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On 19 June 2014, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with MISA-Malawi and the Open Society Justice Initiative, held a meeting with local stakeholders on in Lilongwe, Malawi on the implementation of the project on utilising access to information for the realisation of sexual and reproductive health rights of women in Malawi. The meeting discussed the modalities for the implementation of the Plan of Action which was developed at an earlier meeting that took place on 19 and 20 March 2014 also in Lilongwe Malawi.

The initial meeting brought together a broad range of stakeholders with considerable expertise access to information and sexual and reproductive health right (SRHR) issues in Malawi, with a view to creating a shared understanding of the utility of access to information for the realization of sexual and reproductive health rights of women in Malawi.

 

At the end of that meeting, a Plan of Action setting out in detail the categories of information needed for the improvement of SHRH of women in Malawi was developed.

With the agreement on the implementation plan on 20 June, the implementation of the project is set to commence. It is expected that based on the outcome of the requests for information made by local project partners, an advocacy campaign will be developed to ensure the achievement of the project’s objectives.

The financial supportof the Open Society Foundation –Human Rights Initiative for this project is gratefully acknowledged.