A Champion for Women’s Rights in the Driver’s Seat
As a feminist activist, I’ve never had a dream as I have now because I can see us moving forward, Joyce Banda puts women on her agenda as a top priority so we have the door open and once women…
Malawi: 10 things we would write about if we had the time
After a whirlwind of activity over roughly 14 days, we leave Malawi bone-tired but also excited about the depth and breadth of JASS' work, our partnerships with MANERELA+ and women leaders from a wide spectrum of organisations and networks, and…
Marching All the Way to Parliament
It’s hot. 36 degrees. We are not sure the march is going to happen. How can women take to the streets with the sun burning down on their heads? As we arrive at Kamazu Statue, there are not many women present. There is no shade…
Malawian Women Activists Demand Better ARVs
"As a feminist activist, I’ve never had a dream as I have now because I can see us moving forward."
~ Thokozile Phiri-Nkhoma, Malawian activist.
This week, JASS SNA in collaboration with partner, MANERELA+ and over 120 women activist leaders who have been part of the movement building process in Malawi for over three years will carry out a week of action to challenge the Malawian government. What are women fighting for? For the government to provide better quality ART (antiretroviral treatment) and comprehensive treatment literacy for all Malawians, and ensure more resources such as savings loans, fertilizers and seeds to support HIV positive women and sustain lives.
~ Thokozile Phiri-Nkhoma, Malawian activist.
This week, JASS SNA in collaboration with partner, MANERELA+ and over 120 women activist leaders who have been part of the movement building process in Malawi for over three years will carry out a week of action to challenge the Malawian government. What are women fighting for? For the government to provide better quality ART (antiretroviral treatment) and comprehensive treatment literacy for all Malawians, and ensure more resources such as savings loans, fertilizers and seeds to support HIV positive women and sustain lives.
Highlights from the National Women’s Dialogue and More in Malawi
Over two days, more than 140 HIV positive women activists met to celebrate the campaign they built to access to better ARVs and treatment literacy. As a prelude to the Global Race to SAVE Lives Conference, the national dialogue was…
Caution: Fearless Women Crossing the Line in Malawi
There’s energy in the air—here in Malawi. It crackles and shimmers, builds and builds, until it feels as though we are riding on a tidal wave of collective power, of women who have come from every corner of the country…
Moo-vement building in Malawi
The dusty roads twist and turn. The setting sun signals the end of another day. The roads are chock full of mini busses ferrying weary workers home, street side sellers with tomatoes, ground nuts, sweet potatoes, dried fish, bananas, all…
Malawian Women Demand Better ARVs: Background Briefing Paper
By: JASS Southern Africa Malawi has almost one million estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS (924,800 PLWHA - UNAIDS 2009). Malawi’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (the percent of people living with HIV) is almost twice the rate in sub Saharan Africa…
Where did all the “bad women” go?
Musasa-JASS Wellbeing Circle in Zimbabwe.What makes a “bad woman”? Does she laugh too loudly or speak out of turn, drink too hard or dance all the time, have too much sex or no sex at all or have the “wrong”…
