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Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Monday engaged Blantyre District Council’s Gender Technical Working Group to equip members on how they can ably mitigate sex-based discrimination at work places and the community at large. The engagement, according to MHRC principal gender and human rights officer Jamila Madukani, marked the start of Iceland-funded project called Strengthening
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“This (increased) is a worrisome development in as far as promoting girl-child rights is concerned.” Malawi has recorded a staggering spike of more than 40, 000 in teenage pregnancies within the eight months of school break due to the global novel Covid-19 pandemic. Plan International Malawi and Organisation for Sustainable Social Economic Development Initiative (OSSEDI) made the revelation last Thursday in Nsanje District when they organised training for district level officials on the impact of Covid-19 on girls. Malawi has one of the highest rates of early marriage and teenage pregnanc...
Over 40, 000 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the country within eight months that included the school break due to Covid- 19 pandemic. Malawi News Agency (Mana) in Nsanje learnt from Plan Malawi International and Organisation for Sustainable Social Economic Development Initiative (OSSEDI) organized training for district level officials on the impact of Covid-19 on girls. Plan International Malawi and OSSEDI on Thursday organized the training for Nsanje District Executive Committee and Gender Technical Working Group to develop their capacity to deal with the current impact of Covid-19 pan...
Over 40, 000 Teenage Pregnancies Recorded During School Break By Martin Chiwanda Nsanje, April 29, Mana: Over 40, 000 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the country within eight months that included the school break due to Covid- 19 pandemic. Malawi News Agency (Mana) in Nsanje learnt from Plan Malawi International and Organisation for Sustainable Social Economic Development Initiative (OSSEDI) organized training for district level officials on the impact of Covid-19 on girls. Plan International Malawi and OSSEDI on Thursday organized the training for Nsanje District Executiv...