Latest items for Malawi
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"A group of glamorous young women in their 20s are gathered in a radio studio, adjusting their microphones and laughing as they get ready to go on air. 'Hello! Hello! Welcome to another edition of Ticheze Atsikana,' booms host Chikondi Kuphata, 'a programme that stands as a platform for us beautiful girls to discuss issues affecting us!' Kuphata and co-host Lucy Morris switch between English and Chichewa - the programme's name means 'let's chat' in Chichewa. It's a weekly show, sponsored by AGE Africa, an NGO that supports rural and vulnerable girls to stay in education, and it reaches more than four million listeners across Malawi. The majority of the...more
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"A group of glamorous young women in their 20s are gathered in a radio studio, adjusting their microphones and laughing as they get ready to go on air. 'Hello! Hello! Welcome to another edition of Ticheze Atsikana,' booms host Chikondi Kuphata, 'a programme that stands as a platform for us beautiful girls to discuss issues affecting us!' Kuphata and co-host Lucy Morris switch between English and Chichewa - the programme's name means 'let's chat' in Chichewa. It's a weekly show, sponsored by AGE Africa, an NGO that supports rural and vulnerable girls to stay in education, and it reaches more than four million listeners across Malawi. The majority of the...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"More than 40% of girls in the country are married under the age of 18, according to the NGO Girls Not Brides" (para 12). "It's a weekly show, sponsored by AGE Africa, an NGO that supports rural and vulnerable girls to stay in education, and it reaches more than four million listeners across Malawi" (para 20). "Tamara has given birth to a healthy baby boy. A small Malawian NGO based in the city of Blantyre, called People Serving Girls At Risk, paid for a man on a bicycle to pedal her to the local health clinic when she went into labour. They're also checking in regularly with her and her...more
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"More than 40% of girls in the country are married under the age of 18, according to the NGO Girls Not Brides" (para 12). "It's a weekly show, sponsored by AGE Africa, an NGO that supports rural and vulnerable girls to stay in education, and it reaches more than four million listeners across Malawi" (para 20). "Tamara has given birth to a healthy baby boy. A small Malawian NGO based in the city of Blantyre, called People Serving Girls At Risk, paid for a man on a bicycle to pedal her to the local health clinic when she went into labour. They're also checking in regularly with her and her...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Tamara was 12 years old and expecting a baby" (para 15). "The last time we visit, at least two pregnant teenage girls from the village - with arms full of vegetables - say hi to Tamara before heading back home" (para 54).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"Tamara was 12 years old and expecting a baby" (para 15). "The last time we visit, at least two pregnant teenage girls from the village - with arms full of vegetables - say hi to Tamara before heading back home" (para 54).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"'Life was difficult because the man was older,' Tamara says. 'He used to physically abuse me by biting me every time I did something wrong'" (para 13).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"'Life was difficult because the man was older,' Tamara says. 'He used to physically abuse me by biting me every time I did something wrong'" (para 13).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"At nine months pregnant, there was no rest for the 13-year-old. Tamara (not her real name) had been sleeping on the floor of her aunt's small hut for several months after her husband, a man in his 20s, had run away. He had heard that social services were coming to rescue Tamara from their illegal marriage and took off before they arrived, leaving her to walk to her aunt's village" (para 3-5). "It is still unusual for social services to get involved in cases of child marriage, NGOs say, but attitudes appear to be changing among some local leaders. After a drive by the UN Population Fund in 2020, more...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"At nine months pregnant, there was no rest for the 13-year-old. Tamara (not her real name) had been sleeping on the floor of her aunt's small hut for several months after her husband, a man in his 20s, had run away. He had heard that social services were coming to rescue Tamara from their illegal marriage and took off before they arrived, leaving her to walk to her aunt's village" (para 3-5). "It is still unusual for social services to get involved in cases of child marriage, NGOs say, but attitudes appear to be changing among some local leaders. After a drive by the UN Population Fund in 2020, more...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"Child marriage has been illegal in Malawi since 2017" (para 12).
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"Child marriage has been illegal in Malawi since 2017" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"More than 40% of girls in the country are married under the age of 18, according to the NGO Girls Not Brides" (para 12).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"More than 40% of girls in the country are married under the age of 18, according to the NGO Girls Not Brides" (para 12).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Sierra Leone
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
13.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
13.0
July 3, 2024, 2:59 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Sex workers in Malawi have routinely complained of being targeted in police sweeping exercises where police conduct mass arrests using petty offence laws such as those of being idle and disorderly" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Sex workers in Malawi have routinely complained of being targeted in police sweeping exercises where police conduct mass arrests using petty offence laws such as those of being idle and disorderly" (para 3).
