GL is well known for championing the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, and coordinating an Alliance of over 40 women’s NGOs that campaigned for the adoption and implementation of the Protocol, following its 2016 revision that was adopted by the SADC 36th Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mbabane, Swaziland

The revised SADC Protocol on Gender and Development is aligned to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), the Beijing Declaration and its Platform of Action, The Maputo Protocol and the Agenda 2063 among other gender norms and standards..