“The discrimination and criminalization of same sex relations, regardless of whatever colonized cultural and religious reasons we may conjure to justify this debauchery, is reflective of the failure of our claimed democracy which prioritizes the protection of the minority over the greed of the majority.” ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Although feminism seems to have picked up steam in our neoliberal world, and more in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the behavioral notion dates

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 a professional in the women’s rights space. I join those that argue how, in the two years between 2016 and 2018, we have witnessed unprecedented political debate on issues concerning women. Numerous articles on the subject have been striking in noting that the impact of #MeToo, #WhyIDidntReport, #TimesUp and other hashtag campaigns have had

Published in the author’s personal capacity. I will consider 2017 as an interesting year for Malawi in terms of addressing gender based violence…or, in short, GBV. Intimate partner violence became one area where the media reported on cases aggressively. It also put into spotlight 3 murder cases that came out within a space of a week. Unsurprisingly, the murdered were women. Violence against women and girls (VAW) is a grave violation of human rights. Its impacts range from imm