Month: April 2021 Posts

Chakwera preaches at business summit: ‘God’s model woman is entrepreneurial’

Apr 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday preached at a business women summit, saying God’s model woman is entrepreneurial. The Malawi leader presided over the official launch of Business Women Summit under theme "Realising Gender Responsive Procurement… ...

Police, Health authorities taken to task in Phalombe

Apr 19, 2021 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Women groups under Nkhaza Toto Movement in Phalombe district have questioned authorities from Police and district health office on service delivery. These groups expressed their dissatisfaction with how the two carry out their duties during… ...

Former MBC boss Sumbuleta sexually abused women – Inquiry

Mar 29, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

An inquiry by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has found that former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) boss Aubrey Sumbuleta used his power to sexually abuse four women at the public broadcaster. The Commission has… ...

Chiefs, women’s forum in fight against child marriages in Karonga

Mar 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by: Emmanuel Moyo Chiefs and the Karonga Women's Forum have embarked on a campaign in a bid to curb early marriages and teenage pregnancies in Karonga. The development comes at a time when Karonga… ...

Primary school teacher arrested for stabbing ex-wife

Mar 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Michael Chiotcha A 27-year-old primary school teacher is in police custody in Mangochi for stabbing his ex-wife with a knife. The man, identified as Dickson Lanjesi, will appear before court to answer the charge… ...

NGO GCN trains women in Nkhata-bay on GBV

Mar 06, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Non-Governmental Organizations Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN) on Friday organized a day-long workshop to train women in Nkhata-bay on issues concerning Gender Based Violence. Speaking during the workshop, District Gender Development Officer for Nkhata-bay… ...

Man arrested for pouring hot water on wife

Feb 16, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 35-year-old man identified as Gerard Banda has been arrested for scalding his wife with boiling water. The incident occurred on February 14, 2021 at around 19:00 hours at Madisi Trading Centre. Mponela police deputy… ...

Abandoned Malawian wives suffering in South Africa

Feb 11, 2021 Thula Chisamba 1 &

The tendency by some Malawian men of inviting their wives from Malawi and later disowning them upon arrival in South Africa is sending many of such women into ungodly ways of survival in the foreign… ...

Organisation seeks to support Malawi women entrepreneurs

Feb 10, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

An organization working in the SADC region, Africa Trust Group (ATG), has partnered Enygma Ventures to financially support Malawian women who have existing businesses and those with business ideas. This is according to Lelemba Phiri… ...

Contraceptives killing libido: Women urge men to embrace ‘withdrawal method’

Feb 08, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some women in Malawi have attributed their low bedroom voltage to contraceptives which they claim extinguishes their powerlines. Reacting to a Facebook complaint by a man who lamented his wife's matrimonial underperformance, women disclosed that,… ...

Man aged 20 rapes 66-year-old woman in Ntcheu

Feb 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man aged 20 has been arrested in Ntcheu for raping a 66-year-old woman. The man identified as Chifundo Ndala is suspected to have raped the woman on January 28 at Kaziputa village, in the… ...

Organisation empowers female headed households in Mzimba

Feb 03, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

An organisation in Mzimba has empowered female headed families looking after orphans and vulnerable children to be self-reliant in the long term through agribusiness. This comes as the ever-growing number of orphans and vulnerable children… ...

Kachale dismayed over low women participation in elections

Dec 16, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Noel Mkwaila Chairperson for Malawi Election Commission (MEC), Justice Dr. Chifundo Kachale, says he is dismayed with low participation of women in various elections that happen in the country despite different stakeholders exerting efforts… ...

Activist in Malawi says eliminating GBV goes beyond stiff penalties

Dec 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Emily Banda Eliminating gender-based violence against women, girls and babies, some as little as six months old, goes beyond stiff penalties, an activist has said. Condemning the high rate of violence against women and… ...

Five women fined K150,000 each over charcoal importation

Dec 09, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Mzimba has fined five women after they illegally imported 180 bags of charcoal from Zambia using a CCAP Synod of Livingstonia vehicle. Mzimba Senior Resident Magistrate Mathews Msiska ruled that the women… ...