Month: November 2023 Posts

WLA seeks to raise awareness on human rights in remote areas

Nov 15, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Women Lawyers Association (WLA) has started conducting legal clinics which aim to raise awareness on human rights in Malawi’s hard-to-reach areas. On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, the association was in Mchinji district where it held… ...

Women Lawyers Association partners Clooney Foundation for Justice

Mar 13, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Women Lawyers Association ( WLA) has announced that it will host a fellow from Clooney Foundation for Justice's Waging Justice for Women Fellowship Program to advance rights of women. Clooney Foundation for Justice was established… ...

Women Lawyers Association joins Chizuma’s defence team

Mar 16, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Raphael Likaka Women Lawyers Association has joined Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) chief Martha Chizuma’s team in a court case in which businessperson, Ashok Kumar Sreedharan, took Chizuma to court for alleged defamation. Women Lawyers Association… ...

Malawi Police say women made false rape accusations against officers

Aug 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

...Court has already awarded K376 million in compensation and costs over the rape allegations Women at Msundwe, M’bwatalika and Mpingu trading centres in Lilongwe made false rape accusations against Malawi Police officers, a Malawi Police… ...

Women Lawyers Association secures K48 million compensation for four women

Aug 12, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Women Lawyers Association (WLA) has secured K48.8 million compensation for four women who were sexually assaulted by former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) boss Aubrey Sumbuleta. WLA held negotiations with MBC which have seen the… ...

K255 million legal fees shock Malawi Law Society

Aug 09, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Law Society (MLS) has described the K255 million in legal fees awarded to Women Lawyers Association (WLA) as unusual and unjustified in a normal Judicial Review case ending at the High Court level. The… ...

Lawyers urged to clarify pro bono services rendered to Msundwe Women

Aug 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Human Rights   Commission (MHRC) has urged Women Lawyers Association (WLA) to provide clarification on the pro bono services rendered to Msundwe women so that the general public should understand what entails pro bono services.… ...