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Exposed: Malawi’s political party leadership still dominated by men, undermining gender equality efforts

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November 24, 2024

Exposed: Malawi’s political party leadership still dominated by men, undermining gender equality efforts

Malawi’s political landscape continues to be marked by a stark gender imbalance in its leadership structures, with men still occupying the majority of top positions across the country’s major political parties.

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Malawi’s political landscape continues to be marked by a stark gender imbalance in its leadership structures, with men still occupying the majority of top positions across the country’s major political parties.

UN Women: Malawi country report 2024

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October 7, 2024

UN Women: Malawi country report 2024

Implementation Of The Beijing Declaration And Platform For Action (1995) And The Outcomes Of The Twenty Third Special Session Of The General Assembly (2000) In The Context Of The Of The Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Fourth World Conference On Women And The Adoption Of Th

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Implementation Of The Beijing Declaration And Platform For Action (1995) And The Outcomes Of The Twenty Third Special Session Of The General Assembly (2000) In The Context Of The Of The Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Fourth World Conference On Women And The Adoption Of Th

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April 29, 2024
Violence against women in politics worries UN agency

United Nations Women (UN Women) has called on local political parties to create a safe space for women participating in politics and swiftly move to address violence against women during elections.

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July 1, 2022
Intergeneration Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership in Malawi: “This is Malawi, a land of women, who lead, and men, who celebrate them”

In 2021, the world’s political leaders, youth activists, corporate executives, development agencies, gathered in Paris for the Generation Equality Forum to lay the foundation for a new agenda to address gender equality.

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June 21, 2019
Malawi Parliament picks first woman Speaker: Catherine Gotani Hara

Hon Catherine Gotani Hara, a lawmaker with the main opposition Malawi Congress Party, MCP, has been elected speaker of the country’s parliament becoming the first woman speaker.

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March 1, 2019
Malawi’s political parties snub women

Johannesburg, South Africa (ADV) – A Malawian NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has expressed concern on political parties that snubbed women in the internal election processes with many female parliamentary candidates forced to stand as inde

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January 25, 2019
Malawi: Gender focused CSOs condemn violence against women in politics

Gender Focused Civil Society Organisations have called on government to act on recent acts of violence against politically active women.

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November 30, 2018
Malawi: CCJP calls for support for female candidates in 2019 elections

By Sylvester Kumwenda

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