The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) is leading a fresh charge to introduce legislative quotas for women in politics, arguing the measure is essential to achieve gender parity in Malawi’s governance structures.

Gender rights activists have hailed the appointment of two women, Patricia Wiskes and Martha Ngwira, as Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip in Parliament by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

On Sunday, President Arthur Peter Mutharika named his partial cabinet and government official appointments as he assumes leadership of the country as Malawi's seventh president.