Month: August 2020 Posts

Primary School learners in Mchinji petition chief over child marriages

Aug 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Primary School learners under Senior Chief Dambe in Mchinji have petitioned traditional leaders, demanding immediate action following rising cases of child marriages and teenage pregnancies in the area. Through the petition presented to Senior Chief… ...

Rise in teenage pregnancies worries Phalombe council

Dec 09, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

The Phalombe District has expressed concern over the rise in pregnancies among girls below the age of the 18 in the southern region district. Last year in the same district, over 30 girls made the… ...

Chief concerned with rising teenage pregnancies in Chitipa

Dec 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Traditional Authority (TA) Mwenewenya of Chitipa has expressed concern over high number of teenage pregnancies in the district saying the situation is hindering youth involvement in economic activities. He was speaking during commemoration of African… ...

Ministry of Education commits to continue supporting girl-child education

Nov 01, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says it will continue supporting girl-child education as a way of reducing early and unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls across the country. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of… ...

UNESCO geared to reduce teen pregnancies in Malawi

Oct 30, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will on Thursday launch a campaign aimed to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies in Malawi. The program is being implemented in Machinga, Nkhatabay and Mchinji.… ...

Minister shocked by high rate of teen pregnancies in Karonga

Oct 29, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango, has asked traditional leaders and stakeholders in Karonga to introduce strategies for reducing teenage pregnancies. The Minister made the call Sunday after visiting Karonga District Hospital on official… ...

Rise in teenage pregnancies causes alarm

Sep 10, 2016 Bright Malenga 2 &

As the country is urging girls to go further with education, the story is different in some parts of Nkhotakota district where too many teenage girls are getting pregnant. The rise in number of children… ...

Malawian sex worker dies in the process of aborting pregnancy

Dec 05, 2015 Mwayi Mkandawire 197 &

She may have not wanted to end her business of sleeping with men as her only means of making ends meet but for 22 year old Thandie Gomeza, the drugs she took to abort a… ...