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Roseby Gadama became the Malawian member of parliament for Zomda Thondwe in 2019. She is the chair of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and she sits on the Public Accounts Committee.

Life

Gadama was born in Mulanje in eastern Malawi.

She became the member of parliament for the Zomba Thondwe Constituency in the 2019 Malawian general election. She sits on the Public Accounts Committee.

In June 2023 she was at the "4 Million Kwacha" football sports event which she sponsors. In August she raised a proposal in parliament to ask the education department to review their uniform rules for primary aged students. She was concerned that the students, who sit on cold floors, are required to wear dresses or shorts. She want the students to be allowed to wear long trousers, irrespective of their gender, as a choice. Her proposal went against tradition, some said, but it went forward for consideration.

Gadama is chair of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and Malawi is one of the four countries on the Scottish government's priority list. During 2023 the Westminster Centre for Democracy and the Scottish National Party funded a study in collaboration with Gadama's Women's caucus. 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. Each year the caucus's members have a three day retreat to discuss progress and strategy. The 2023 retreat was in Mangochi and it was funded by the Scottish National Party, Oxfam, Centre for Civil Society Strengthening and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Cyclone Freddy caused hundreds of deaths in Malawi and thousands were made homeless in early 2023. Damage was high in her constuency and appeals were made for assistance. Gadama took journalists around Thondwe to see the damage. A local bridge was re-built and it was opened by members of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian who were celebrating their church's centenary.

In February 2024 Gadama visited Edinburgh and she and Chilufya Chileshe attended a meeting of the Scottish Malawi Partnership. Present were Scottish parliamentarians Alasdair Allan and Sarah Boyack and MP Patrick Grady. The meeting heard about Gadama's Women's Caucus, Malawi's Current Food Insecurity Crisis and Human Rights in Malawi.

References

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• Living people
• People from Mulanje District
• 21st-century Malawian women politicians