25 Feb 2021
Malawi
SALC in the news: Student’s rape case attracts CSOs attention...
On 25 February 2021, The Nation reported about a girl who was raped in police custody. Read the article here.
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22 Feb 2021
Malawi
The Global Gag Rule and Access to Abortion: Impact on law reform in Zimbabwe, Za...
SALC presents a policy brief on the impact of the Global gag rule on law reform for access to safe abortion in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi within the context of the countries' international obligations. Read the brief here.
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22 Feb 2021
Malawi
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers in Southern Africa...
In October 2020, SALC conducted a mapping exercise in some countries in the SADC region (Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi) to assess the impact that COVID-19 has had on sex workers. The information reported is from conversations with eight…
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25 Jan 2021
Malawi
Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UNHRC for the LOIPR to be considered in rela...
The Malawi Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Reprieve and Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) submit information to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) for the drafting of the list of…
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18 Jan 2021
Malawi
A Call for Action: Malawi is for everyone, is Malawi really for everyone?...
From : The LGBTI Led Organizations and Allies To : Office of the President and Cabinet CC : The Minister of Justice : …
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10 Nov 2020
Malawi
Malawi Research Report: ‘We get traumatised in different ways’...
In February 2020, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Nyasa Rainbow Alliance held a consultation with individuals who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) in Blantyre, Malawi. At this consultation, community members shared their lived experiences and identified…
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09 Oct 2020
Malawi
Petty Offences Newsletter: Digest of Campaign Activities in September 2020...
In September 2020, the Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences hosted a virtual conference entitled Policing Pandemics, Balancing Rights. The conference communique and recordings of the conference are available online, for 14 September 2020, 15 September 2020, and 16 September…
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26 Aug 2020
Malawi
News Release: Challenge to use of Defilement Offences against Adolescents Engage...
Blantyre, 26 August 2020 – Yesterday, the Child Justice Court sitting in Blantyre, Malawi, issued an order for a stay of criminal proceedings against an adolescent boy who was charged with the offence of defilement pending determination of the High…
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17 Jul 2020
Malawi
CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR THE URGENT DECONGESTION OF PRISONS AFTER COVID-19 CASES ...
We the undersigned organizations reiterate our call for the immediate decongestion of prisons following two confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Mzimba and Chichiri Prison. On 14 July 2020, the Malawi Prison Service registered its first case of COVID-19 at…
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03 Jul 2020
Malawi
MALAWI: CHALLENGING CRIMINALISATION OF ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY...
SALC is working with Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) – Malawi in a challenge to the law of defilement in s138 of the Penal Code, insofar as it criminalises consensual sex between adolescents in Malawi. It is illegal to have sex with a girl under the…
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