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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,… ...