Kangaude, Godfrey Dalitso(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)
During colonisation Malawi received a Western penal code, which
included the ‘defilement’ provision, restricting males from sexually
accessing girls below a specified age. Countries that maintain colonial age
of consent ...
Kangaude, Godfrey Dalitso; Skelton, Ann, 1961-(Sage, 2018-10)
Age of consent criminal laws imposed on African states during colonialism were inherently patriarchal and gender-stereotypic,
and continue to influence country approaches toward adolescent consensual sexual conduct. There ...
Despite adopting a progressive legal and policy framework informed by internationally recognized human rights norms and values, Malawi has not complied with the obligation to explain its abortion law in accordance with ...
The Law Commission is an institution created by Malawi’s 1995 Constitution with the mandate to review and recommend laws to be in conformity with the Constitution and international law. In 2000, the Commission recommended, ...
