Representing the SADC
In the predominantly women-owned agricultural lands of Serenje District in Zambia’s Central Province, home of the Lala people, a lesser-known form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been unfolding for several years. Large-scale land acquisitions, often without compensation, have put the rural women of Serenje at risk of not only losing their ancestral land but also … Read More “Zambia: Rural Women Confront Land Dispossession As a Form of GBV” »
Cape Town — Thank you so much and thank you so much for joining us today. My name is Memory Banda from Malawi. Sawubona wena. It is a great honour to stand in front of all of your great leaders coming from different organisations and to be here today to share different of the global … Read More “Africa: Memory Banda from Malawi Tells Her Child Marriage Story” »
Cape Town — LISTEN Good afternoon, everyone. How are you? Are you excited to be here? It’s so great to see all of you, and my cards are falling because I like to speak with my hands, which is a very good thing we do in Africa here. My name is Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell. I’m … Read More “Africa: ‘1, 2, 3. A Girl Has Just Been Married. And We Can Keep Counting’ – Girls Not Brides CEO” »
Cape Town — Lakshmi Moore, program director for Girls First Fund Girls First Fund is the first and largest donor collaborative of its size that is solely dedicated to funding efforts to end child marriage. I’m joined here today by a panel that I hope will inspire you all. Together with Girls Not Brides, Vow … Read More “Africa: End Child Marriage – ‘Ensure Perpetrators Are Blamed and Shamed, And Not The Girl’” »
… they’re there to speak about ending child marriage in this generation, not 10 years from now. Memory Banda, children’s rights activist And now it is my great pleasure to introduce the next conversation. Please welcome Redi Tlhabi, who moderates the next discussion with the global philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates … Read More “Africa: When Graca Machel, Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates and Amal Clooney Walk into a Room …” »
Violence against women and girls is the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world and as according to results of research reveal that ‘one in every three women experience physical or sexual violence — at least once in their life time’. This is observed by Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Blantyre … Read More “Malawi: Not Much Is Invested to Counteract Violence Against Women and Girls–Ccap’s Blantyre Synod” »
As the world gears to observe 16 Days of Gender Activism, the Minister of Gender Community Development and Social Welfare Jean Sendeza has challenged men and boys to take part in the fight against gender-based violence in the country. Sendeza made the call during a press conference on Thursday in Lilongwe ahead of commemoration of … Read More “Malawi: Gender Minister Challenges Men, Boys to Take Part in GBV Fight” »
For many Malawians, the very idea that a person living with albinism, which has made many into targets for body parts traders, could be recruited to protect ordinary Malawians, was almost ludicrous. That was until the Malawi Police Service (MPS) recruited two people with albinism into its services. “I do not believe this. You see, … Read More “Malawi: A Year On, Malawi’s First Female Police Officer Living With Albinism Speaks Out” »
A study has established that pregnant women who smoke (tobacco) are at greater risk of delivering stillbirths, premature births and/or miscarriage while passive smokers (exposure of the non-smoking mother to second-hand smoke) also run the risk of harming the foetus. Kenyan Consultant Paediatrician, Epidemiologist and Researcher, Dr. Michael Kariuki, made the revelation at the Third … Read More “Malawi: Smoking – Pregnant Women At Risk of Delivering Stillbirths, Miscarriage and Premature Birth” »
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Wednesday gave a special treat to the Malawi’s women football team, the Scorchers, at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe where he also announced that he would give each one of the players and officials K1.5 million and plot in Lilongwe. Chakwera said the Scorchers’ win is no mean achievement and … Read More “Malawi: Chakwera Spoils Scorchers Players, Officials for Winning Cosafa Women’s Champions” »
