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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 NYIR...
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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 deliber...
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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 ...
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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 men...
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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 ...
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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 finding...
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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. LI...
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Malawi: Maseko Ngoni king calls for abortion law reform
Deaths of girls and women from unsafe abortions have prompted the king of the Maseko Ngoni, Inkosi Ya Makosi Gomani V to call for abortion law reform....
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Chiefs in Malawi urged to be reproductive health champions
CHIRADZULU, Malawi - Traditional chiefs and village heads have an important role to play in ensuring that their subjects enjoy comprehensive sexual an...
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Colonial homosexuality laws in Malawi distract fight against HIV and AIDS
Rising cases of sexually transmitted infections in prisons have re-ignited the question of whether Malawi should allow condoms use in penal institutio...