HER-STORY TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY NGABU, CHIKWAWA How Ndachiona Ndapasowa found her voice — and helped a community of women find theirs Not long ago, Ndachiona Ndapasowa sat quietly through community meetings, watching decisions about her village's future being made without her. Today she chairs her Village Development Committee (VDC), stands before local councilors to demand clean water for her community, and is helping other women discover that leadership was never out of their reach — it was...

From village councils in Rumphi to the ballot box in Machinga, a joint EU-funded project is putting women, youth and persons with disabilities at the centre of decision-making. Across Malawi, a quiet but powerful shift is taking place in how communities govern themselves. Through the Promoting Gender Transformative and Youth Inclusive Democracy Project, WOLREC and Oxfam in Malawi, with support from the European Union, are working district by district to ensure that women, young people and...

Over 350 service providers in Balaka and Lilongwe are being equipped to deliver survivor-centred responses to Gender-Based Violence through the PKN Programme’s Gender Transformative Curriculum. Strengthening Frontline Responses Strengthening the response to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) begins with strengthening those who provide frontline services. Through the Pamodzi Kuthetsa Nkhanza (PKN) Programme, more than 350 frontline service providers in Balaka and Lilongwe are being equipped with...