Malawi gets opportune time to enact new abortion law
With over 45 civil society organisations backing the government proposal, Malawi has an opportune time to enact new abortion law, writes BRIAN LIGOMEKA Good tidings! […]
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Sexual minorities in Malawi suffer in silence
Sexual minorities in Malawi are suffering in silence as some health workers are turning public health facilities into prayer houses, writes EDWIN NYIRONGO in Nation […]
Malawi: Civil society organisations ask government to pass new abortion law
We, the forty Five Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) having met on 27th and 28th September 2017 and deliberated on Research Studies […]
25 million unsafe abortions occur annually
GENEVA – An estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by World Health Organisation (WHO) and […]
Malawi: Why retain the law that kills women
Abortion. The proverbial hot potato. The elephant in the room. The ancient-old practice. The issue some choose to hate. The word others tremble to mention. […]
Malawi: Time to decriminalize draconian abortion law
Media Release September 28, 2017 BLANTYRE, Malawi – As the world celebrates the International Safe Abortion Day on Thursday, 28 September, we, at the Centre […]
Human rights activists in Malawi protest against domestic violence
Human rights activists took to the streets in Malawi capital, Lilongwe on Thursday to protest recent upsurge in incidents of domestic violence. In the past […]
Shocking girls’ deaths as old abortion debate rages in Malawi
The death of 28 women in Malawi’s resort district of Salima moved Nation Newspaper Features Editor JAMES CHAVULA to probe the situation. His findings are […]
Change law to save women’s lives, says abortion survivor in Malawi
The loss of my uterus during a back-street abortion procedure has inflamed me to call for the enactment of the draft Termination of Pregnancy Bill. […]
Human organisations urge Malawi to respect minority rights
As Malawi plans to conduct a public inquiry on Lesbian, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) citizens, two local human rights organisations have urged the […]