Gender, Gays and Gain
The Sexualised Politics of Donor Aid in Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2303255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emmie Chanika (Strategic Planning, is a human rights activist and the executive director of the Civil Liberties Committee (CILIC) in Malawi.), John Lwanda, John L Lwanda (NHS Lanarkshire primary care physician, social researcher, political historian, publisher and writer who has worked and lived in Malawi and Scotland.), Adamson S Muula (0000-0003-4412-9773, Flinders University of South Australia and the College of Medicine, Malawi.) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-105 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000203971304800105 |
| OpenAlex | W1516951529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
Many Malawian politicians have exploited religious and cultural discourses, encouraging the discourse of the 'God-fearing Malawi nation' while also acknowledging the country as a secular state. This discourse -which most recently underwent further development in the early 1980s when Christians and Muslims, funded by donor money, accelerated their evangelical drives in the context of a one-party Malawi - resonates with a patriarchal, conservative political dispensation. This paper traces the evolution of the 'God-fearing nation' discourse in Malawian politics. It posits that the government used the 'gay rights issue' as a strategy to disorient human rights activists and donors. Gay rights were de-linked from other civil rights, forcing a binary approach toward gay rights, which were seen by government supporters as 'anti-Christian', 'anti-Malawian' concepts. The debate with donors enabled the government to claim 'sovereign autonomy' and galvanise the population into an anti-aid mentality (better no aid than aid that supports homosexuality
Autonomy · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Homosexuality · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Sovereignty · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Human Rights and Development · Law
Immigration Politics
Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa
LGBT Rights in Malawi
Community engagement in an economy of harms
Pursuing social justice through public health
International norm polarization
Those promoting and practising homosexuality are worse than pigs and dogs”
When Rape Goes Unnamed
"Fake Gays" In Queer Africa
Prisoners of Freedom
The [in]visibility of HIV/Aids in the Malawi public sphere
Health transition review
Discrimination against homosexuals in Malawi
Gender differences in knowledge and attitudes toward modern and traditional methods of child spacing in Malawi
Sexual minorities, human rights and public health strategies in Africa
Donors, dependency, and political crisis in Malawi
Extraversion, vulnerability to donors, and political liberalization in Africa
The Revival of Nyau and Changing Gender Relations in Early Colonial Central Malawi
Kwacha
Tenacious women
Culture, Nationalism, and the Invention of Tradition in Malawi
Kamuzu's Mbumba
Democracy as a Limiting Factor for Politicised Cultural Populism in Malawi
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |