Month: October 2020 Posts

Protesters demand gender equality in public appointments

Oct 09, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawians on Friday took to the streets to demand the Lazarus Chakwera administration to stop gender discrimination in public appointments. The protesters, mostly women, marched in Blantyre, Mzuzu and Lilongwe. The Women Manifesto Movement and… ...

Demos over low number of women in boards

Oct 07, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Gender rights activists have announced demonstrations slated for this Friday over President Lazarus Chakwera's failure to include more women in parastatal boards. In a letter seen by this publication which is being addressed to the… ...

I don’t know capable women or where to find them to appoint – Chakwera

Oct 05, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has made a shocking revelation that he has not been appointing women because he is unaware of capable women or where to find them. He has thus asked Malawians to give… ...

NGOs threaten legal action over parastatal boards

Sep 28, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Four non-governmental organisations say they will drag government to court over lack of women in parastatal boards if President Lazarus Chakwera fails to reconstitute the boards within seven days. The NGOs are Human Rights Defenders… ...

Does Chakwera hate women? It seems so

Sep 25, 2020 Aubrey Makina 1 &

There is a troubling pattern already with Lazarus Chakwera’s leadership and it can no longer be glossed over: it is a patriarchal leadership that favours men, regardless of their competencies, over women. When Lazarus Chakwera… ...

Community Radios engaged to amplify voices of female aspirants

Jul 06, 2018 Enock Naphazi 0 &

UN Women Malawi has engaged community radios in the country in a campaign to promote female aspirants through radio messages and radio talk shows. Speaking in an interview, Communications Officer for UN Women Malawi Faith… ...

Hypocrisy blocking gender equality in Malawi – activist

Apr 07, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

Malawi's gender equality activist Emma Kaliya has said that hypocrisy is hindering the promotion of gender equality in the country. Kaliya said Malawi has a long way to go in promoting gender equality as compared… ...