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Female Politicians on the Rise in Malawi

While in Malawi civil society is driving an effort to get female candidates into office, regardless of their political party, there still remain obstacles.

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Women do laundry on the banks of the Rukuru River in Karonga district.

Malawi: Ignoring Patriarchy, Female Politicians Rise

IPS, 7 October 2010

In Malawi, if both a girl and boy are born into a poor family, it will naturally be the boy in whom all the financial resources are invested. Read more »
Malawi: Women Candidates Hard Hit by Election Postponement

IPS, 26 August 2010

News that Malawi's November local government elections are to be postponed yet again has hit female candidates hard - and mostly in their pockets. And it could mean that the… Read more »
Malawi: Innovative Campaigning by Women Candidates

IPS, 30 July 2010

You will find Beauty Kasonda on her campaign trail at funerals, weddings, church functions or just about any local gathering in her community. Kasonda does not have the sort of… Read more »
Malawi: Women Candidates Desperate to Finance Freebies for Voters

IPS, 14 July 2010

Mable Malinda wants to contest the local government elections but the independent candidate who is using her life savings to fund her campaign only has 500 dollars left in her bank… Read more »
Malawi: Women to Change Malawian Politics

IPS, 15 June 2010

The face of politics is changing in the southern African country of Malawi. And civil society is making plans to ensure that it changes even more. Read more »
Malawi: Women Lead Way on Water, Sanitation

Gender Links, 15 September 2010

It is mid-morning and the workday is underway. People are moving in all directions, going about their daily chores. But it is mostly women who move the fastest, many of them… Read more »

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