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Against all odds for mental health awareness

Students with Dreams It has been a rough year for our Zamumtima Sizawekha mental health project. University of Malawi was badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and suffered closures and heavy COVID-19 restrictions. However, what has been impressive is that our teams of dreamers have still been able to creatively ignite conversations about mental health. […]

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Action to reduce VAWG during COVID-19 pandemic

MASA “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist We had a memorable week training five Chiradzulu Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)  under the Make Art for Women’s Activism (MAWA) project. While participant numbers were minimised to respect

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A look inside gender-based violence at Malawi’s technical colleges

MASA, Special Projects The phrase “gender-based violence” conjures up a lot of different images and emotions for different people. For some, it means rape or forced sex. For others, it means coercion based on gendered power. And for others it means intimate partner violence. No matter what gender-based violence, or GBV, means to you, it is

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