High election campaign costs impeding women

High election campaign costs impeding women

Britain and UN Women have expressed concern over the “increasing commercialisation of politics” in Malawi. They warn that the high cost of campaigning is pushing women out of the race. Speaking during a feminist dialogue on women’s political participation, gender equality and democratic governance, held at the British ambassador residence in Lilongwe yesterday, stakeholders raised alarm over the prohibitive costs involved in contesting for polit…