CHRR, CEDEP call for concerted efforts to end stigma, discrimination against LGBTIQ
Local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called for concerted efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination, which sometimes result in violent attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals.
Tikondane Care for Children decries negative publicity on street-connected children
Tikondane Care for Children on/off the Streets (TCCS) – a Catholic-based charity organization advancing the welfare of street-connected children in Lilongwe – has decried negative publicity on the children on the streets.
Ministry of Gender caution perpetrators of GBV against women, children
Minister of Gender Community Development and Social Welfare, Jean Sendeza has cautioned perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) that the laws will not spare anyone found abusing women and children in the country.
Cde Timothy Mtambo tips youths against being agents of violence
Founder and current president of the Citizens for Transformation (CFT), Timothy Pagonachi Simbega Mtambo, on Saturday bounced back to the podium and immediately seized the opportunity to warn university students in Malawi to guard against being used as instruments of violence by greedy politicians.
President Chakwera earns praise from CHRR for pardoning Linda Kunje’s driver Tewesa
Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has earned praise from the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) for pardoning Jones Tewesa driver to former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Linda Kunje.
UNHCR appeals to Malawi authorities to reconsider decision on relocation of refugees
United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed to the Malawi Government to reconsider its decision on relocation of refugees.Â
