YCF PETITION TOMALAWI PARLIAMENT ON REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY(1996)

Submitted by the Youth Consultative Forum (YCF) through Honorable Grace Chiumia (Nkhatabay West) on behalf of concerned youths, youth organizations, youth leaders, students and other stakeholders

25 June 2013


The Petition highlights the observations and frustrations by youth actors on further delay to review and adopt the National Youth Policy (1996). The review policy process has stalled since 2007 with no clear explanations to the youth of Malawi. The Petition is a Call to Action by the Malawi Parliament to support the demand by youths for the National Youth Policy that should guide and facilitate meaningful youth development in Malawi in a fast changing society. This is in recognition of the fact that the youth are a social capital that can help accelerate development if their energies and skills are catalyzed into productive work through the provision of a conducive legal and policy environment.

DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY-DPP PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PLANNED ARREST OF PROFFESSOR ARTHUR PETER MUTHARIKA

The Democratic Progressive Party-DPP wishes to inform its supporters and the nation at large that it has uncovered a plot by the ruling People’s Party to scheme the arrest of its President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on Saturday 29th June immediately Parliament rises sine die.

Our sou...rces within the government machinery have confided to us that Professor Peter Mutharika will be arrested in connection with the alleged 61 billion Kwacha Bingu estates valuations as an accomplice using the money laundering Law.

World’s poorest nations can set international agenda for sustainable development

The least developed countries (LDCs) can play a critical role in ensuring that the new global sustainability goals – which the international community aims to have in place by 2015 — are both fair and effective.

But, for this to happen, the LDCs will need to redefine themselves according to their strengths, act to improve governance, and promote greater solidarity both with each other and with more developed nations. 

African Civil Society Responds to Real Cost of Delay in Climate Talks

 

As two weeks of acrimonious UN climate talks draw to a close, observers were heavily critical of lack of movement on key issues.

The talks have been disrupted by Russia blocking on procedural issues in one track of negotiations ( the "SBI"), a technical body that was to discuss proposals for 'loss and damage' and the 'review' of whether the 2C temperature target should be lowered to 1.5C in light of the latest science.

CHRR; CEDEP and other concerned CSOs petition to MPs on budget allocation to health and hiv and aids

CONCERNED CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS’ PETITION TO MPs ON BUDGET ALLOCATION TO HEALTH AND HIV AND AIDS

PREAMBLE

We, concerned Civil Society Organisations in Malawi working in the Public Health and HIV and AIDS Management Sector, call for the immediate review and action by Members of Parliament (MPs) on the persistently inadequate National Budget allocation to the health Sector. 

CHRR and CEDEP petition on TABLE MOUNTAIN DECLARATION

                                                    

TO: THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.

                            

The Petition of the Undersigned: Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP)

State that: GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI TO SIGN THE TABLE MOUNTAIN DECLARATION 

CAMA should wake up and take action against defiance companies -Kunkuyu

The Malawi government has called on the Malawi Government expects the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) to wake up, condemn and indeed take action against companies that are still defiant to the government’s call.

In a statement released by the Information Minister Moses Kumkuyu, government said following the appreciation of the Kwacha, companies could have been reducing prices of goods and services but instead some are defiant.

Successful 2020 Climate Deal depends on developed country leadership before 2020- LMDC

The Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) on climate change group today reminded developed countries at the opening of the climate talks that the key to having a successful climate agreement after 2020 is for developed countries to show leadership and ambition before 2020.

The current climate talks have two work streams.  The first work stream is tasked to negotiate a post 2020 climate agreement.  The second work stream is tasked to talk about increasing developed country ambition before 2020.

Health sector underfunded in Malawi 2013-14 financial budget

The health sector has been underfunded in Malawi’s 2013-2014 national

budget, a development which has angered some health activists.



Speaking in Lilongwe where the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) and

the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) held a joint

budget review with the health committee of the National Assembly.