In my lifetime I have witnessed a dramatic improvement in gender-based violence in Malawi. Women didn’t own land; the chiefs were the custodians of land. Women didn’t know they could go to the police if they had been attacked. For example, nurturing political empowerment of women (National Strategy for the Political Empowerment of Women, 2024-2030), a National Gender Policy and National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy (2025–2030). We owe it our daughters and granddaughters so that they can be safe from gender-based violence and face the future with hope.

Source: Irish Examiner December 24, 2025 02:40 UTC