On May 5, Malawi hosted the 2022 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF), a regional forum which is promoting freedom of expression and access to information online. The forum was held at the Bingu International Convention Centre (Bicc) in Lilongwe. Themed a Digitally Inclusive and Rights Respecting Africa, the forum which was made possible with support from Paradigm Initiative and …
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Tiwerenge Progress Report
Know our Internees
Lumbani holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Social Work from DMI St John the Baptist University. She joined the Center For Education and Development as an internee in February 2022. During her internship, Lumbani will be collecting data, monitoring, and evaluating different CFED projects. Email her through lumbani.phiri@cfedmw.org. Emmanuel is a post-graduate student at the University of Malawi pursuing a …
CFED Hires two Interns
CFED has hired two internees to help with data collection for its Tiwerenge programme. The internees are Lumbani Phiri and Emmanuel Kunkumbira.
CFED launches Weekly Webinars on Internet Society
CFED through its centre called Society on the Internet Lab (SOLLAB) on February 4, 2022 launched a series of webinars on Internet Society. The webinars allow academicians, researchers, experts and members of the society to come together and discuss how the internet is affecting our society. On February 4, University of Malawi senior lecturer Jimmy Kainja presented on the State …
1st Webinar on Society on the Internet
KAS-Geneva, CFED-Malawi Train African Journalists in Reporting UPR
On January 19, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)-Geneva Office partnered Centre for Education and Development (CFED)-Malawi to train 60 journalists from Togo and Zimbabwe. The journalists are being trained in reporting Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council. The trainings were held ahead of the UPR for the countries scheduled for 24 and 26 January 2022 respectively. Albert Sharra, …
Announcing Social Media Project
CFED Malawi trains African journalists in reporting UPR
Centre for Education and Development (CFED) Malawi in November 2021 organized a series of media trainings for African journalists on reporting Universal Periodic review (UPR). The trainings were funded by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)-Geneva. UPR is a process that reviews countries that are member states of the human rights council on how they are protecting and promoting human rights. All …
Partnerships
Since its inception in 2015, Centre for Education and Development (CFED) has partnered several organizations in different projects, and among them, are Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Africa program in Johannesburg, KAS Media Geneva, UPR-Info Geneva, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR)-Malawi, UDK Consultancy, Women Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA). Click Here to read a post by KAS Media African …