Slow path to equality as some pastors in Malawi welcome LGBTI community
With new research revealing that 3.5 percent of adults in Malawi identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex (LGBTI), some faith leaders are acknowledging […]
Health
Malawi: Let churches reflect on abortion with Biblical values
As the world commemorates International Safe Abortion Day today on September 28, there is need to seriously reflect on whether complete prohibition and condemnation of […]
Malawi moves towards Universal Healthcare
Good health is a precondition for development because only a healthy people can develop a country. Only a healthy people can fight poverty. That is […]
NGOs build capacity of Malawian lawyers to undertake abortion litigation
MANGOCHI, Malawi – Litigation is one strategy that can result in clarification of current vague abortion laws, which are perpetrating violation of women rights, a […]
Abortion bill in Malawi gets a nod from religious leaders
As part of addressing the burden of unsafe abortions that are contributing to maternal deaths, Malawi needs to urgently review its archaic abortion law, liberal […]
Malawi traditional chief calls for enactment of new abortion law
MZIMBA, Malawi – A senior traditional leader in northern Malawi Inkosi (Chief) Mabilabo Jere has urged the government to enact the proposed Termination of Pregnancy […]
Clinics for key populations in Malawi mock outdated same-sex laws
Forget that same sex relations in Malawi are criminalised! Various organisations in the conservative southern African nation are implementing strategies to ensure key populations including […]
Malawi struggles to save women from ruptured wombs
In Malawi’s national language, Chichewa, pregnancy is referred to as “pakati” which means “between life and death.” Some antiquated laws in Malawi solidify this negative […]
Unsafe abortions haunt women in Malawi
Severe restriction of abortion does not reduce abortion rates, but instead it just affects the safety of the procedure. JOSEPH MWALE writes in The Nation […]
Archaic laws in Malawi aggravate unsafe abortions, maternal deaths
Unplanned pregnancy! Loss of blood! Loss of uterus! Then unexpected divorce! Bad outcomes of cruel laws. Outdated laws written in 1800s. The nerve-racking story of […]