Women Lawyers Association Malawi

21/09/2026

On Wednesday,16 September 2026, Clooney Foundation for Justice in Partnership with Women Lawyers Association conducted a student legal clinic and mentorship in Nambuma Community Day Secondary School. Amal Clooney, co-founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) graced the occasion and encouraged girls in Malawi to never stop dreaming and to work hard towards achieving their goals.

The engagement also brought together the Waging Justice for Womeb Fellows from different countries including Malawi, South Africa and Gambia to participate in the event. The Women lawyers Association Fellow, Lusayo Malaga, addressed the young girls and boys of the law in child marriage and inspired them to persue their careers of choice including law. During the engagement , Amal Clooney announced the launch of the four year scholarship for 30 young girls who interns to study law at the University of Malawi.

The engagement is part of Women Lawyers Association broader goal of achieving access to Justice for women and girls and ending child marriages in Malawi.

Below are the highlights from the event;

10/08/2026

On 5th-6th August 2026, the Women Lawyers Association secretariat conducted a strategic planning session at Sigelege Hotel in Salima. During this session, the secretariat reflected on it programs, new and ongoing, the highlights of the year so far and the milestones for the second half of the year.

We wish our team all the best!

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

From 22nd to 24th July 2026, the Women Lawyers Association (WLA), in collaboration with the Girls First Fund (GFF), conducted a legal clinic aimed at ending child marriage and promoting the rights and protection of girls in Malawi.

This engagement brought together students, community mentors, and survivors of child marriage through a series of targeted activities designed to strengthen prevention, protection, and access to justice for the girls in the area.

For students, the legal clinic held on 24th July 2026 focused on raising awareness of child marriage as a human rights violation, educating learners on their legal rights as well as the available reporting and referral pathways. This session was facilitated by Martin Banda from WLA, who also encouraged the learners to remain in school and reach their full potential.

Community mentors were trained on survivor justice, teaching them practical skills to support survivors in a trauma informed and gender sensitive manner, and to strengthen referral and safeguarding systems in their communities. The engagement with survivors created a safe and empowering space for participants to learn about their legal rights and available remedies, access psychosocial support, share their lived experiences, and identify practical pathways towards healing, reintegration, and long-term empowerment.

Through this work and with support from its partners, WLA continues striving for communities where every girl is protected from child marriage, every survivor gets justice, and every child can stay in school and reach their full potential. We're grateful to GFF for their continued support and partnership.

Below are highlights from the event

30/05/2026

WE HAVE MOVED

Our Blantyre office has relocated from Roots complex in Chitawira to Development House (room 612) in the City of Blantyre.

01/05/2026

Happy Labor Day! Today we celebrate the hard work and dedication and contribution of every worker.

04/04/2026

WLA attends Al for Sexual Reproductive Health Convening in Kigali, Rwanda
From 24" - 26" March, 2026, Women Lawyers Association (WLA) Tech for Justice Project Officer Thoko Mafubza attended the Al for Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) convening in Kigali, Rwanda.
Convened by Gender Rights in Technology (GRIT), this gathering brought together practitioners, technologists and policymakers from over 40 African countries, and
international organizations from more than 14 countries who work at the intersection of Al and sexual reproductive health.
The convening highlighted that many Al chatbots in gender-based violence (GBV) and SRH spaces lack contextual understanding because they omit localized knowledge, local languages, cultural context and easily accessible referral pathways. It is therefore important for organizations creating these chatbots, such as WLA, to ensure that this context is included in the design of the chatbots in order to best serve the intended user. Through this convening, WLA has gained valuable knowledge on designing and creating Al tools that prioritize safety and ensure that the context of their user is at the forefront.
Below are some highlights of the event.

14/03/2026

From 23rd – 27th February 2026, the Women Lawyers Association (WLA) secretariat, with support from the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), participated in a training on co-creation for their first responder’s chatbot. The training was facilitated by Gender Rights in Tech (GRIT).

The aim of this exercise was to strengthen the capacity of the WLA secretariat in involving community members to ethically create a chatbot that best serves them by considering their social, cultural and economic context.
The training focused on the theoretical make-up of the chatbot, as well as the theory behind co-creation. A key highlight of the training was the team’s visit to Ntchisi, where they conducted a co-creation with first responders and community members. This hands-on engagement allowed them to assess how to best integrate the potential users in creating a tool that bridges the access to justice gap for Malawians, particularly women and girls. We are grateful for CFJ’s support and the training provided by GRIT.

Below are highlights from the training.

08/03/2026

Today we celebrate the power of women who give so others can rise.

Through advocacy, clinics, and legal support, the Women Lawyers Association of Malawi continues to stand for women and girls who deserve justice, dignity, and equal opportunity. When we give our voices, our knowledge, and our courage, we gain stronger communities and a more just society.

This International Women’s Day, let us remember: When women support women, we all win.

03/03/2026

Happy Martyrs’ Day.

Today, we honor and remember the brave souls who made sacrifice for our freedom. May their courage continue to inspire unity, resilience, and hope in our nation.