A woman in Nkhorongo, Mzuzu, was tied to a tree at a graveyard for allegedly failing to attend a neighbour’s funeral—a shocking act condemned as cruel and unlawful by Action Hope Malawi.
The Catholic Church of Malawi has stepped up in the fight against gender-based violence, emphasizing that ending abuse against women and girls is a shared responsibility that extends beyond the government and civil society to every individual and institution.
Dowa District – located in the Central Region of Malawi – is one of the districts in Malawi synonymous with gender stereotypes and cultural norms, which have, for centuries, been used to justify violence against women.
Coalition for the Empowerment of Women and Girls (CEWAG) has handed over six sewing machines to gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in the area of Traditional Authority Kalumbu in Lilongwe district.
The Gender and Justice Unit (GJU) on Monday conducted a daylong refresher training of trainers (ToTs) with skills for preventing and responding to gender based violence (GBV) and provision of psychosocial support to survivors of various forms of violence in Lilongwe.
