Fupalokakamiza Campaign
The Malawi SRHR Alliance, under the FupaLokakamiza Campaign, is conducting a series a social media campaign, that will run from April till August while advocating for safe abortion in Malawi. This social media initiative seeks to amplify awareness, challenge harmful narratives, and promote informed decision-making around safe abortion. Leveraging digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and X (Twitter), the campaign is targeting young people, women of reproductive age, and key community stakeholders across Malawi.
Until recently, abortion in Malawi was only permitted when a woman’s life was in danger. But, recently, the country’s High Court ruled that survivors of sexual violence who end up pregnant are entitled to the procedure.
According to Malawi’s Gender Equality Law, every person has the right to adequate sexual and reproductive health and, subject to the law, the right to choose whether or not to have a child.
For more than 15 years, women’s rights organizations have lobbied for a Termination of Pregnancy Bill. Although a draft bill exists, it has yet to be tabled in parliament.
“This judgment is a vindication for all of us who have been lobbying for proper services for those who go through defilement and rape,” Emma Kaliya, chairperson of the Coalition on the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (COPUA), told DW.
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