NGO Gender Coordination Network Archives

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… ...

NGO says women shouldn’t sacrifice lives by taking care of Covid-19 patients

Apr 15, 2020 Mary Banda 0 &

The NGO Gender Coordination Network says women should not sacrifice their lives by taking care of Covid-19 patients in their homes. Chairperson of the Network Barbara Banda has called on women in the country to… ...

Gender activists march over Msundwe rapes

Oct 25, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has organized demonstrations today in Lilongwe to protest against the rape of women and girls by police officers. Joseph Njala, NGO-GCN coordinator, said the main purpose of the demonstrations… ...

DPP asked to pick Mcheka Chilenje for Speaker

Jun 04, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The National Coordinator for Malawi's NGO-Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has asked the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to pick a female Member of Parliament for the position of Speaker. NGO-GCN National Coordinator Innocent Hauya has… ...

MCP advised to nominate Gotani for Speaker

Jun 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A gender activist has advised the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to nominate Mzimba East legislator Catherine Gotani Hara for the position of Speaker of Parliament. The activist Innocent Hauya made the call following the May… ...

Political parties ignore women

Feb 27, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Political parties have snubbed women in the elections with many female parliamentary candidates standing as independents. According to a gendered analysis of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) 2019 Presidential and Parliamentary statistics conducted by the… ...

NGO-GCN still pushing for 50+1

Oct 24, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

The NGO Gender Co-ordination Network (NGO-GCN) says Malawi should adopt the proportional representation electoral system to give female aspirants a high chance of getting elected. The organisation argues that in countries such as Malawi, Zambia… ...