#VoiceandChoice Summit 2026

Gender Links will hold a Voice and Choice Summit from 15-17 March 2026. Partners in the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership; Marang Fund; Marang Fund Media; Women’s Voice and Leadership (WOSSO) Africa and the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance will share good practices on advancing gender equality, diversity and inclusion in our region.

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Advancing gender equality and justice

We are a Southern African non-governmental organisation dedicated to advancing gender equality and justice.

Everything we do is committed to empowering women and girls, advocating for meaningful policy change in their favour, and challenging harmful gender norms throughout the region.

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What’s new

9 March 2026

Marang Newsletter, January 2026
9 March 2026

Malawi: Challenging stereotypes through gender sensitive reporting
6 March 2026

IWD: GL vows to push forward
6 March 2026

Malawi: Male caregivers shatter stereotypes in Nkhata-Bay
5 March 2026

Malawi: Shared care, shared power: Parenting circles forging gender equity
4 March 2026

Malawi: Women with disabilities demand equal SRHR

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Key facts

$75 million

raised in 25 years

$14 million

sub-granted to 120 women’s rights organisations

8 000+

events in 32 countries

300k+

people reached

What we do

We envision and work towards an inclusive, equal and just society for women and girls in all their diversity.

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#PushForward4Equality

Around the world, hard-won rights for women and girls in all their diversity are under threat. From attacks on reproductive freedoms to rising violence and discrimination based on gender and sexuality, the backlash is real – and it’s growing. The #PushForward4Equality campaign is a call to act together. Through powerful stories and united action, we’re reclaiming power and pushing forward towards a world where everyone can live with dignity, in safety and freedom.

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Testimonials

“GL’s commitment to marginalised groups makes them a valuable partner in advancing the cause of ending violence against women and girls.”
Carine Khawam, Global Affairs Canada
“I have known this award-winning organisation from its humble beginnings in 2001 to the major regional force that it is in Southern Africa today. GL has an excellent reputation for its focus on results and financial accountability.”
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, former Public Service Minister for South Africa and former Special Envoy on Gender at the African Development Bank
"Asante for making time to walk this journey with us (and with me) - I have learnt and continue to learn ‘…once you see gender, you cannot unsee it’."
Grantee, In Supply Health, Kenya
"The gender assessment became a key part of our comprehensive community assessment, enabling us to design interventions that address specific gender issues."
Grantee, Trifecta Effect Project, Ethiopia
“I knew I was gender blind. I wanted to learn. The GL journey has made me a gender advocate. I care passionately about gender integration. It is important.”
Luleka Mossie, project manager: Africa regional office, Gates Foundation

Stories of change

Zimbabwe: Good design is good business
When a gender-responsive Local Economic Development (LED) project was rolled out by Gender Links Zimbabwe in 2022 through the city’s Bulawayo Home Industry (BHI), Ncamusile Ngwenya seized the opportunity and became a member of the LED Arts and Crafts Cooperative
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Zimbabwe: No looking back, a journey of determination
Editor Mavumbu is a 33-year-old female entrepreneur based in Mutare. She is married and a mother of two young boys with a third child expected soon.
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Zimbabwe: Don't judge a book by its cover
Muchaneta had been a full-time housewife, caring for her three children (two sons and one daughter), and dependent on her husband’s income, who worked as a uniformed officer in the army at the Mbalabala barracks.
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