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Turning digital innovation into access to rights – GJU and MHRC formalise partnership

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The Gender and Justice Unit (GJU) and the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) have formalised a partnership to strengthen access to information, human rights, and gender justice in Malawi, signing a Memorandum of Understanding in the MHRC Boardroom on 8th September 2026.  The MoU sits within the Hivos-funded project Strengthening Digital Civic Spaces for Gender Justice

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Gender and Justice Unit Receives the 2026 Fighting for Fairness Award

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The Segal Family Foundation has recognised the Gender and Justice Unit with its 2026 Fighting for Fairness Award, presented in honour of the Foundation’s late founder, Barry Segal. They also made a film about our work. Watch it below. The Fighting for Fairness Award goes to an organisation that uses its platform to give voice

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Bringing justice closer to home: Our 2025 Annual Report

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How do you bring justice closer to home? That question shaped 2025 for the Gender and Justice Unit (GJU). In our eighth year of operation, we worked across courts, radio, and digital platforms to make legal support more accessible to women and girls in Malawi. Global recognition for citizen-led democracy Chisankho Watch, the citizen-led election-monitoring

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GJU Board Chair Reflects on the SAT GBV Convening: A Regional Conversation We Need

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If we treat GBV as a standalone issue, we will continue to fund the symptoms. In March, the Gender and Justice Unit (GJU) joined the Southern Africa Trust regional convening in Pretoria on Confronting GBV at the Intersections of Economic and Climate Justice, bringing together policymakers, activists, traditional and religious leaders, media and youth from

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Reflections from the 2026 African Visionary Fellowship Summit

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In March 2026, the African Visionary Fellowship Summit brought together a group of leaders in Nairobi for its second convening. For Sarai Chisala Tempelhoff, Executive Director and Founder of the Gender and Justice Unit, and a 2025 fellow, this was not simply a return. It was a continuation. A deepening of relationships, of learning, and of

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GJU Hosts 2025 Pabwalo on Digital Violence

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The Gender and Justice Unit (GJU), in partnership with the Southern Africa Trust, convened the 2025 Pabwalo on Digital Violence in December as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The dialogue brought together key institutions, civil society, and survivors to address the growing crisis of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) in Malawi.

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WOJAM and Gender and Justice Unit Formalize Five-Year Partnership on Human Rights Day

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10 December 2025 | Lilongwe, Malawi On Human Rights Day 2025, the Gender and Justice Unit (GJU) and the Women Judges Association of Malawi (WOJAM) formally signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen survivor-centred access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and other vulnerable communities across Malawi. The partnership brings together

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EmpowerLine: Malawi’s Revolutionary Leap for Gender Justice and First Toll-Free Legal Empowerment Platform

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The Gender and Justice Unit (GJU) proudly celebrates the extraordinary launch success of EmpowerLine:  Africa’s first toll-free legal empowerment platform for survivors of gender-based violence. In just 2.5 months since our official launch in April 2025, EmpowerLine has achieved what many thought impossible: the immediate and widespread adoption of anonymous legal technology by Malawi’s most

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GJU Reflecting on the recent CSW69: Aligning Our New Strategic Journey with Global Gender Justice Priorities

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The Gender and Justice Unit is proud to launch our ambitious 2024-2028 Strategic Plan at a pivotal moment in the global gender equality movement. As we begin implementing our new strategic direction, we’re energized by the alignment between our six strategic pillars and the global frameworks renewed at the 69th Commission on the Status of

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Founder and Executive Director Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff Selected for 2025 African Visionary Fellowship

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The Gender and Justice Unit is pleased to announce that our Founder and Executive Director, Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff, has been selected for the prestigious 2025 African Visionary Fellowship by the Segal Family Foundation. The Segal Family Foundation believes that stellar individuals leading exemplary organizations are best placed to devise contextual and sustainable solutions to local challenges.

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