About Malawi
 official name: Republic of Malawi
capital: Lilongwe
head of state: President Bingu wa Mutharika
state: multi party
population: 13,013,926
independence: from Britain in 1964, July 6
languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally
religion: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs
currency: Malawian kwacha (MWK)
Legal Wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent:
laws covering homosexual activity: Section 153 Penal Code, which prohibits "unnatural offences", and Section 156 concerning "public decency", are used to punish homosexual acts. It is reported that, in the past, Europeans who committed homosexual acts with Malawis were prosecuted under Article 156 and expelled as undesirable aliens.
background information and government attitudes: NA
Communication
main lines in use: 102,700 (2005)
cellular telephones: 429,300 (2005)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus a third station held in standby status) (2001).
Radios: 2.6 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 1 (2001).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 377 (2006)
Internet users: 52,500 (2005)
Articles:
 cedep unravels homosexuality in malawi
by Nthateng Mhlambiso 12/7/2007
MALAWI - July 12, 2007: For the first time in Malawi, a human rights organisation was invited to present about gay issues at the national HIV and AIDS Research and Best Practices Conference organised by the Malawi National AIDS conference on 27-29 June 2007 at Malawi Institute of Management in Lilongwe.
homosexuality exists in mw prisons�lucius banda
by Mask Admin 23/4/2007
MALAWI � April 23, 2007: The words �homosexuals� and �lesbians� were almost a taboo in Malawi and most parts of Africa. But in today�s fast modernised world, they are becoming common in our society.
petra against homosexuality
by Mask Admin 5/2/2007
MALAWI � February 5, 2007: Opposition Peoples� Transformation Party (Petra) says it is against legalising homosexuality and has urged Malawians to reject any external pressure to embrace the practice.
ngo advocates for homosexuality
by Mask Admin 23/1/2007
MALAWI - January 23, 2007: A local NGO, Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), is unhappy with some sections in the Penal Code of Malawi that criminalise homosexuality and wants them repealed.
malawi parliament rejects homosexuality
by Musa Ngubane 19/1/2007
MALAWI � January 19, 2007: A proposal to incorporate homosexuality into the Malawian Constitution was strongly repudiated by that country�s Legal Affairs Committee.
 gays roped in to fight aids? by Mask Admin 13/12/2006
malawi govt reaping peanuts from tourism by Mask Admin 8/6/2006
legalize homosexuality says human rights body by Mask Admin 21/11/2005
in defence of mhrrc on homosexuality by Mask Admin 2/3/2005
full of promise by Mask Admin 14/7/2004
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