Category: Human Rights

Former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYPs) have threatened that they will resort to action if their grievances are not resolved by December 2023.

Cases of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) and property grabbing are on the downward spiral in Traditional Authorities (T/As) Njewa, Malili, Kulamula and Chitukula in Lilongwe, thanks to an intervention by the Gender Justice Unit (GJU).

Governance and Human Rights Expert Undule Mwakasungula has commended the President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera’s administration on Malawi’s re-election as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with the highest votes among African countries as a milestone for national pride and recognition.

Save the Children International (SCI) and its partners have been challenged to take a leading role in strengthening Child Protection Systems in their respective Country Offices, stressing that functioning child protection systems are key to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.

Chairperson for the Association of People with Albinism (APAM) – Kasungu Chapter, Caroline Zinkomola has pleaded with chiefs in Traditional Authority (TA) Chulu to help stop the killings of persons with albinism.

Youth advocates recently took advantage of the meeting on Evidence Based National Advocacy on Child Marriage, Gender Based Violence and Harmful Practices that took place in Lilongwe to appeal for mobile courts to address child marriages and other sexual related crimes in rural areas.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has strongly condemned the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for allegedly inciting political violence against the civil society organization known as Malawi First.