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Author: Lonjezo Sithole

Lonjezo is from Zomba district in Malawi. He majored in Economics, with a minor in Sociology, at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College. Lonjezo was President of Chancellor College Students Union. Towards the end of his undergraduate studies, Lonjezo was named "Outstanding Defender of Academic Freedom" by Chancellor College Academic Staff Union during the inaugural Academic Freedom Symposium and was named "Leader of Our Time" by the college's graduating class of '12. Following his graduation, Lonjezo joined the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation in Lilongwe as a Project Officer, where he worked on implementing a project aimed at protecting rights of sexual minorities and mainstreaming their issues into the national HIV/AIDS response. Prior to joining GHC, Lonjezo was promoted to Project Coordinator and was assigned to manage a project on gender equality and women empowerment in the northern border district of Karonga.

There is No Time to Lose

As the fellowship year is winding down, I thought there could no better time to highlight what I consider to be one of the bright spots in this fellowship. I can’t believe the year is already coming to an end, and there is no doubt these have been among the best months in my early […]

The circumcision solution: Is it a poisoned chalice?

I am a huge fan of debates and I have a cut-and-dry opinion on a whole gamut of issues. Aside from the fact that debates give me that sizzling rush of hormones in my blood,  for the most part, they help me clarify my own values and worldview in a way that reading a book, […]

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