Women and Gender

Reflecting on Women’s Leadership in the Month of Women

Mar 15, 2021
5 min

Reflecting on Women’s Leadership in the Month of Women

March is the month of women. International Women's Day is annually celebrated in almost every country of the world on 8 March. The...

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The Rule of Law Must Reign, Mr. President

Sarah Nayeja

Nov 16, 2020
4 min

The Rule of Law Must Reign, Mr. President

The new president's promises must be upheld if he will consolidate his support over the coming years. Sticking to the law is one of them.

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Malawi’s Intergenerational Debt Burden: Youth Voices Needed!

Jessica Mandanda

Oct 19, 2020
5 min

Malawi’s Intergenerational Debt Burden: Youth Voices Needed!

Malawi's elders, the bulk of our stock of decision-makers, continue to borrow for government. It is Malawi's youth who will pay for it.

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Men Should Not Call the Shots in Debating Malawi’s Abortion Bill

Tiunike Online

Sep 21, 2020
4 min

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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Malawi’s Public Space: A Place for Women?

Jessica Mandanda

Aug 24, 2020
5 min

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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Malawi and the ‘Shadow Pandemic’: How to Win the Battle on GBV under Covid-19

Habiba Rezwana Osman

May 18, 2020
4 min

Malawi and the ‘Shadow Pandemic’: How to Win the Battle on GBV under Covid-19

Malawi isn't doing too badly in preventing gender-based violence in the time of Covid-19. But there are still some gaps.

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Covid-19 Lock Down in Malawi: Not a Great Time to Be Poor

Jessica Mandanda

Apr 30, 2020
5 min

Covid-19 Lock Down in Malawi: Not a Great Time to Be Poor

The variance between the rich and poor, the privileged and not, is going to be accentuated by Covid-19.

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Sex Work in Malawi: An Eternal Problem Can’t be Resolved by Punishment

Tiunike Online

Feb 24, 2020
5 min

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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Living on the Margins in Malawi’s Year of the Vision. It's 2020!

Tiunike Online

Jan 6, 2020
8 min

Living on the Margins in Malawi’s Year of the Vision. It's 2020!

Tinyade is completing her final year of Business Administration at The Polytechnic in Blantyre. She looks funny. Her limbs appear stiff,...

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Towards a progressive debate on LGBTQI+ Rights in Malawi

Alan Msosa

Dec 16, 2019
4 min

Towards a progressive debate on LGBTQI+ Rights in Malawi

Highlights from a groundbreaking study Context and research strategy It is now nearly a decade since Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge...

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Sexuality in Malawi: If Only We had a Feminist Government

Jessica Mandanda

Nov 18, 2019
4 min

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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Gender Equality – Nuance to Straitjacket Philosophy

Tiunike Online

Jan 28, 2019
5 min

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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#Metoo, #TimesUp, #HearMeToo and other Campaigns: Are We Getting Anywhere?

Habiba Rezwana Osman

Jan 14, 2019
6 min

#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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A Bold Manifestation of Hope: The Women’s Assembly

Ulemu Hannah Kanyongolo

Nov 26, 2018
5 min

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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Jessica Mandanda

Oct 15, 2018
5 min

The Indirect Protagonists of Patriarchy

“Thus to challenge patriarchy, to dispute the idea that it is men who should be dominant figures in the family and society, is to be seen...

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Tiunike Online

Sep 17, 2018
4 min

Chasing the Good in a Bad Situation

“People-centered!” has been the new mantra of development work as the world lives in limbo regarding the feasibility of reaching desired...

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Keeping Up Appearances - The Tender Side of the Human Male

Tiunike Online

Jun 18, 2018
5 min

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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Women’s Rights and Politics: Getting Young Women Involved

Ulemu Hannah Kanyongolo

May 7, 2018
5 min

Women’s Rights and Politics: Getting Young Women Involved

Youth in politics have been marginalized for as long as post-independence self-rule has existed in Malawi. The look of our political...

