Director of Women affairs and Parliamentarian for Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Patricia Kaliati on Thursday received cheers and ululation from patrons who attended an inter-party gender rally at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe. The event was organised by Centre for Multi-Party Democracy (CMD) where party leaders explained their efforts in promoting women candidates in the three tier 2014 national […]
Chief Justice Anastansia Msosa has asked women in the country to make use of women lawyers to seek speedy justice. Justice Msosa was speaking Wednesday evening in Blantyre during Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Zokonda Amayi annual commemoration which attracted over 120 women from across the country. The invited women were some of those that participate in the […]
Access to public social services is vital to the development of a country and, in a democratic context like Malawi, it is more critical since they are part of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. For instance, Section 30 of the Malawi Constitution provides for the right to development whereas Sections 25 and 29 […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said time has come for African women to be liberated and empowered economically. The Malawi leader was speaking on Thursday as she was presiding over the 10th Anniversary celebration of the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa […]
The Young Women Movement for Justice and Development has called on government to put priority in the rural areas in its developmental programs. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times, the movement Executive Director Mphatso Jumbe said unlike in the urban areas where there are many opportunities, young girls in the rural areas have very […]
Women parliamentarians protested against remarks by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Msodzi South, Dzoole Mwale who lamented that most women in the country are putting on attire which exposes intimate parts of the human body, especially areas that are of erotic function. In his contribution on the report from the Committee on HIV/AIDS […]
Two elderly women from Mlembe village in the area of Traditional Authority Chowe in Malawi’s southern district of Mangochi are complaining about sexual harassment they recently underwent when ‘caught’ fetching firewood by the game rangers at Liwonde National Park. The women Akuziona Mbila and Ngayime Ndaona told Nyasa Times that they met their fate when they accompanied […]
President Joyce Banda has challenged women on the African continent to use her personal story as a source of inspiration to overcome the obstacles that inhibit progress in their lives. President Banda was presenting a Keynote Address—The Rise of Women in Malawi and on the African Continent—Our Time is Now—at a high-level International Symposium on […]
President Joyce Banda on Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa unveiled what she described as a multi-tiered grand strategy for promoting women potential in leadership positions. The Malawi leader urged the enthusiastic delegates to the World Economic Forum for Africa to adopt a three-tiered strategy comprising: increasing the number of female graduates in relevant profession; […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday assured all women in the country that she will continue championing women empowerment and right in the country, disclosing that she has ascended the Domestic Violence Bill in into law. She asked the ministry involved to make sure that Malawians understand the contents of the law. Banda therefore called for […]
President Joyce Banda on Friday advised women to desist from pulling each other down in order to mitigate violence against women at all levels. Banda was speaking at COMESA hall in Blantyre during the international women’s day commemoration which outlines achievements done by women and emphasizes on the need to respect women’s rights. President Banda […]
Parliament on Wednesday passed the Gender Equality Bill which among others, seeks to promote gender equality and equal integration of men and women in all functions of the society. The bill also aims at prohibiting and providing redress for sex discrimination, harmful practices and sexual harassment. It further provides public awareness while promoting gender equality. […]
In June 1993 Malawians voted in a referendum that gave them an opportunity to choose between continuing with one party state or adopt a multiparty democracy in which 64.69 per cent of Malawians chose the latter. This outcome paved way for presidential and parliamentary elections in May 1994 which Bakili Muluzi won, ending Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s 31 years […]
Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) Times Media Group, the oldest print media house in Malawi has banned all its female employees from wearing trousers or mini skits while at work. BNL are publishers of the Malawi News, Daily Times, Sunday Times, Weekend Times and Sunday Times newspaper titles. According to the order by the company’s managing […]
Women in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are taking a bold step towards reducing violence against women and girls which is reportedly rampant in the lake shore district largely because of silence surrounding the issue. Commentators have been arguing that those women in Malawi are subjected to violence especially by their spouses largely due to cultural […]
Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda has asked young women leaders to be focused, resolute and assertive to succeed in life. “Attaining leadership does not come easy and one has to make one step at a time,” said the President on the sidelines of the 20th Session of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The […]