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DCT for more awareness on negative impact of child marriage

May 14, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Development Communications Trust (DCT) has urged the media to write more on the negative impact of child marriages on top of writing court convictions and sentences about those that are found guilty of either marrying… ...

Bwalo la milandu lakana kupereka belo kwa Sing’anga

May 02, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Bwalo la milandu ku Zomba lakana kutulutsa pa bail sing'anga Malizani Pawoneke Salizeni yemwe akumuganizira kuti anagwiririra ana achitsikana anai osakwana zaka 17 zakubadwa. Woweruza Martin Chipofya wati mlandu omwe adapalamula sing'angayu ndiwaukulu ndipo ndikosayenera… ...

Communities urged to report crime against children to law enforcers

Apr 24, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Thondwe Police Unit Community Policing Coordinator, Sub lnspector Dickson Nangwiya, has asked people at Sub Traditional Authority Ntholowa in Zomba to report crimes against children to police and other relevant authorities. The Community Policing Coordinator… ...

Oxfam launches ending child marriage campaign

Oct 27, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Oxfam Country Director, Lingalireni Mihowa, has called on traditional leaders in Malawi to end all cultural practices that fuel child marriages. Mihowa made the call at Zomba Malosa Constituency when Oxfam launched a project that… ...

Survivors of child marriages in Machinga ready to go back to school

Dec 20, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Maria, 16, from Kawala village, Group Village Headman Mbando, Traditional Authority Mposa in Machinga district dropped out of school in 2020 while in Form 1 and got married. She has now been withdrawn from the… ...

Teenager gets nine years in jail for marrying 15-year-old girl

May 30, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate's Court has sentenced 18-year-old Biziwick Namalindi to nine years imprisonment with hard labour for marrying and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. The biological father of the 15-year-old girl has also… ...

Child marriages are evil, says Kaliati

Apr 28, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has called for more efforts to end child marriages, saying such marriages are evil and are killing the future of this nation. In her speech during… ...

Zomba chiefs formulate by-laws to end child marriages

Apr 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Chikondi Kasichi Chiefs in the area of Senior chief Malemia in Zomba district have teamed up in fighting against early marriages. The traditional leaders have formulated by-laws aimed at eradicating early marriages which have… ...

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18 child marriages dissolved in Chitipa

Mar 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Joseph Mbughi Local leaders and an organisation in Chitipa have managed to end 18 child marriages this year and have sent 14 of the children back to school. This was revealed when Catholic… ...

Man aged 34 marries 13-year-old child in Mzimba

Mar 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 34-year-old man has been raping a child aged 13 in Mzimba. According to a whistleblower, the man identified Aman has been living with the child as his wife. The source said today that it… ...

Miss Africa Washington in fight against child marriages

Dec 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Nellie Matewere who is Miss Africa Washington State has pledged to contribute towards the campaign against child marriages in Malawi. Matewere said during the launch of her campaign against child marriages conducted on Sunday at… ...

Police disrupt engagement ceremony in Mangochi

Nov 17, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

In an effort to curb child marriages in Mangochi, police in the district in conjunction with social welfare office disrupted an engagement ceremony of a 19-year-old boy and a 16-year old girl. Deputy Publicist Mangochi… ...

13 early marriages dissolved in Chitipa

Oct 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Joseph Mbughi Yamba Community Day Secondary School staff and its Mother Group Committee in Chitipa has ended 13 early marriages and has sent seven pregnant students back to school in the district. This… ...

CBO rescues 13-year-old girl from early marriage

Oct 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Tikondwe Community Based Organisation (CBO) in the area of Traditional Authority Malemia in Zomba district has rescued a 13-year-old girl from early marriage. The CBO Director Peter Chipala revealed this on Saturday… ...

Paramount Chief Kawinga geared to fight against early marriages

Oct 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Paramount Chief Kawinga of the Yao tribe has urged chiefs to end child marriages in their areas and has warned the chiefs against marrying underaged girls. He made the statement at the Chiwanja Cha Yao… ...

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