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Citizens For Justice-(CFJ) Malawi
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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Human Rights
Geographic scope:
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Country of activity:
Malawi
Mission statement:
Citizens for Justice is a non-profit making organization advocating for environmental and social justice which seeks to respond to a number of emergent and recurring challenges threatening communities in Malawi. These areas emanate firstly from the drive to industrialize Malawi through the extractive industry which has posed environmental challenges, labor issues, corporate abuse and marginalization of vulnerable groups. Secondly in recent history agricultural activity and natural resources, which are the basis of livelihood, have been threatened from a number of factors that are mutual reinforcing such as change in climatic conditions, high population growth, high levels of poverty, trade barriers and rise in cost of living, high energy needs and the need for Africa to produce agro-fuels to supply the hungry east and west, and many other factors which have led to environmental degradation and unsustainable utilization of resources. Thirdly the lack of and inadequate implementation of environmental legislation and policy which has been hampered by issues on a non-harmonized approach, competing institutional interests, corruption, lack of transparency and accountability, non-participation of beneficiaries and lack of capacity among stakeholders. These challenges have facilitated the need for regulation, lobbying and advocacy to ensure that development strategies and government initiatives are not environmentally detrimental and that local communities accrue benefit from them. CFJ is cognizant of the fact that overcoming these problems is vital if Malawi is to achieve meaningful growth and attain sustainable development. Thus it is within this framework of challenges that CFJ outlines its activities and programs, adopting the utilization of the Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to ensure that development furthers the realization of human rights grounded in principles of participation, non-discrimination, empowerment, accountability, transparency, rule of law and good governance. CFJ ascribes to the view that Malawi as a country endowed with abundant natural resources can transform and meaningfully change the lives of Malawians if they are properly managed and utilized.
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