From stigma to justice: Advancing reproductive rights in Malawi

Lyness Soko from the Malawi Human Rights Resource Center talks to podcast host Kaunda Selisho about reproductive justice and safe abortion access in Malawi. Soko shares the progress in areas like contraceptive access but sheds light on the severe challenges posed by restrictive abortion laws rooted in colonial-era penal codes. These laws fail to address health and social factors such as mental health, economic hardship, and cases of incest or rape, leading to high rates of unsafe abortions with devastating consequences for women’s health and lives.