The GMDC is a consortium of media NGOs and tertiary institutions committed to the vision and mission of the GMDC. The centre is managed by Gender Links and the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network working with an advisory group and informal affiliates.

The Advisory Group includes:

• African Women and Child Feature Service, East Africa
• Highway Africa, Pan African
• Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ), Pan African
• Inter Press Service, Pan African
• Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), Uganda/Regional
• Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), SADC
• Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), South Africa
• National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
• Norwegian Council for Africa, Norway
• Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
• Rhodes University, South Africa
• SAFAIDS, SADC
• Sangonet, South Africa
• Sol Plaatjie Institute for Media Leadership, SADC
• Southern African Editors Forum, SADC
• University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
• University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Zambia Institute of Mass Communication, Zambia

The GMDC also has an informal affliation with institutions that support its work. These Friends of the GMDC include:

• Institut Facultaire des Sciences de I’ Informationet de la Communication (IFASCIC)
• University of Lesotho, Institute of Extra Mural Studies
• University of Swaziland
• Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication
• University of Antananarivo, Department of Communication
• Eduardo Mondlane University
• Independent representatives:
  • India, Ammu Joseph
  • Malawi, David Kamkwamba
  • Sweden, Maria Edstrom
  • Sweden, Maria Jacobson
  • United Kingdom, Margaret Gallagher
  • United States, Gifti Nadi
  • Zambia, Hicks Sikazwe
  • Zambia, Rose Nyondo

If you feel your work is in line with the work of the GMDC, and you would like to become and affiliate of the GMDC please contact Jennifer Elle Lewis at GMDCManager@genderlinks.org.za