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WOCASA Calls for Increased Breast Cancer Awareness to Promote Early Diagnosis
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend" style="text-align:justify">Women Coalition Against Cancer (WOCASA) has called for increased awareness among health workers, particularly those working in communities, to help identify breast cancer signs and symptoms early.<o:p></o:p></p>...
ActionAid Malawi seeks to strengthen voices of mining communities
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend">ActionAid Malawi says there is a need to strengthen the capacity of communities living in areas where mining activities are taking place so they can effectively participate in decisions affecting their rights and livelihoods.<o:p></o:p></...
CSO Urges Ministry of Health to Implement High Court Ruling on Abortion Access
<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="text-align: left;">Delays in implementing a High Court ruling affirming access to safe abortion for adolescent survivors of sexual violence could continue exposing young women and girls to unsafe procedures and life-threatening complications, the Ladder for Rural D...
The Seed That Refused to Die
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend">Before sunrise, when the lakeshore air is still cool enough to keep the morning catch from spoiling, Anusah Banda of Kamange Village in the area of Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota District is already preparing for the da...
African Parks Highlights Importance of Rangers Through Annual Challenge
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend">African Parks Acting Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve Park Manager Timothy Maseko Chana has described the annual Ranger Challenge as crucial in raising awareness of the importance of game rangers in protecting wildlife and the reserve.<o:p></o...
Umunthu FM Train Health Care Workers in Post Abortion Care (PAC) services.
<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Umunthu FM, under the Community Voices for Legal Reforms project, has embarked on a capacity-building campaign aimed at training healthcare workers in the district on Post Abortion Care (PAC) services.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking over the weekend at Kalul...
Nkhotakota gender office commends Umunthu Plus’ efforts in advancing women’s participation in peace building.
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; font-size:12.0000pt;">Umunthu Plus says the Women for Voice Peace Project which it has been implementing in Nkhotakota district has made more strides...
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SKC Foundation donates K10 Million relief Aid for Malawians returning from South Africa
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) Foundation has donated assorted relief items worth approximately K10 million to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) to support Malawian nationals returning from South...
Women Forums eyes containment of obstacles to girl’s education in Nkhotakota district.
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Poor Women Representation in Development Structures Persists in Nkhotakota
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend">Nkhotakota District continues to face poor representation of women in various development structures, a development authorities say is undermining inclusive growth and development.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="isselectedend">The concerns em...
Nkhotakota District Hospital Sees Improved Water Supply After Months of Scarcity
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Inside Malawi’s maternity waiting homes: the hidden use of labour -inducing herbs.
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MHRC reaffirms commitment to women’s rights
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting and promoting women’s rights as fundamental human rights, free from discrimination, violence, and exclusion. The remarks come as the world commemorates International Women’s Day under the theme “Give to Gain,...
Tribunal committee key to addressing rising land dispute cases in Kasungu
Kasungu District Council has constituted the land tribunal committee aimed at resolving and responding to the rising cases of land disputes in the district. The land tribunal committee, comprised of four Senior Chiefs, the Magistrate, and the Registrar of Lands, is chaired by Senior Chief Mwas...
Ndi Moyo Intensifies Fight Against Cervical Cancer Through Awareness Campaigns
A Salima-based Ndi Moyo Palliative Care Trust says there is a need for intensified efforts in raising awareness on the importance of cervical cancer screening among women. The organization say many women in Malawi are dying silently because they lack proper information about cervical cancer. ...
Stakeholders agree to enhance collaboration to address challenges facing women
Council officials and stakeholders in Nkhotakota district have agreed to improve coordination and information sharing to effectively address problems affecting women and girls in the district. Speaking on Tuesday after a dialogue between sector heads and Civil Society Organizations meant to di...
Breaking the Silence: One Woman’s Struggle and Hope After Forced Abortion
All of the 24 years she lived as a girl ended when she was impregnated by her older boyfriend. Shakida (not her real name), from Lunda Village in Traditional Authority Lunda in Salima District, was forced into an abortion by her boyfriend in 2023. “I was told to consume drugs to terminate t...
Women with disabilities demand equal access to SRHR services
Victoria Supuliyano, a teacher at Chilanga School for the Blind in the area of Senior Chief Kaomba, in Kasungu district recalls how negative attitudes from health workers affected her. During one antenatal visit in 2023 a nurse remarked, “even you got pregnant,” as if pregnancy were impossibl...
Invisible Labour, Visible Loss: How Economic Abuse Is Stripping Rural Women in Nkhotakota of Their Livelihoods
In the quiet rice fields of Nkhotakota, the day begins long before the sun fully rises. But for many women, including 38-year-old Esinart Mwale, dawn is not just the start of work, it is a reminder of what they have lost. After months of planting and weeding side by side with her partner, she wat...
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WOMEN BATTLING ILLEGAL GOLD MINES WITH POWER
The early hours of 1st October 2025 are still haunting mining communities in Kasungu district after eight miners including boys aged 13 and 16 were trapped and killed due to a tunnel that collapsed at Kasalika gold mine. Barely some two weeks after the incident, another tragedy occurred at Chi...