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Our joint submission to the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), compiled together with People Serving Girls at Risk (PSGR), covers child marriage and child sexual exploitation in Malawi.

This report was developed through multi-stakeholder consultations coordinated and consolidated by Equality Now and PSGR. Stakeholders engaged included Mphatso Zathu Foundation, Extra Mile Development Foundation (EMDEF), People Serving Girls at Risk and Fountain of Hope. (FOHOP). The evidence covered was drawn from Mzimba, Chileka, Kalonga and Nkhata Bay districts in the Northern Region and Blantyre, Neno, Balaka, and Mangochi districts in the Southern Region.

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17 أكتوبر 2025

Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Equality Now celebrates the Central African Republic’s ratification of the Maputo Protocol and urges its full implementation. We also call for the withdrawal of reservations by nine AU Member States and the swift enactment of Ghana’s Spousal Property Rights Bill to advance women’s rights across Africa.

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Equality Now and AUDRi, in partnership with the Southern Africa Youth Forum, co-hosted a side event on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) at the Southern Africa People’s Summit on 16 August 2025 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The discussion centred on how advancing digital rights for women, girls, and other marginalised groups through legal reforms can help end TFGBV, with a particular focus on tackling online sexual exploitation and abuse.

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

Equality Now, together with the Stop Violence – Stop Child Marriage Project, YWCA Madagascar, Plan International, SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), convened a side event at the Southern Africa People’s Summit on 15 August 2025 under the theme “Strengthening Protection and Support Mechanisms for Survivors of Child Marriage.”

Malawi – Submission to ACERWC 42nd Session on Child Marriage and Child Sexual Exploitation, October 2023

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Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

Malawi – Submission to ACERWC 42nd Session on Child Marriage and Child Sexual Exploitation, October 2023

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Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

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