Last week, on June 19th and 20th, we held a productive two-day SOGIE Curriculum Review Workshop at Chiko Hotel in Mponela. This event was organized by CEDEP with funding from Global Fund through World Vision. In collaboration with four key population-led organizations—Nyasa Rainbow, Gender Collective, Centre for Key Population Rights, and Optimum Foundation—the workshop brought […]
CEDEP KUMVETSETSA KUNZUNZIKA Chichewa
By Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman In Lilongwe, Malawi, 24-year-old Cleo Jones recalls feeling more comfortable around girls than boys during childhood. Jones came out as queer and nonbinary at the age of 15, a decision that was met with harsh rejection by their father and attacks and stigma from society, causing them to fall into periods […]
Civil Society Advocacy forum (CSAF) a network of 71 registered member organisations spearheading among others the fight against HIV and Aids, Tuberculous and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights ushered in new leadership on Friday. The new Chairperson Gift Trapence Cedep’s Executive Director said he would carry on the good work done by the outgoing leadership […]
Prior to the June 28, 2024 constitutional court judgement the Social Justice Foundation (SJF) together with the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) conducted a safety and security training for various stakeholders. The physical safety and digital security training was a precautionary measure pending the case in which Jan Willem Akstar and Jana Gonani […]
CEDEP and its partner Fhi360 under Linkages USAID funded project opened Drop In Centers in four districts, namely; Mzuzu, Mangochi, Blantyre and Lilongwe in 2017. The DICs are used as safe space for the LBGTI members to access services. The following health services are offered at the DICs; HIV Testing, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing […]