Malawian civil servants are asking for increased wages after recent currency devaluation worsened cost of living crisis.
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Malawi says its forex reserves are ‘nearly empty’. Its citizens say their pockets are emptying, too.
A new women’s collective is helping fishmongers diversify incomes as sex-for-fish requests increase in parts of Malawi.
![Kate Mwafulirwa and some of the members of Titukulane, the all-women cooperative of Luwuchi, Malawi. [Feston Malekezo/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Kate-Mwafulirwa-and-some-of-the-women-of-Titukulane.-Photo-taken-by-Feston-Malekezo.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The storm, likely the longest lasting in southern hemisphere, has killed hundreds and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Two-thirds of Malawian children do not complete their primary education, one of the highest rates on the continent.
In February, the southern African country recently recorded its first polio case in 30 years.
In Malawi 11 percent of rangers across the country are women, but efforts are under way to increase gender diversity.
Charity Salima came out of retirement as a midwife to independently help women with poor access to care deliver safely.
