Urgent Call to Address Humanitarian Crisis and Climate Change as Mozambique and Malawi grapple with Cyclone Freddy

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: www.ituc-africa.org) expresses grave concern about the devastating impact of Cyclone Freddy on the people of Mozambique and Malawi. The loss of lives, damage and destruction to infrastructure and (…)

Keywords : Climate Change And Environment; Declarations; Malawi; Mozambique;

MAKING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ALIGNED WITH THE SDGs - TRADE UNIONS’ KEY ASKS

The assumption that a significant scale-up of investments is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the foundation of the growing role of the private sector in development cooperation. Blended finance is the prominent financial modality in this respect.

Keywords : Reports ; Zambia ; ATUDN; Malawi;

MALAWI: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - HLPF 2020

The government of Malawi has integrated the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its national development plan, the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy for 2017-2022 (MGDS III). The MGDS cascades down to the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), sectoral policies and strategic plans (…)

Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Reports ; ATUDN; Malawi;

COVID-19 impact could be devastating in Malawi as Politics takes centre-stage

The COVID-19 pandemic reached Malawi in the context of a major political contestation and turmoil. In February, 2020 the country’s constitutional court nullified the results of the disputed May 2019 presidential elections due to “severe irregularities”. The judges ordered fresh elections that (…)

MALAWI Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Newsletters; Malawi;

Public-Private Partnerships in Malawi - Interview with Alex Nkosi

Alex Nkosi is the author of a recent case study on the use of Official Development Aid (ODA) to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Malawi. The study highlights issues with how PPPs operate in practice that can seriously undermine the original development aims of the investments. It (…)

Keywords : ATUDN; Malawi;

Urgent Call to Address Humanitarian Crisis and Climate Change as Mozambique and Malawi grapple with Cyclone Freddy

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: www.ituc-africa.org) expresses grave concern about the devastating impact of Cyclone Freddy on the people of Mozambique and Malawi. The loss of lives, damage and destruction to infrastructure and (…)

Keywords : Climate Change And Environment ;  Declarations ;  Malawi ;  Mozambique ; 

COVID-19 impact could be devastating in Malawi as Politics takes centre-stage

The COVID-19 pandemic reached Malawi in the context of a major political contestation and turmoil. In February, 2020 the country’s constitutional court nullified the results of the disputed May 2019 presidential elections due to “severe irregularities”. The judges ordered fresh elections that (…)

MALAWI
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ;  Newsletters ;  Malawi ; 

Malawi Govt pleads with MCTU

The Joyce Banda administration has asked the MCTU to withdraw labour rights violations it lodged at the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Keywords : Newsletters ;  Human and trade union rights ;  Malawi ; 

News Alert Malawi: Rule of terror Request for support and immediate action

News Alert Malawi: Rule of terror Request for support and immediate action Recent events in Malawi indicate that the country is fast sliding towards undemocratic rule, where impunity and terror are now firmly entrenched. On 20 July 2011, a day that shall live in infamy, 19 people were gunned (…)

Keywords : Human and trade union rights ;  Malawi ; 

Malawi’s uprising: Democracy, debate and leadership, by Steve Sharra

Wednesday 20 July found me at Katoto Teacher Development Centre (TDC), less than a kilometer away from Katoto Freedom Park, ground zero for Mzuzu demonstrations. We had a teacher professional development workshop with 20 educators from Mzuzu City and Mzimba North. Hardly had we started the day (…)

Keywords : Malawi ; 

’Scenes from Malawi demonstration organised by MCTU

’Scenes from Malawi demonstration organised by MCTU.’

Keywords : Human and trade union rights ;  Malawi ;