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Executive stand up against maternal mortality
At the age of seven, Vera Kamtukule, now chief executive officer (CEO) of Malawi Scotland Partnership (Masp) moved to Zingwangwa Township. With her father, now deceased, working for Blantyre City...
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One good turn deserves another
At only 21, Idah Puliwa, the first girl to reach secondary school in her Nakhonyo Village in Senior Chief Mkanda’s area in Mulanje founded Othakarhaka Foundation to promote education among fellow young...
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Delia Mabedi-Munthali – Society of Anesthesiologists chairperson
Some people might not know who anaesthetists are, but these are physicians who administer anaesthesia prior to, during or after surgery to patients. Anaesthesiologist takes care of patients during...
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Miss Malawi engages Ngabu on overpopulation
Traditional Authority (T/A) Ngabu in Chikwawa has committed his support to the Miss Malawi cause of managing the country’s ravaging overpopulation, describing the Malawi queen’s visit to his area as a...
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Giving women their deserved respect
Maria is a young professional holding a management position in one of the local banks. A young woman under 30, she claims she does not get the respect she deserves from her subordinates and colleagues...
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Naomi Msusa: University of Cape Town’s test administrator
The road to people’s destinations may be long and winding, and 40-year-old Naomi Msusa knows better than to despise small beginnings. When she started the work that would lead her to her current role...
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Women’s conference for sprituality
Owing to the Appointed, Anointed and Accomplished Woman, a women’s conference organised annually by Blossom Africa Trust, Mervis Maliketi testifies of the goodness of the Lord. She has been attending...
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Young, dynamic on the stock market
Born 30 years ago on September 11, Esnat Chilije aspired to become a heart surgeon when she was younger, only to have second thoughts when she went to secondary school. “My older brother, who was then...
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NPL sleepover: Mbumba (middle) interacts with patients at Ndirande Health Centre
They hold high positions in society; they are high class and inspire many. Five female executives recently left their cozy homes, comfortable beds and sacrificed family time to suffer with the...
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Ethlet Miscot: Founder of What’s-Up Gesu
In August 2015, 45-year-old Ethlet Frazer Miscot founded What’s-Up Gesu, a world-wide women’s ministry designed to embrace, educate and empower women by raising what she terms a ‘Woman with a...
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Reconsider us in 2019—female MPs
In their drive to retain female parliamentarians, members of the Women Caucus of Parliament are sensitising Malawians to the significance of having female representatives in their constituencies. They...
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‘I walked out, the world did not end’
Joyce is a 35-year-old single woman. Childless and no boyfriend, she counts 2017 as the fourth year since divorce. While she admits that it gets lonely sometimes, she says there is not a single moment...
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Lilly Alfonso: Founder of Lilly Alfonso fashion and design company
A wide range of products made in Africa are making an impression with buyers from different corners of the world like never before. Africa’s entrepreneurs, including women are proving to be confident...
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Thoko Kuwali: First female president for internal auditors
Thokozile Kuwali was not as fortunate as other girls in her class who were selected to secondary school and this broke her heart. Her parents could not afford to send her to a private school as her...
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Does it matter how a woman dresses?
Miuccia Prada, the lead creative director of Italian handbag and fashion label Prada once said: “What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so...
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‘Bring a girl child to work’
As way of helping the Malawian girl realise her dreams, Standard Bank has set aside Wednesday October 11 as the Bring a Girl Child to Work day. This initiative, according to the bank’s head of...
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Media women taste maternity woes
Getting into the maternity ward at Chilomoni Health Centre in Blantyre last week, her attention was drawn to a woman close to the entrance. Under the mosquito net, the woman, loosely covering her body...
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Bankers initiate girls into the sector
As the world commemorated the International Day of the Girl (IDG) on Wednesday, Standard Bank employees hosted school girls to inspire them. Girls from the three regions of the country registered for...
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Nissily Mushani: Winner of the Family Planning Leaders, 2017
The understanding that high population growth reinforces poor socio economic outcomes for poor households sparked Nissily Mushani’s interest in family planning. She notes that in Malawi, 50 percent of...
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Breast cancer on the rise in Malawi
As the world unites for breast cancer awareness this month, Malawi, too, shares its troubles concerning the disease. Dr Briony Acroyed-Parken, a breast cancer surgeon from the United Kingdom says...
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