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Art for Climate Action: Loss and Damage Research

Theatre for Development (TfD) is a powerful tool for engaging communities in dialogue and promoting social change. With support from the Scottish Government through the Trocaire fund, we have engaged communities under TA Mwambo in Zomba to understand their lived experiences of non-economic loss and damage (NELD) due to climate change. “I have not only […]

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From Initiation counsellor to education and child marriage advocate

Aron, 18 is working with Youth for Change as an advocate for girls’ and boys’ education and fights against early marriage. Before Aron became an advocate, he was one of the young people who was actively involved with initiation ceremonies in his community. Having been initiated at the age of 11 himself, he was committed

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Challenging “well-known facts” and changing minds

In Malawi, a number of cultural traditions are wielded as a sort of litmus test. If something doesn’t match up, it’s condemned as bad, unnatural, or even un-Malawian. Various philosophies and theories are used to back up these traditional beliefs, including statistics. Even if these statistics may have a dubious origin, whenever they are invoked,

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Celebrating umunthu champions fighting for the health rights of LGBTI community

It is not always easy to stand up for our rights and it becomes even harder when you are a minority group. Living in a community which has not yet fully accepted the LGBTI community makes it difficult for them to easily access health care services. This is why we commend the work which our

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