July 3, 2024, 2:59 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In the context of Malawi, there is no law that expressly criminalises sex work or prevents sex workers from living on their earnings. Despite this, sex workers routinely face basic civil rights violations by the Malawi Police Services" (para 2). "Sex workers in Malawi have routinely complained of being targeted in police sweeping exercises where police conduct mass arrests using petty offence laws such as those of being idle and disorderly. Once in custody, sex workers have a deep fear of being subjected to what is perceived as normal by the very people tasked with the duty to protect them, which is sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation or corruption – where...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In the context of Malawi, there is no law that expressly criminalises sex work or prevents sex workers from living on their earnings. Despite this, sex workers routinely face basic civil rights violations by the Malawi Police Services" (para 2). "Sex workers in Malawi have routinely complained of being targeted in police sweeping exercises where police conduct mass arrests using petty offence laws such as those of being idle and disorderly. Once in custody, sex workers have a deep fear of being subjected to what is perceived as normal by the very people tasked with the duty to protect them, which is sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation or corruption – where...more
May 23, 2024, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2015 Trafficking in Persons Act criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking, and it prescribed punishments of up to 14 years’ imprisonment for offenses involving an adult victim and up to 21 years’ imprisonment for those involving a child victim." (3).
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2015 Trafficking in Persons Act criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking, and it prescribed punishments of up to 14 years’ imprisonment for offenses involving an adult victim and up to 21 years’ imprisonment for those involving a child victim." (3).
May 9, 2024, 12:16 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Malawi. There is a law against "any common prostitute behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place". There are also vagrancy laws used against sex workers. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, living on the earnings and brothel-keeping criminalised. Colonial era laws in line with UK legislation.
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Malawi. There is a law against "any common prostitute behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place". There are also vagrancy laws used against sex workers. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, living on the earnings and brothel-keeping criminalised. Colonial era laws in line with UK legislation.
April 28, 2024, 11:18 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Additional financing for the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary Project includes sub grants to schools to provide cash transfers, in an effort to get both boys and girls back into school, with differentiated application for girls. (Early results show that girls’ examination pass rates have started to recover from their low in 2020)" (para 9).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Additional financing for the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary Project includes sub grants to schools to provide cash transfers, in an effort to get both boys and girls back into school, with differentiated application for girls. (Early results show that girls’ examination pass rates have started to recover from their low in 2020)" (para 9).
April 28, 2024, 11:18 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In Malawi, COVID-19 impacts, compounded by cyclones and economic woes, have led to a dramatic drop in examination pass rates, especially for girls, calling for urgent action" (para 9).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In Malawi, COVID-19 impacts, compounded by cyclones and economic woes, have led to a dramatic drop in examination pass rates, especially for girls, calling for urgent action" (para 9).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Malawi ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Malawi ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Malawi who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 30 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Malawi who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 30 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
381
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
381
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Malawi was 381 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Malawi was 381 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Malawi is 63.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Malawi is 63.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malawi is 66 years for women and 59 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malawi is 66 years for women and 59 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Malawi is 62.3 years for men and 68.9 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Malawi is 62.3 years for men and 68.9 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.4 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.4 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 30, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Upon intestacy, the persons entitled to inherit the intestate of fair property shall be the members of the immediate family and dependents of the intestate, and their shares shall be ascertained upon the following principles of fair distribution—(a) protection shall be provided for members of the immediate family and dependents from hardship so far as the property available for distribution can provide such protection; (b) every spouse of the intestate shall be entitled to retain all the household belongings which belong to his or her household; (c) if any property shall remain after paragraphs (a) and (b) have been complied with, the remaining property shall be divided between the surviving...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Upon intestacy, the persons entitled to inherit the intestate of fair property shall be the members of the immediate family and dependents of the intestate, and their shares shall be ascertained upon the following principles of fair distribution—(a) protection shall be provided for members of the immediate family and dependents from hardship so far as the property available for distribution can provide such protection; (b) every spouse of the intestate shall be entitled to retain all the household belongings which belong to his or her household; (c) if any property shall remain after paragraphs (a) and (b) have been complied with, the remaining property shall be divided between the surviving...more