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Malawi in 2017: A Reflection on Gender-based & Other Forms of Violence

Habiba Rezwana Osman

Jan 29, 2018
5 min

Malawi in 2017: A Reflection on Gender-based & Other Forms of Violence

Published in the author’s personal capacity. I will consider 2017 as an interesting year for Malawi in terms of addressing gender based...

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All I Want is Aspirin, My Bed and a Hot Water Bottle!

Tiunike Online

Jul 31, 2017
5 min

All I Want is Aspirin, My Bed and a Hot Water Bottle!

In March 2017, Tiunike Online initiated a social media discussion on the merits of instituting (a) menstrual holiday(s) for women. Our...

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Gender and the Law in Practice for Development

Ulemu Hannah Kanyongolo

Jun 5, 2017
5 min

Gender and the Law in Practice for Development

Malawi recently took a historic step in the fight against child marriage in amending Section 22 of the Constitution, calming the...

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Habiba Rezwana Osman

Apr 17, 2017
6 min

Anti-Trafficking Response in Malawi

Published in the author's personal capacity. Pictures depicting a room overcrowded with young Malawian girls in Kuwait showed the...

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Freedom Uncensored: An Experience with Domestic Workers in Malawi

Sarah Nayeja

Mar 20, 2017
5 min

Freedom Uncensored: An Experience with Domestic Workers in Malawi

Both colonialism and the semblance of development that followed it taught us, Malawians, the tradition of hiring house help, or who...

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How Power and Gender are Rewriting Culture in Malawi

Tiunike Online

Mar 6, 2017
5 min

How Power and Gender are Rewriting Culture in Malawi

Published in celebration of the 2017 International Women's Day In 2016, Malawi's cultures were brought under international scrutiny for...

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Reflecting 2016, A Remarkable Year of Women.

Tiunike Online

Dec 17, 2016
6 min

Reflecting 2016, A Remarkable Year of Women.

So much happened in 2016. History was made, and history was changed. We glued our eyes to the screens, to the papers, and our ears to...

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Tiunike Online

Dec 13, 2016
6 min

Abortion in the Age of Religionism

The notion that a (young) woman will lasciviously churn out unborn babies through her life, because a law permits it, is absurd. Women,...

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The State vs Culture: The (De)Merits of Mr. Aniva’s Sentence

Tiunike Online

Nov 29, 2016
6 min

The State vs Culture: The (De)Merits of Mr. Aniva’s Sentence

The two-year sentence of 22 November 2016 that convicted 45-year-old Eric Aniva of Nsanje District, met with both jubilation and...

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Female Leadership in Africa – Nibbling Away at the Glass Ceiling

Leona Barusya and Venge Nyirongo

Nov 17, 2016
6 min

Female Leadership in Africa – Nibbling Away at the Glass Ceiling

Published in the authors' personal capacity. A no woman vote recently contributed to crashing Mrs. Clinton’s aspirations to smash the...

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Unpaid Care Work in Development: Women Investing in Silence

Venge Nyirongo

Sep 21, 2016
5 min

Unpaid Care Work in Development: Women Investing in Silence

Written in the author's personal capacity. A well-grounded argument for gender equality and sustainable development resides in the...

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Short-circuiting Luck, Culture and Tradition on My Journey to Womanhood

Bertha Lilian Munthali

Sep 12, 2016
7 min

Short-circuiting Luck, Culture and Tradition on My Journey to Womanhood

I was only weeks away from my 16th birthday when I became of age, the woman I had fancied ever since I was a seven-year-old. It was the...

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Culture and Tradition in Malawi: Other Lessons from Mr. Aniva’s Arrest

Tiunike Online

Aug 19, 2016
4 min

Culture and Tradition in Malawi: Other Lessons from Mr. Aniva’s Arrest

On 21 July 2016, the world was introduced to Mr. Eric Aniva. This was through a 2-minute BBC documentary interview titled “The man hired...

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