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  1. Malawi: Homosexuals barred from adopting children


    The Malawi's Special Law Commission has barred homosexuals from adopting children, according to recommendations in the report released by the special commission which was entitled to review the Adoption of Children Act. - The report has put homosexuals among persons of unsound mind within the meaning of Mental Health Act, persons convicted of any offense set out in the schedule and a person who has been declared unsuitable or prohibited by a court of competent jurisdiction from working with children, as those prohibited to adopt. Commissioner Aubrey Mvula justified the barring of homosexuals saying the body recognizes that he relationship of man and woman constitutes a marriage. &…