Seodi White

Seodi Venekai-Rudo White is an anthropologist, social development lawyer and women's rights activist.^[1][2] She is the Chairperson of the Network’s Permanent Committee on Gender-Related Law.^[3] She was responsible for the enactment of the Malawi domestic violence legislation in 2006.^[3] She is currently the National Coordinator of Women and the Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust (WLSA Malawi).^[4]

Publications

• Sexual violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV transmission in Malawi(2005)
• Beyond inequalities: Women in Malawi (2005)
• Contributing towards the realization of women’s human rights and gender justice: Recommendations for a more equitable Constitution (2006)
• Engendering parliament in Malawi: A handbook for parliamentarians (2005)
• Gender and citizenship as a critical lens for analysis in development (2005)
• Law and policy review: How far has SADC engendered law and policy? (2005)
• Can the law reduce HIV transmission among women? (2005).
• The prevention of domestic violence bill in Malawi: Multisectoral perspectives (2003)
• Dispossessing the widow:Gender-based violence in Malawi (2002)

Books

• Dispossessing the Widow by Seodi Venekai White (2005)
• In search of justice: Women and the administration of justice (2000)

Accolades

• Malawi Human Rights Commission Award - 2004^[4]
• Visiting scholar at the International Women’s Human Rights Project at the University of Toronto^[5]

References

1. Malawi women can wear what they want | News24
2. The African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning (AWLN) is a collective of 35 African women leaders from 15 African countries. AWLN supports the e...
3. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/UserFiles/File/seodi_white_bio.pdf
4. http://cla-ace.ca/documents/SeodiWhiteShortBio2009.pdf
5. http://theequalityeffect.org/pdfs/2011_Continuum_The%20Equality%20Effect.pdf