Jean Kalilani
Jean Kalilani | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2017 | |
| President | Peter Mutharika |
| Member of Parliament for Dowa Central | |
| Assumed office ? | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Malawian |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Occupation | politician |
Jean Alfazema Nachika Kalilani is a Malawian politician who has served in the Cabinet of Malawi as Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security since 2015. Previously she was Minister of Health from 2014 to 2015. She is also the Secretary General of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and second term Member of Parliament for Dowa Central Constituency.[1]
Life
[edit]As an MP, she served as the Women's Caucus Chair and as the International Relations Chair in the National Assembly.[2] She previously worked for the World Health Organization in Botswana as a country representative.[3]
After DPP candidate Peter Mutharika was elected President, he appointed Kalilani as Minister of Health in June 2014. She was moved to the post of Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security in August 2015.[4]
In 2016 she was the Minister for gender, disability and social welfare. The government had passed a number of related acts of legislation so Kalilani worked with the ministry of rural affairs to organise a meeting of lady chiefs. Over two days they were encouraged touse their social capital to pulicise this legislation and to encourage others to challenge traditions.[5]
She was invited by the African Union in 2017 to take the lead on gender for an African Union meeting.[6] In the following year she organised celebrations for International Women's Day involving the first lady Gertrude Mutharika and concentrating on women in the countryside. The progress of Malawi on gender were encouraged by the UN's representative Clara Anyangwe and Kalilani was invited to New York to discuss gender related issues at the United Nations.[7]
She is also the mother of recording artist and aspiring politician Tay Grin.[8]
References
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- ^ http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-politics/district/2894-its-political-relieved-ousted-womens-leader.html#ixzz1XUgn5tVj[dead link]
- ^ "Jean-Alfazema Kalilani". www.afdevinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10.
- ^ Thom Chiumia, "Nankhumwa, Muluzi demoted in Malawi cabinet protocol rank" Archived 2015-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, Nyasa Times, 19 August 2015.
- ^ Reporter, Nyasa Times (2016-07-22). "Custodians of cultural practices and beliefs are chiefs – Kalilani - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ Reporter, Nyasa Times (2017-01-24). "Malawi chairs African Union gender ministers caucus ahead of AU Summit - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ Reporter, Nyasa Times (2018-03-07). "Malawi to comemorate international women's day on 8 March - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Malawi: DPP Unveils Rapper Tay Grin As Candidate in MP Bisnowaty's Lilongwe City Central". allAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2024-12-30.