Good Practices: Malawi

Charles Kayongo, a Ugandan bar owner, and his wife Eunice, have defied traditional beliefs and refuse to have more than two children. Credit: Dennis Kasirye/IPS

Uganda, Malawi, Mali: How African Men are Changing Traditional Beliefs

By Henry Wasswa KAMPALA, Nov 15 2012 (IPS) – Charles Kayongo of Uganda is a father of two girls aged five and three. And even though age-old traditions among his ethnic group, the Baganda, say a man should have an … Continue reading →

The January floods resulted in the contamination of water sources in Nsjane, including boreholes and dug-out wells, thereby escalating the cholera incidents. Credit: Claire Ngozo/IPS

Malawi’s Heroines of the Floods

By Mabvuto Banda Nsanje, Malawi, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) – For many women in Malawi’s disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding. Twenty-four-year-old Chrissie Davie, a mother of four, saved two of her three … Continue reading →

Malawi President Joyce Banda (left) and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at a women

Liberia and Malawi: Africa´s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women

By Travis Lupick* Monrovia, May 9, 2012 (IPS) – The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of … Continue reading →

Women from Malawi EvanSchneider/UN Photos

Malawi: Village Chief Leads Fight For Maternal Health

By Charles Mpaka Lilongwe (IPS) – In Ntcheu, a rural district in central Malawi, villagers have taken the fight against the country’s high maternal mortality rate into their own hands. They have almost eradicated maternal deaths in the area by … Continue reading →