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26 Novembro 2018
Julius Nkhata, a local villager, says the increasingly dramatic seasonal dry-out of the lake - blamed by experts on man-made climate change - has displaced local people and increased joblessness.
KACHULU – Just four months ago, the fishing harbour at Kachulu on the western shores of Lake Chilwa in…
25 Setembro 2018
MWINGITSA, Malawi (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Life was never easy for Salome Nkalawire but when her husband died the mother of four faced her toughest challenge yet.
She lost the small plot of land the couple had bought together and farmed in Mwingitsa village in the south of Malawi, one of the…
Her Voice Fund: Financiamento para Meninas e Adolescentes para Influenciar a Política em Seu País ()
10 Julho 2018
O HER Voice Fund está buscando candidaturas para o Subsídio de Meninas e Adolescentes (AGYW - siglas em inglês) para Influenciar a Política em Seu País.
O HER Voice está distribuindo financiamento no valor de USD 2000 para atividades destinadas a influenciar os processos políticos. Os fundos…
4 Outubro 2017
Date : 28 septembre 2017
Source : Farmlandgrab
La compagnie brésilienne Costa Negocios, active dans les secteurs de l’agrobusiness et de la construction industrielle investira 50 millions $ dans le secteur agricole malawite. C’est ce qu’a annoncé Danilo Danelucci, directeur exécutif des activités…
28 Maio 2017
Globally, principles for responsible investment in agriculture and food system, requires respecting, protecting, and promoting human rights, including the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, in the context of national food security. This is in line with the Universal Declaration…
[From the OpenSociety Foundations] November has been a good month for women in Malawi. Parliament finally recognized that women have the right to inherit from the marital estate. In the past, after the death of her husband, a woman and her children were often left with nothing, no matter the…
A women's group fighting for women’s rights in Nsanje has decried continued violation of women’s rights to own land.
Kuchene Women Forum Director, Gertrude Kalosi said the district’s cultural norm which gives men more power over property such as land is compromising efforts to ensure that women…
Communities in the area of Chief Malemia in Nsanje have turned down a proposal by their traditional leaders to sale their customary land to an Indian investor, Nyasa Limited.
The communities have faulted Senior Chief Malemia among other traditional leaders for secretly masterminding the selling…
By Mphatso Nkhoma
Date: April 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Nyasa Times
Local business traders in the capital city Lilongwe has grabbed land belonging to an Asian businessman in Malangalanga which is to be shared among them.
According to the 'land grab 'group spokesperson, Fredrick Malata, they…
By: Mphatso Nkhoma
Date: April 7th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Nyasa Times
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi has condemned land grabbing in the capital city Lilongwe from Asian business people by a group of local business traders.
A group f traders over the weekend…
By: Malawi News Agency
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Malawi News Agency
The recent budget sitting passed land administration related bills which have raised controversy and at times outright misinformation. The Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education…
Date: August 26, 2016
Source: Action Aid press release
In Malawi, women’s land rights are often governed by customary laws, which are unwritten and lead to the marginalisation of women. Incredibly, women own just 1% of Africa’s land. In the village of Chikojo in Malawi, Maureen Adson is taking a…