Children at Eswazini feel not inspired to go to school because of inadequate teaching and learning resources at Eswazini primary school,Traditional Authority Kampingo Sibande in Mzimba district. Brenda Mbizi who is in standard 6 attributes shortage of desks and other learning materials at the school as one of the main reasons that contribute to school dropout among girls who opt for marriage. The development was learnt when Malawi Institute of...Read More
Timasukilane Youths Club together with Nkhata bay district social welfare office has embarked on a project of rescuing teen girls from marriages and sending them back to school in the district. About 45 girls have been rescued and are advised to restart schooling. This project is being implemented at Traditional Authority Malanda in the district. District social welfare officer for Nkhata Bay, Gomezgani Mapala attributes cases of teen marriages to...Read More
Blantyre District Social Welfare (BDSW) Officer, Stephano Joseph has called for intense coverage of abuses against children and says journalists must also focus on solutions in order to deal with the vices completely. Joseph says currently children in Blantyre District are experiencing many abuses which some of them are being perpetrated by close relations which are barely reported to the authorities. “Just imagine every month 50 children are defiled in...Read More
As many stakeholders are intensifying campaigns aimed at bringing awareness on the need to protect the rights of children so as to end child marriages, poverty is said to be fueling the vice rendering the campaign efforts worthless. It is understood that due to poverty, many parents force their children to drop out of school and get married. To some extent, parents arrange with marriage partners for their children. Investigations...Read More
Children and other stakeholders in villages around Chezi Trading Centre in Traditional Authority Mkukula have bemoaned lack of deliberate will in most parents to ensure that the children’s right to education is protected by exposing such children to various forms of abuse including forced labour. The revelation came when a team of Malawi Institute of Journalism Students (MIJ) from Lilongwe Campus on October 15 2021 visited the area to appreciate...Read More
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