Malawi – Submission to ACERWC 42nd Session on Child Marriage and Child Sexual Exploitation October 2023

Our joint submission to the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), compiled together with People Serving Girls at Risk (PSGR), covers child marriage and child sexual exploitation in Malawi.

This report was developed through multi-stakeholder consultations coordinated and consolidated by Equality Now and PSGR. Stakeholders engaged included Mphatso Zathu Foundation, Extra Mile Development Foundation (EMDEF), People Serving Girls at Risk and Fountain of Hope. (FOHOP). The evidence covered was drawn from Mzimba, Chileka, Kalonga and Nkhata Bay districts in the Northern Region and Blantyre, Neno, Balaka, and Mangochi districts in the Southern Region.