Oxfam has managed to get a law on domestic violence enacted in Malawi, according to Duncan Green , its Head of Research. I like Duncan. He has written some excellent stuff on Latin America and his wife is a former colleague of mine. I agree with him that violence against women is a bad thing and I will take his word for it that it is a serious problem in Malawi. However, I cannot help wondering about his statement that this type of ‘ advocacy at national level . . is becoming an increasi
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