With Homophobia and violence on rise By Melanie Nathan September 26, 2014. On 7th September 2014, Professor Peter Mutharika clocked 100 days of in office , and as a tradition as well as in fulfillment of its human rights and watchdog obligation, The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) partnered with Centre for Development […]
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Malawi Religious Leaders Take Stand Against the Discrimination Fueling HIV
By Melanie Nathan, July 25, 2014. The Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (MANERELA+) is a voluntary membership network of religious leaders living with or personally affected by HIV and AIDS in Malawi. It is an interfaith network, hence, people from any faith community are eligible to […]
Malawi Muslims Want to Slaughter Gays
By Melanie Nathan, February 15, 2014. As the debate on whether to decriminalize homosexuality in Malawi or not rages on, Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has suggested the need to revise the penalty of those found guilty of homosexuality to be condemned to death. This suggestion comes at a time as some Civil Society Organisations […]
Pirira|Off Broadway to stage play set in Malawi
‘Pirira,’ Set in Malawi & NYC, to debut off-Broadway on Friday, Nov. 15 | Written by J. Stephen Brantley, critically acclaimed ‘Pirira’ will run Nov. 15-24 at West End Theatre By Melanie Nathan, Nov 14, 2013. As the tiny African nation of Malawi erupts in riots around them, American aid workers Jack and Ericka take […]
Malawi Suspends Anti-Gay Laws
While Uganda is about to pass harsh Kill the Gays legislation, Malawi may set a trend by looking to decriminalize homosexuality By Melanie Nathan, November 05, 2012. Today Malawi took the lead in what may become a trend amongst the African nations which still criminalize homosexuality, to begin a formal process to repeal laws that […]
LGBTI South Africa | Human Rights Conference Deals with Homophobia and Health Issues
PRETORIA – The Aids and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (Arasa) addressed a meeting of Human Rights Defender organizations to discuss human rights issues with a focus on LGBTI issues and how to improve resources for health and responses to homophobia. The two day meeting, in Pretoria, South Africa, began today and brings together human […]
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