Month: February 2020 Posts

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,… ...

Chief concerned over early marriages in Lilongwe

Dec 27, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A chief in Traditional Authority Tsabango in Lilongwe has expressed concern over the levels of early marriages in the area saying girls are being forced to drop out of school. Group Village Headman Tongole told… ...

Malawian activist awarded for fighting child marriages

Dec 26, 2019 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 23-year-old girl child advocate, Memory Banda, has been given the United Nation's Young Activist Award in Geneva for her efforts in combating child marriages and promoting girl child education. The development has been revealed… ...

Let’s unite for girl-child rights – Govt

Nov 19, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has asked for collective efforts to ending challenges that girls face when exercising their rights. The call was made by the minister… ...

Girls still facing challenges despite laws and policies – Ministry of Gender

Nov 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy Director for Child Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Children Disability and Social Welfare, Trevor Hamela says girls still go through many challenges despite the country having policies and laws aimed at protecting the… ...

Police raise funds for needy students

Aug 03, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

In a bid to promote girl child education, Mangochi Police Women Network held a fundraising coffee morning and raised K370,000 to be handed out to less privileged girls in the district. The fundraising function took… ...

Gender inequality needs to be dealt with – expert

Jun 17, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A gender specialist has said there is a lot to be done to end gender inequality in the country. The specialist Naomi Ngwira made the remarks at Golden Peacock in Lilongwe during a public lecture… ...

US ambassador urges Malawi to prioritise girls’ education

Apr 20, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

United States Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has said girls’ education must be prioritised for communities to prosper. Palmer made the remarks during a handover ceremony of girl-friendly toilets to Kapichi Primary School in the… ...

Reusable sanitary pads to reduce absenteeism among girls

Apr 06, 2018 Taonga Chizinga 0 &

In a bid to reduce dropout rate and increase retention of girls in school, Mothers Groups from some schools around Rumphi have been trained to make reusable sanitary pads for girls using locally sourced materials.… ...

NGO promoting girls’ education in Ntchisi

Jun 04, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) called Go Malawi is working to promote girls’ education in Ntchisi district. In an interview with Malawi24, Mphatso Joseph who is the programmes manager for the organisation in Ntchisi said they… ...

Girls urged to challenge boys in male dominated fields

Mar 12, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Girls in Malawi have been urged to stay strong and not underrate themselves by joining fields that are stereotyped to be for men only. The call was made at Mponela Community Technical College in Dowa… ...

Female police officers fight school dropouts, early marriages

Nov 29, 2016 Bright Malenga 8 &

As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence continues, Mangochi Police Women Network Forum jointly with members of community policing on Thursday conducted a sensitization meeting where they tackled school dropout and early marriage… ...

Government told to walk the talk on ending child marriages

Nov 19, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 19 &

A child rights activist in the country has urged government to put into action the policies it made in terms of ending child marriages. Child rights campaigner Lucky Mbewe said Malawi usually formulate good policies… ...

Emma Watson: Harry Porter Star says child marriages affecting girls in Malawi

Oct 12, 2016 Bright Malenga 5 &

United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson has said that high rate of child marriages in the country are burdening girls from continuing with their education. Watson who is also an actress made the remarks on… ...

Malawian girls rescued from early marriages cry foul

Oct 06, 2016 Thula Chisamba 46 &

About 30 girls who were rescued from early marriages by organizations in Mzimba district have threatened to go back to their husbands, saying they are now suffering since the organizations did not give them money… ...