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16 May 2017
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Pad making skill spills over to out of school girls
There is a special day every week that girls at Lifidzi Primary School in Salima district meet and make their sanitary pads using locally available materials. During such sessions…
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13 April 2017
UNFPA MALAWI – 2016 GLOBAL WINNER OF THE UNFPA GOOD PRACTICES COMPETITION
An innovation conceptualised in 2015 during the implementation the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) programme funded by the European Union (EU), the Malawi Country…
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24 March 2017
Malawi releases 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey findings
The 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey-DHS- findings were recently released in Lilongwe where among key findings; the maternal mortality ratio has decreased from 675 to 439 per…
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13 January 2017
I have had a boyfriend; I have been pregnant; I have been married and I am now back in school: The story of Alinafe
It only takes her about 15 minutes to walk from her village, Sanyama to Katelera primary school. She is 15 years and is in standard seven. She has one child who is twenty three…
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10 November 2016
Community One stop centre brought my family back
Having dropped out from Domasi Secondary school in Zomba while in form three in 2007, Daniel Kasekwe, 32 years old, had no other option but getting married to her long-time…
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25 October 2016
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children and Women, Marta Santos Pais commends UNFPA Malawi
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children and Women, Marta Santos Pais has commended UNFPA Malawi for its efforts of promoting girls to…
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18 October 2016
Tune-Me Mobile Site for SRH information launched
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Youth and Manpower development under the Safeguarding…
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10 October 2016
Running 20kms for maternal health
UNFPA Malawi took part in supporting an initiative known as Mother’s Day Fun Run that aims at reducing maternal deaths with a call to promote family planning in order to allow…
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19 September 2016
Engaging Malawi Police Service to promote access to SRH and rights for female sex workers
UNFPA and Pakachere Institute organized a two day workshop on sex workers rights and access to sexual and reproductive health services by engaging senior police commissioners…
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