Malawi: Woman President Shows Malawi the Way

3 August 2013

Lilongwe — Malawi's President Joyce Banda knows a thing or two about women's empowerment. After all she is the first female southern African head of state.

But she has not had it easy. Banda had a tough job fixing a sputtering economy after taking over from her predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office on Apr. 5, 2012. In 2011 the country witnessed nationwide protests against Mutharika and the failing economy. The United Kingdom, Malawi's largest donor, had suspended 550 million dollars in aid after Mutharika expelled its ambassador for calling him an autocrat.

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