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Mwanza police engages Gule Wamkulu to intensify GBV awareness

Mar 29, 2024 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mwanza Police Station has engaged Gule Wamkulu to help raise awareness of the negative impacts of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and child marriages in the district's hard to reach areas. Speaking at the start of the… ...

Wapolisi wamwa magalasi ku Thyolo

Aug 26, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Wapolisi ku Thyolo wamwa magalasi pofuna kuzipha chifukwa choti anatentha mkazi wake ndi madzi owotcha. Wapolisiyi dzina lake ndi Constable Elson Mnyalira ndipo amagwira ku PMS G Division ku Thyolo. Mneneri wa apolisi mchigawo cha… ...

Gender violence is evil – Gertrude Mutharika

Dec 06, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has described violence against women and girls (VAWG) as an evil that Malawi must urgently overcome. Mutharika made the reamarks on Thursday 6 December when she presided over the launch of an… ...

Child marriages reduced in Malawi

Apr 12, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Government has disclosed that the country has reduced the prevalence of child marriages from 50 percent in 2015 to 42 percent in 2017. According to Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalilani,… ...

Man in for assaulting wife

Mar 31, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

A 36 year old man is in police custody at Nkhotakota police station for beating his wife and scalding her with hot water. The man has been identified as Fanizo Moses. On the material day,… ...

Police women drill girls on education, GBV

Mar 19, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

In a bid to curb early pregnancies and child marriages in the district, Mangochi Police Women Network conducted a school outreach programme at a girls only boarding school. Mangochi police deputy spokesperson Amina Daudi told… ...

No progress against GBV: Butcher murders wife

Feb 26, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 7 &

Despite efforts to curb gender based violence, it seems the practise refuses to go as such cases continue being on the rise. A 40 year old butcher was arrested on Friday for stabbing his wife… ...