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THE END OF PERIOD POVERTY! MALAWI OFFICIALLY REMOVES TAX ON SANITARY PADS
It's official!!! #TheEndofPeriodTax! #NoToPeriodPoverty! Why taxing menstrual products as a luxury? By taxing menstrual products we were sending a message of inequality and an explicit bias because women and adolescent girls were being targeted got an involuntary body...
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“AFRICA ITS HIGH TIME WE UNITE IN OUR PLANNING” NINETH WORLD WATER FORUM-DARKAR
The WESNetwork Executive Director (kindly note) Mr. Willies Mwandira and other delegates from Malawi attended the World Water forum which took place from 21-26 March in Darkar-Senegal under the theme "Water Security for Peace and Development". The conference was...
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HAPPY WORLD WATER DAY
CHECKOUT THIS VIDEO BY OUR MEMBER BASEFLOW ON GROUND WATER FOR THE WORLD WATER DAY
A STEP TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION
The WASH sector in Malawi has for decades been characterized with several challenges. Poor funding, lack of political prioritization, luxuriously taxing WASH facilities, politicizing WASH facilities, lack of institutional arrangement thus no WASH stand-alone Ministry...
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MALAWI TO REMOVE VAT AND IMPORT DUTY ON SANITARY PADS AND CUPS
We are leaving no stone unturned. On 16 February 2022 we also met the women caucus in parliament as we lobbied for removal of tax on sanitary products (menstrual pads and cups) and Institution of a National steering committee for Menstrual Health in Malawi. We are...
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MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION PROMISES TO CHANGE SYSTEMS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF WASH IN MALAWI
WES Network made a courtesy call to the new Minister of Water and Sanitation to congratulate her and strategize on how best we move forward and work together as a sector. We had therefore met Hon. Abida Sidik Mia on 16th February 2022. The discussion tackled the...
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MALAWI HAS A STAND ALONE WASH MINISTRY! CONGRATULATIONS!
One critical issue that has been a draw back of improving provision of WASH services and facilities in Malawi has been lack of attention to the WASH sector which bore further challenges to enhance WASH. Last year, WES Network had a number of activities pushing for a...
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WES NETWORK 2021 FOURTH AGM
“Oooh guys! thank you! I did not expect it! Honestly!” Exclaimed Muthi Ndlema who is the team leader for BASEflow; a local NGO implementing ground water interventions. “Congratulations Muthi, that’s a well deserved award. I now understand why,” Joked Ruth from another...
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