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Alfonso promotes young designers
Fashion designer Lilly Alfonso recently organised a fashion show aimed at promoting young and gifted designers. Held in Lilongwe and dubbed TRI Fashion Show, Alfonso said this was an event that was not...
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LL school commemorates Menstrual Hygiene Day
Southern Africa Aids Trust (Saat) has advised school-going girls to take pride in menstruation as a natural gift for women and not a challenge to deter them from progressing with education. Saat...
View ArticlePeriods should be socially acceptable
Shopping for sanitary towels causes such a stir in our supermarkets. Many women almost hide the ‘stuff’ under other items in a shopping basket away from the view of prying eyes. I have personally...
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Rachel Mhango: Founder of Save the Young Mother Initiative
Rachel Mhango is a 33-year-old communications specialist with passion for health reporting. She is the founder of Save the Young Mother Initiative, a volunteer-based network with a team of seven young...
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Girls’ leadership lessons from the US
One morning, 16-year-old Tawina Chaposa and four other girls boarded a plane at Kamuzu International Airport to the United States (US) for three weeks under the Pan-African Youth Leadership Programme...
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Rescued from social ills for their betterment
With numbers of teenage pregnancies dropping; forced and child marriages drastically reduced; and 108 women between the ages of 16-35 rescued from gender-based violence (GBV), one can only assume that...
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Teresa Ndanga: New Misa Malawi chairperson
Born on 29 April, 1982, many would remember Teresa Ndanga as the woman who braved it and asked President Peter Mutharika the questions that everyone wanted answered on his return from the United...
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St. Michaels school alumni motivating girls
For everyone, the phrase that defines success is that education is the key that opens doors of success in life. Repeatedly, we have heard of such a phrase since time immemorial. Somehow, there is one...
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Women gang up for unity in business
Over 40 exhibitors came together at the Glamorous Ladies Ministry’s (GLM) business fair in Blantyre recently to showcase clothes, beauty products, herbal medicine, bedroom accessories, wedding decor...
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Maliam Mdoko: Malawi Institute of Architects president
The first ever female president of the Malawi Institute of Architects (MIA) Maliam Mdoko says she is geared at promoting the visibility and role of the architects in the country as she sails the...
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Workplace manners
What makes human beings different from animals is simply etiquette. Etiquette makes people cultured individuals who influence their world positively and leave marks on the sand of time. Everyone wants...
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Raging battle against child labour
One of local organisations championing the rights of children in the country, Eye of the Child, has called on people that procure services from children to stop, as a way of reducing cases of child...
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Mavis Kanjadza: Excelling in farming business
Two years ago, Mavis Kanjadza quit her job as a finance manager in one of the leading banks and went into farming. From the age of 14, all that she ever wanted to do when she grew up was to become a...
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Sheikhs condemn corruption, immorality
Malawians of different faiths should refrain from indulging in corrupt practices if the country is to register meaningful development, sheikhs have advised. The sheikhs gave the advice during this...
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Catholic Church harvests 14 diocesan priests
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has announced dates for ordinations of 14 deacons to diocesan priesthood in six of the country’s eight dioceses this year. According to information compiled by...
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Mwaishah kampesi: recognised by forbes africa magazine
Born and raised in Blantyre, 27-year-old Mwaishah Kampesi, an architect and interior designer running her own business recently made the Forbes Africa under 30 list for 2017. Forbes Africa released...
View ArticleWhen humanity becomes the real enemy
We all are born, we live, age and die. Life does not give us the luxury of prediction in terms of who dies first or last. A newborn may never live to see a day. Toddlers, children and teenagers are all...
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Inspired by women to lose weight
Fat shaming is common among peers, siblings, parents and partners among others. For some people it brings about positive results as they are inspired to do something about their weight. It did for...
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‘No more special needs schools’
Children with disabilities face a myriad of challenges. For nine-year-old Roselyn, the troubles began when she was born. It was hard for her mother to come to terms with the fact that the child she had...
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Vera Kamtukule: New CEO for the Malawi Scotland Partnership
Newly appointed Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP) chief executive officer Vera Kamtukule says she will advance the development of vulnerable, isolated and impoverished communities in the country....
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