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! […]
Human Rights
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gays in Malawi dying to conform
Sexual minorities are living risky double life to conform to societal expectations, MERCY CHILONGO writes in Nation Newspaper. Call him Watipaso because he is usually resented […]
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 institutions. Personal accounts of […]