Gender and Legal Consultant, Tinyade Kachika, made the remarks during a two day training workshop for Dowa District Aids Coordinating Committee (DACC) members on Gender transformative HIV program. Kachika said the […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) is pushing for a legislation that would mandate the reservation of quarter of seats in parliament for female parliamentarians if the country is to achieve having equal representation in parliament between men and women. MESN chairperson Steve Duwa told a state radio MBC that he is deeply concerned with low […]
The top flight-across the strata women recognition awarding gala named ‘The Women of Distinction Awards’ (WODA), has made its return for the second bi-annual Awards ceremony this year. WODA Chairperson Zilanie Gondwe Nyundo said at a news conference at Crossroads Hotel that they have added three categories to the initial 15 to widen the scope […]
President Joyce Banda has called on women in the country to engage in small scale businesses in order to uplift the economic status of their homes. President Banda was speaking at HHI Multipurpose Hall in Blantyre during the official opening of Annual General meeting for Market Women’s Activities in Development (MWAI). The President said gone is the time […]
President Joyce Banda on Friday urged all women in Malawi to fall in love with themselves for God is love. Banda made the call in Lilongwe during the world day of prayers for women which were organised by Egyptian women. During the prayers, women from different religious beliefs came together to prayer. She said it […]
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has alleged that President Joyce Banda’s ideas and her style of leadership are no longer inspiring especially to women. DPP’s Director of Women Affairs, Patricia Kaliati, claimed in an interview President Banda and her ruling People’s Party (PP) have disappointed Malawians for failing to create an enabling environment particularly […]
The forthcoming tripartite election will be hit by low participation of women in the parliamentary race in Lilongwe according to the figures that have been released by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), a development which some quarters have described as worrisome. The figures released by the electoral body on March 4, 2014 show that out of […]
As part of the commemoration of the Women History Month, the United States of America (USA) in Malawi has nominated Dr Jessie Kabwila, a lecturer at University of Malawi (UNIMA)’s Chancellor College for the 2014 US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award for her activism . During the month every year, the USA Government nominates women around […]
President Joyce Banda has asked women in the country to campaign vigouriously in the 2014 tripartite elections to enabke them win parliamentray seats and help change some of the laws that are oppressive to women. She was speaking at the Mary Mount Secondary School in Mzuzu where she was guest of honour at a ceremony […]
Malawi and regional bloc, SADC, Chair President Joyce Banda has awarded four “distinguished women of Africa” for their “various selfless roles and contribution towards ensuring that women claim their rightful places in the society”. The four are Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija from Nigeria, Mrs. Alsha Emi from Somalia, Mrs. Litha Ogana from Kenya, and Malawi’s Chief […]