Women beneficiaries of a social protection and nutrition programme meeting in Soavina, Madagascar ©World Bank
Women beneficiaries of a social protection and nutrition programme meeting in Soavina, Madagascar ©World Bank

Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms (ALIGN)

ALIGN specialises in research and knowledge sharing on gender and social norms, looking at the impact of discriminatory and harmful norms and how they change. We share knowledge from our own research and that of our ever-expanding community of practice.

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ALIGN micro-grants 2020/21

12 November 2020

A young woman sorts coffee at the Coffee Washing Station at Musasa, Northern Province, Rwanda. © A'Melody Lee / World Bank
Funding opportunity

We are inviting proposals for our second funding round. The new micro-grant scheme aims to support knowledge generation, synthesis and brokering to understand effective action on the gender norms that underpin gender-based violence in the workplace.

Blog

24 November 2020

Nohra Padilla, leader of the Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) leads a contingent of waste pickers as they demonstrate against city policies and programmes affecting waste pickers. © Juan Arredondo/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment
How can we better understand and measure violence against women in politics?
Authors: Nandita Bhan, Jennifer Yore, Anita Raj

Published by: ALIGN

Launch webinar

9 December 2020

Stack of books
Gender, power and progress: How norms change - ALIGN flagship report launch

Join ALIGN for the launch of our upcoming flagship report - Gender, power and progress: How norms change – 9th December 2020.

Blog

28 October 2020

A busy Vietnamese high street. © Thanh Tung/Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment
Using the Social Norms Analysis Framework (SNAP) to explore the influence of social norms on women’s economic participation in Vietnam
Author: My Linh Nguyen

Published by: ALIGN, Care

Blog

15 October 2020

Women account for around half of the Viet Nam's workforce, but occupy less than a quarter of senior management roles. © Thanh Tung/Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment
To support women in leadership, address their caregiving burden
Authors: Takara Morgan, Le Thi Hong Giang

Published by: Care, CARE International in Viet Nam, ALIGN

Blog

1 October 2020

The birth of the Commission on the Status of Women in the 1946 UN General Assembly. © UN Women
25 years after Beijing: Time to kick-start a new era for gender equality through norm change
Author: Sophia M. D’Angelo

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

3 August 2020

Protest march against bigotry and hate speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA © Fibonacci Blue
Gender norms and women in politics: Evaluating progress and identifying challenges on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Platform
Authors: Rachel George, Emma Samman, Katie Washington, Alina Ojha

Published by: ALIGN

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Interested in submitting your resources to the ALIGN platform? We invite submissions on a variety of topics related to gender norms.

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Themes

Health workers put on their personal protective equipment before treating people suspected of having Ebola at the Ebola Transition Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
Covid-19
Education
Education
Health
Health
Gender-based violence
Gender-based violence
Economic empowerment
Economic empowerment
Men, boys and masculinities
Men, boys and masculinities
Copyright: Annie Spratt
How norms change
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Cross-cutting themes
Copyright: Annie Spratt
Data, tools and measurement

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