Kondwani Macdonald Mhone is UNU-GEST* fellow and a Gender Development Officer at the Ministry of Gender, Children Disability and Social Welfare of Malawi. With 10 years of experience, his work focuses on the reduction of gender-based violence, and in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Mr. Mhone has a postgraduate diploma in International Gender Studies from the University of Iceland.
(* United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in developing countries and post-conflict societies through research and education,run at the University of Iceland since 2009).