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Mary Shawa
Secretary for Gender, Children, Disability and
Social Welfare
Government of Malawi
Population - Approximately 16.4 Million
52 percent women
46 percent children
Residence - 85 % rural based
Women’s Access to Land – 1 Percent
Women contribute 80 percent of Agriculture
labour
10 percent Government Budget on Agriculture
(CAADP)
Joined Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in
2010 – multi sectoral approach to food and
nutritional security
Chronic malnutrition at 44 percent
◦ Highest in boys at 0 to 2 percent
HIV Prevention
◦ Option B+
Youth Friendly Services
ART
Family Planning
Programs
◦ GEWE, CVSU,VSU, One Stop Centers
Free Primary Education – 50:50
Critical for
◦ Reducing poverty
◦ Sustaining economic growth and development
◦ Achieving desired nutritional status
◦ Increased productivity and income levels
◦ Controlled population growth
◦ Attained Food Security
◦ Trigger for change