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Malawi is on course to miss its targets for 2030 under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The country’s outlook for progress is weak even in the immediate next few years. It is falling short of the development goals outlined by its president, Lazarus Chakwera, during his campaign last year. He had pledged to create 1 million jobs, fight corruption, improve roads, increase food production and provide access to safe and affordable drinking water. In a televised address earlier this year, however, President Chakwera said those goals – which track goals of the SDGs – are increasi...

Nowadays © stepmap.de Girls starting primary school in Malawi faces daunting odds. According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), only about 25 % of them actually complete primary school. Nearly 60 % drop out for a variety of reasons related to poverty, lack of motivation and poor sanitary facilities. Another 15 % leave school specifically because of pregnancy and/or marriage. On top of this, about 20 % of Malawian girls under 18 experience rape or other sexual violence, the UN agency says in a report titled “Mother groups – underutilised resource in girls’ education in Malawi”. The ag...