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She was laid to rest on Saturday in a Ngoni cultural ceremony.<br \/>Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said Wednesday that Kachindamoto will be remembered as &#8220;a development-oriented leader and champion of girls&#8217; rights, whose work earned her numerous local and international awards.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Malawian president and a UN official have extended condolences over the passing of Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, known for her tireless efforts to end thousands of child marriages in the country.Kachindamoto, the senior chief of Dedza district in central Malawi, passed away on Wednesday due to liver failure, the Malawian Ministry of Local Government, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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