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October 26, 2018

Malawi: Arrests, Violence against LGBT People

Malawi’s laws prohibiting consensual same-sex relations foster a climate of fear and fuel violence and discrimination.

LGBT Rights

October 26, 2018 News Release

Malawi: Arrests, Violence against LGBT People
Children's Rights

June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School
Environment

April 3, 2018 Commentary

Malawi: Govt Should Keep Promises to Rural Residents, Protect Them From Mining

Katharina Rall
Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: AllAfrica

Videos Watch More

October 26, 2018 Video

Video: Violence, Police Abuse of LGBT People in Malawi
September 27, 2016 Video

Video: Mining Ruins Lives in Malawi
March 6, 2014 Video

Child Marriage: Malawi

Reports More Reports

October 26, 2018

“Let Posterity Judge”

Violence and Discrimination against LGBT people in Malawi
June 14, 2018

Leave No Girl Behind in Africa

Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
September 27, 2016

“They Destroyed Everything”

Mining and Human Rights in Malawi

News

October 15, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter Calling for Investigation of Attack on CHRR and Other Human Rights Defenders
August 21, 2017 Letter

Malawi: Letter to Human Rights Commission re Public Inquiry into LGBTI Rights
August 7, 2017 News Release

SADC: Recommit to Human Rights Protection
June 16, 2017 News Release

Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality
February 23, 2017 Dispatches

Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole

Annerieke Smaak
Senior Coordinator, Women's Rights Division
February 19, 2017 Dispatches

New Law Brings Malawi’s Mining Communities Hope

Katharina Rall
Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division
February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
January 25, 2017 News Release

Malawi: Information Bill Aids Mining Communities
November 21, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Malawi
November 3, 2016 Dispatches

Good News for Child Protection in Malawi

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
November 2, 2016 Commentary

Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal

Sarah Rayzl Lansky
Senior Associate, International Justice Program
October 14, 2016 Dispatches

African Women Scale Heights in Land Rights Protest

Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

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Daily Brief

January 23, 2019

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