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ArtGlo launches Tree Planting Initiative in TA Mwambo, Zomba

Artgloafrica — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:29:43 +0000

Excitement filled in TA Mwambo Chaweza area as ArtGlo lauched the planting of 1,250 tree seedlings to help build resilience against climatic shocks and restore the area’s vegetative cover. At the launch, ArtGlo and the area’s youth climate champions planted 250 trees at Makina Health Centre to shield the facility from strong winds. Village Headman […]

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Media reporting key in human rights activism

Artgloafrica — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:46:16 +0000

Media reporting was singled out as one of the pressing issues stifling human right activism for minority groups in Malawi during the changing hearts and minds symposium. In response to the concern, ArtGlo organized a two-day long Media workshop on Minority rights at Boadzulu in Mangochi. “Media shapes and influences public opinion, and as such […]

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Community members encouraged to report child neglect and GBV cases

Artgloafrica — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:23:38 +0000

Child neglect happens when one or both parents abandon their responsibility in taking care of their children. According to the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act (2010) parents or guardians have the duty and responsibility to exercise joint primary responsibility for raising their children. During the first Glenorchy Estate TfD performance in GVH Mandandanda, Mulanje […]

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Changing Hearts and Minds Symposium exposes gaps in human rights activism

Artgloafrica — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:04:38 +0000

ArtGlo through its Social Inclusion and Diversity (SID) programme organized a two-day symposium at Boadzulu Lakeshore resort in Mangochi to understand the gaps and challenges that minority groups in the country face. Participants were drawn from various sectors which include Human rights advocates, Police, Magistrates, Journalists from different local media houses, CSO leaders, and religious […]

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LGBTQ community applaud Legal Empowerment Workshops

Artgloafrica — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:06:48 +0000

The lack of knowledge about the laws and operations of Malawi’s legal system continues to fuel human rights abuse and injustices towards LGBTQ community members. The LGBTQ people in the country have been normalizing human rights violations that they face in their everyday life including in their access to public services due to ignorance and […]

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Stakeholders converge to learn from the inmates once under the death penalty

Artgloafrica — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:45:48 +0000

As the Malawi National Assembly is set to deliberate on a private members bill meant for the repeal of the penal code provision of the Death penalty during the 2024/2025 Budget seating, Reprieve together with ArtGlo brought together key stakeholders to appreciate the lived experiences of some inmates who were on death row, but not […]

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We Rise 2023: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

Rodger Phiri — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:01:46 +0000

In December, ArtGlo attended the UN Trust Fund’s first regional learning exchange summit in Nairobi, “We Rise 2023: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women”. The summit was for grantees located in Africa and Latin America who had received funding from the UN Trust Fund under the EU/UN Spotlight Initiative for the past three […]

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Umunthu Circle ignites bold conversations against sexual harassment

Artgloafrica — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:50:28 +0000

Students in tertiary learning institutions are not immune to gender-based violence and suffer in silence because they lack safe spaces to share their lived experiences for fear of being judged and socially excluded. The Criminal Justice Legal Clinic and Gender Justice Clinic of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) in partnership with ArtGlo organized a two-day […]

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PJAs change perception towards the LGBTI

Artgloafrica — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:07:11 +0000

Our SID team engaged with Primary Justice Actors and LGBTI persons in Dedza, Chikwawa, Phalombe, and Mchinji districts to among others unearth some significant changes that can be attributed to the Umunthu Inclusive Society Project. This was done through follow up and convergence workshops that were held in October 2023. Both parties stressed the impact […]

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Young leaders amplify their voices through the Youth Connekt Umunthu Circle dialogues

Artgloafrica — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:22:09 +0000

The UNDP, Ministry of Youth and Sports, in partnership with Art and Global Health Center Africa (ArtGlo), conducted Umunthu Circles that engaged the Youth in leadership positions in Blantyre, Lilongwe, and Mzuzu. The workshops that lasted for 3 days were aimed at providing a platform for the youth to discuss pertinent issues that are stifling […]

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LGBTQI+ Persons Converges with their Family and Friends at Nchalo, Chikwawa

Artgloafrica — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:41:27 +0000

Being an LGBTQI+ person in Malawi is challenging. LGBTQI+ persons are subjected to different forms of discrimination when they want to access social services. The Marriage Divorce and Family Relations Act of 2015 coupled with the Penal Code sections 153, 154, 156 and 137A are the legal instruments that are usually referred to in […]

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EPM constructs two Victim Support Units in Thyolo and Mulanje

Artgloafrica — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:19:05 +0000

Gender-based violence including intimate partner violence is still one of the challenges affecting the people in Malawi, particularly women and girls. The communities surrounding the tea and macadamia estates are not spared from this challenge. While interventions to address gender-based violence are being undertaken, the lack of proper infrastructure for the victims to utilize as […]

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