Sprucing up Average Joe and Plain Jane: Malawi Cannot Keep Up its Song on Literacy
Literacy counted on the ability to read, write and count is hurting Malawi's education and prospects for survival in a dynamic world.
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Tiunike Online
Sep 21, 20204 min read
Men Should Not Call the Shots in Debating Malawi’s Abortion Bill
Women in Malawi need to be in charge of the debate on the Termination of Pregnancy Bill. Men should be made to understand it.
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Jessica Mandanda
Aug 24, 20205 min read
Malawi’s Public Space: A Place for Women?
Public spaces in Malawi remain a substantial barrier for women and gender equality. For the sake of progress, we need to change this.
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Yandura Chipeta
Apr 27, 20205 min read
A Divided Society: Covid-19 Response and Inequality in Primary Education in Malawi
Government of Malawi is trying to bridge the gap between affluent and poor learners. The challenges in primary education are dire.
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Tiunike Online
Feb 24, 20205 min read
Sex Work in Malawi: An Eternal Problem Can’t be Resolved by Punishment
Sex work and prostitution may use the same tools, but they are different and need different approaches to resolve.
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Jessica Mandanda
Nov 18, 20194 min read
Sexuality in Malawi: If Only We had a Feminist Government
“The discrimination and criminalization of same sex relations, regardless of whatever colonized cultural and religious reasons we may...
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Tiunike Online
May 6, 20196 min read
Are Men of Virtue Called to Lead Malawi?
“Heroes act courageously because they believe that their course of action is the best one. To stand for truth and fairness demands...
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Tiunike Online
Apr 2, 20195 min read
Malawi’s Religious Democracy and the Spread of Charismatics
The proliferation of contemporary Christian churches has grown steadily since the late 1980s, skyrocketing alongside democratization in...
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Tiunike Online
Feb 4, 20195 min read
Humanity on Sale: Will 2019 Be the Same for Persons with Albinism in Malawi?
Tiunike Online has reported, commented and shared in the lament on the predicament of persons with albinism (PWAs) in the last 3 years on...
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Tiunike Online
Jan 28, 20195 min read
Gender Equality – Nuance to Straitjacket Philosophy
It's not uncommon to hear development practitioners preaching gender equality in the context of the missed development opportunities that...
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Tiunike Online
Jan 21, 20195 min read
Prison Reform in Malawi: Let's Valorize Inmates' Talents
Malawians who will have been of age (or just sane) during the eighties and early nineties will recall the famous Kasungu Prison field...
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Habiba Rezwana Osman
Jan 14, 20196 min read
#Metoo, #TimesUp, #HearMeToo and other Campaigns: Are We Getting Anywhere?
This article has been written in the author's personal capacity. I am joining this conversation not just as an African woman but also as...
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Jessica Mandanda
Dec 10, 20185 min read
Let’s Straight-Talk Sex, Malawi
An Austrian youngster walks into her parents’ house at 8 on a Sunday morning. Her dad, in the kitchen, goes, “did you enjoy your party,...
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Tiunike Online
Dec 3, 20185 min read
Stopping HIV/AIDS in Malawi: Stigmatize the Failure
In commemoration of the 2018 World AIDS Day. A fast-growing population in Malawi is the major feature that’s making the HIV/AIDS...
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Ulemu Hannah Kanyongolo
Nov 26, 20185 min read
A Bold Manifestation of Hope: The Women’s Assembly
The room was abuzz and women of all ages, from all walks of Malawian life, flooded in through the doors. A momentous occasion was here at...
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Tiunike Online
Nov 5, 20185 min read
To Be in the World, Malawi Must Speak the Languages of the World
For a few Malawians, it is not too astonishing to hear that the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) offers a Chichewa...
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Mphatso Moses Kaufulu
Oct 22, 20187 min read
The Modern Malawian Family: A Site for Postcolonial Class and Socio-Political Reproduction
Blantyre city, just after dusk - a family is gathered in the living room, around a television set. Two heterosexual working parents, 3...
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Habiba Rezwana Osman
Sep 10, 20185 min read
Children and Politics - Are Rallies Harmful to our Children who Patronize Them?
This article represents the views of the author and not of any other institution or person. A little more than week ago, I was on a ZBS...
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Tiunike Online
Jun 25, 20185 min read
Not Hired! Changing the Business Mindset for Youth Employment in Malawi
The Malawi labour force is clogged with jobseekers that will take a long time to be matched by vacancies, if they will be matched at all....
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Tiunike Online
Jun 18, 20185 min read
Keeping Up Appearances - The Tender Side of the Human Male
There is a less sensual side of the gender inequality conversation much of the expertise employed to work on the social problem...
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