March 11, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 4 Comments
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) have challenged President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance-led administration walk the talk on women economic empowerment by allocating more public contracts to women entrepreneurs.
Kaiyatsa: Women have as much right to do business with the government as their male counterparts. –Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
The two institutions say it is disheartening to note that less than one percent of government contracts goes to female contractors.
CHRR is a human rights non-governmental organization in Malawi while AFIC is a Uganda-based largest membership pan-African civil society organization and resource centre that promotes citizens right of access to information (ATI) in Africa.