Women Come Out In Support of Malawi Elections Chief
Thousands of women have marched in support of Malawi Electoral Commission Chairperson Jane Ansah whom the protesters say is being targeted with insults because of her gender. Opposition groups however, are claiming that Ansah mismanaged the recent election in which President Peter Mutharika won a second term. The results are being challenged by opposition political parties, in court and through street protests.
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Malawi:
Women March in Support of Election Chief
Citizen, 11 July 2019
Several thousand Malawian women marched through the commercial capital Blantyre on Wednesday in a show of support for the chairwoman of the country's electoral commission amid a… Read more »
Protesters during a Jane Ansah solidarity march in Blantyre.
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Malawi:
Seodi 'Satisfied' With Resource-Rich March for Jane Ansah
Nyasa Times, 11 July 2019
Public Sector Reforms Unit chief director in the Office of President and Cabinet, Seodi White has said she was more than satisfied with the level of women who participated in march… Read more »
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Malawi:
Women Linked to Ruling Party Hold Pro-Ansah March
Nyasa Times, 10 July 2019
Dozens of women links to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held a march in Blantyre on Wednesday putting on T-shirts symbolizing their support for embattled Malawi… Read more »
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Malawi:
NGO Board Condemns 'Abusers' of Right to Protest
Nyasa Times, 11 July 2019
Amid violent protests in Malawi over the alleged mismanagement of the presidential election in May, the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board in the country has reminded… Read more »
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Malawi:
Minister Navicha Hails Women for Conducting Peaceful Pro-Ansah March
Nyasa Times, 11 July 2019
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Navicha has praised hundreds of women who attended pro- Jane Ansah solidarity walk in Blantyre on Wednesday for… Read more »
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Malawi:
Women Should Not Be Oppressed - Chazama
Malawi News Agency, 10 July 2019
Former Parliamentarian for Blantyre North East constituency and Democratic Progressive Partys (DPP) National Director for Women, Cecelia Chazama has said no women should under any… Read more »
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Malawi:
Privileged Seodi White Thinks Malawians Are Castrated
Nyasa Times, 10 July 2019
In defense of a shameless and pathetic elderly Jane Ansah who has thrown the country on fire, one Seodi Munthali, also known as Seodi White, staged a Shakespearean sob and,… Read more »