Child Participation

In Mzimba district, Northern Malawi, determined children are boldly confronting adversity, paving the way for transformative change.

Among these remarkable individuals stands Memory, a sixteen-year-old whose life journey has been marked by daunting challenges. Her unwavering resilience has led her through a path filled with unexpected twists.

In Mzimba district, Northern Malawi, determined children are boldly confronting adversity, paving the way for transformative change.

Among these remarkable individuals stands Memory, a sixteen-year-old whose life journey has been marked by daunting challenges. Her unwavering resilience has led her through a path filled with unexpected twists.

Malawi’s Head of State Dr. Lazarous Chakwera, on Thursday, October 2022 officially opened a three-day National Children’s Summit on Climate Justice, from 20 to 22 October, 2022.

The summit has brought together 300 children and youth to deliberate climate change impacts and input into Malawi’s Position Paper for Conference of Parties (COP27).

If children in Malawi were to make and pass laws regarding their protection and wellbeing, top of the list would be very strict and absolute laws against child marriage. Every person that contravened the laws would be dealt with ‘stiff penalties’ including going to prison for ‘a very long time’. In effect, no child marriages would exist in Malawi. This is what children in Mwanza and Neno district revealed when they conducted a children’s parliament session hosted by Save the Children.