Month: October 2020 Posts

Man beats woman for rejecting love proposal

Oct 13, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police at Chileka in Blantyre are keeping in custody a 22-year-old man for beating a 27-year-old woman after she refused to be his girlfriend. According to Chileka police public relations officer Sargent Peter Mchiza, the… ...

MHRC concerned over women’s struggles to access justice

Oct 04, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has bemoaned the continued struggles by women affected by Gender Based Violence (GBV) to access justice in the country. MHRC Commissioner Bertha Sefu expressed the concern on Friday at Iponga… ...

Police yet to arrest woman who poured hot porridge on husband

Oct 02, 2020 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Police have said that they are yet to arrest the woman who scalded her husband with hot porridge on Tuesday. Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza said the law enforcers have launched a manhunt… ...

Police officers empowered to protect vulnerable groups amid Covid-19

Sep 18, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

  Department For International Development (DFID) Organization under Tithetse Nkhanza project has oriented Mangochi police officers on how to protect vulnerable groups and also guidelines on containing further spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The orientation was… ...

Increase in GBV cases worry youth organization in Phalombe

May 29, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

A youth organisation in Phalombe has expressed concern over the increase in gender based violence (GBV) cases in the district. During the period between the months of January – April 2020, the district has registered… ...

Organization empowers girls through ‘Kunyadira Utsikana’ project

Feb 23, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Norwegian Church Aid is implementing Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) project as one way of empowering young women economically, addressing HIV/AIDS as well as ending gender based violence (GBV) in Malawi. On Friday,… ...

Communities trained on gender based violence

Feb 22, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

People from different Traditional Authorities in Phalombe have been taught on issues of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in order to curb cases of GBV in the district. These orientation programmes were organised by Phalombe Youth… ...

Husband hacks wife over nsima

Feb 20, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Police in Mulanje are keeping in custody a 43-year-old man for hacking his wife because she did not cook nsima for him as there was no maize flour in their house. The man identified as… ...

Women march against gender based violence

Feb 02, 2020 Martha Chikoti 1 &

…Want men to hold fellow men accountable Young Feminists Network together with PEPETA Network on Saturday marched against cases of sexual abuse and violence against women. The two organizations conducted the peaceful march on Saturday… ...

Mzuzu council assigns security guard to receive feminists’ petition

Feb 02, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Mzuzu City Council (MCC) on Saturday assigned a security guard to receive a petition from women marching against gender based violence. The Young Feminist Network (YFN) which organized the protests expressed disappointment over council… ...

Gender based violence is sin – Navicha

Dec 18, 2019 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Thom Navicha has warned against violence towards children, women, men as well as people with disabilities saying it is sin. Navicha said this on 16 December,… ...

More efforts needed to end gender based violence – Ministry of Gender

Dec 04, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Ministry of Gender says gender based violence is an evil which can be eliminated through continued efforts by individuals, police and organizations. Director of Gender Affairs in Gender Affairs Department in the Ministry of… ...

Organisation vows to end violence against women and girls in Phalombe

Oct 04, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Phalombe Youth Arms Organisation (PYAO) has launched a project which aims at raising awareness on issues of violence against women and girls and to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services.… ...

GBV still on the rise, NGOs intensify efforts

Jun 12, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Despite numerous interventions to reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases, non-government organisations have admitted that the malpractice is still on the rise in most areas of the country. This was revealed during GBV stakeholders meeting… ...

CAVWOC integrates GBV in school sports

Apr 11, 2019 Samuel Majamanda 0 &

The Centre for Alternatives for Victimized Women and Children (CAVWOC) on Monday said sports is one of the best ways of fighting school based Gender Based Violence. CAVWOC's Field Officer Rightwell Nyirenda made the remarks… ...