WOLREC trains teachers on children’s rights in Salima

The training, organized by WOLREC with support from Save the Children, aims to ensure that teachers are better equipped to protect learners, promote equality, and create safer school environments through awareness, early detection, and community collaboration

MACODA on new Disability Act awareness

The Malawi Council for Disability Affairs (MACODA) held a disability rights clinic in Machinga to raise public awareness about the newly enacted Persons with Disabilities Act of 2024, aiming to promote inclusion, equality, and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities across social, economic, and political sectors. The campaign addressed widespread ignorance in communities about disability rights, which contributes to marginalisation and abuse.

Activists demand justice for sodomised children

Child rights activist, Memory Chisenga, has expressed frustration over the prolonged sodomy trial involving a Dutch national, Wim Jan Akster, former Financial Director of Timotheos Foundation who allegedly sodomised six boys that sought education scholarship.