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WINNING WITH WOMEN- HON NANCY CHAOLA MDOOKO
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform, using borrowed words from Amy Tenney; “The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce, women of indomitable will.” # Here’s to Hon. Nancy Chaola Mdooko #WinningWithWomen
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Hon. Roseby Gadama Congratulates Mirriam Kachala, PLSCE Top scholar…
As part of encouraging and empowering girl child education Honorable Roseby Gadama, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus and member of Parliament for Zomba-Thondwe Constituency, has congratulated Mirriam Kachala with a sum of Mk100,000.00 as a token of appreciation for making the people of Zomba happy and putting them on the Map. Mirriam Kachala emerged the best student in Malawi
Ending Violence Against Women- Campaign spike on Ending Child Marriages
On Tuesday the 6th of September, The First Lady of the Republic of Malawi, Madam Monica Chakwera, who also serves as OXFAM’s EVAWG Ambassador, was the guest of honor at an event for ending violence against women organized by OXFAM Malawi in Kasungu. The event was held under the theme “Ending child marriages”. In her remarks, Madam Chakwera stated that
PWC CONSTITUENCY SUPPORT VISIT
PWC Malawi visited Nsanje South West and Machinga South East constituencies on 23rd and 24th of August 2022, respectively. The19 members of parliament and three female deputy ministers, were accompanied by Malawi’s SNP project point person, people from secretariat and other relevant stakeholders. The primary objective of the tour was to inspire girls to work hard in school and to
POPULATION AND SUTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MESSAGE FORMULATION MEETING IN ZOMBA-NTHONDWE
The PWC Chairperson Hon. Roseby Gadama of Zomba Thondwe Constituency held a meeting in response to the newly launched Population and Sustainable Development Caucus. The meeting, held at Thangala Primary School in Zomba, sought to share messages on the dangers of Rapid Population Growth (RPG) so that they can roll out to different areas in the constituency. In attendance
Classroom Building at Mbonechera, T/A Mponda, Mangochi.
Hon. Victoria Kingstone has pledged to construct a classroom block at Mbonechera primary school, T/A Mponda in Mangochi district, where she laid a stone as a symbol of her dedication on Tuesday, August 16. Pupils at the school have been learning under a tree after their classroom collapsed in 2017 and being a woman Hon. Kingstone felt the need to
PWC and The population and Sustainable Development Caucus
Malawi’s Parliamentary Women’s Caucus (PWC) is a cross-party grouping of all elected female members of The Malawi National Assembly. The PWC has been directed by a clear focus on women’s issues under two main goals ‘First, to ensure harmonization of existing laws with women’s rights as enshrined in the 1994 Constitution. Second, to ensure that gender was mainstreamed into all
Chair of the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus delivers speech at High Level Intergenerational Dialogue on Generational Equality and Women’s Leadership
From 7th to 9th April 2022, Malawi hosted the first ever High-Level International Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership in Africa at BICC in Lilongwe. The event was attended by high-level dignitaries, including former heads of state and global business captains, and created an opportunity to facilitate intergenerational dialogue among multistakeholder groups on women’s leadership and political participation, ending