COVID-19 restrictions in Malawi may increase unplanned pregnancies
Twenty-three-year-old Mercy Phiri of Chikuli in the outskirts of Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre is anxious. She, together with her friends, has visited two health […]
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CSJ premieres SRHR documentary on Malawi’s top television channels
Centre for Solutions Journalism (CSJ) makes another positive move in disseminating information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) when it premieres a documentary […]
Gender equality must take centre stage in 2020
As Malawi joins the world to celebrate International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8 under the theme I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights, there is […]
CSJ Malawi declares 2020 ‘Year for new abortion law’
Centre for Solutions Journalism (CSJ Malawi) has declared 2020 as the year Malawi will enact new abortion law. CSJ Team writes: New Year! New Resolutions! […]
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: Liberal theologians call for decriminalisation of homosexuality
Authorities in Malawi should decriminalise homosexuality as part of the government’s commitment to uphold human rights for all, theologians have said. Among the theologians who […]
Clinics for key populations in Malawi mock outdated same-sex laws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 census officials urged to stop harassing intersex citizens
Authorities in Malawi have been urged to orient enumerators conducting national population census on the need to respect the rights of intersex people. Centre for […]
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 […]