[2] The caucus wasn't noted for its support for the 2006 Prevention of Domestic Violence Act and credit went to minister Joyce Banda.

[2] In 2010 Jean Kalilani took over the chair of the Malawi Parliamentary Women’s Caucus, in 2010, after a difficult time when Anita Kalinde was impeached.

[4] During Kabwila's time as chair of the caucus the age of consent in Malawi was raised to eighteen to precent child marriage.

[5] Lonnie Phiri was a member of the Malawi Parliamentary Women Caucus and in October 2019 she and Liana Chapota came to Scotland for a week to meet Scottish parliamentarians.

[7] In 2020, Lonnie Phiri was the elected chair of Malawi's Parliamentary Women Caucus, whose 45 members were still a minority of the male-dominated National Assembly.

[11] During 2023 the Westminster Centre for Democracy and the Scottish National Party funded a study in collaboration with Gadama's Women's caucus.

[10] The study looked at the existing women MPs in the Malawian parliament, their stakeholders, their successes and the barriers they faced in Malawi's society.

The 2023 retreat was in Mangochi and it was funded by the Scottish National Party, Oxfam, the Centre for Civil Society Strengthening and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.