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It Is Only When A Woman Is Economically Empowered That She Can Negotiate At Household Level With Her Husband About The Number Of Children That Body Of Hers Can Have.

Most African Women Are Taught To Endure Abusive Marriages. They Say Endurance Means A Good Wife But Most Women Endure Abusive Relationship Because They Are Not Empowered Economically; They Depend On Their Husbands.

When I Took Over, The Economy Had Almost Collapsed. I Told Malawians We Needed To Pass Through Difficult Times. Two Days Ago I Even Cut My Own Salary By 30% To Show We Are Making Sacrifices.

What I Am Saying Every Day To Malawians Is That Time Has Come For Us To Move From Aid To Trade. We Have Picked Several Sectors That We Think We Can Focus On Immediately In Order For Us To Grow Our Economy. So We Have Decided To Diversify Agriculture, We Decided To Develop Our Tourism Sector, We Have Decided To Develop Our Mining Sector.

I Have Chosen To Fight Against Corruption In This Country, Though I Have Been Advised Not To Because We Are Drawing Closer To This Year’s Tripartite Elections. I Know I Am Fighting Against People Who Are Smarter, Wealthier And Advanced.