Safe cities programme mural in Guatemala City ©UN Women/Ryan Brown
Safe cities programme mural in Guatemala City ©UN Women/Ryan Brown

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The Advancing Learning and Innovation
on Gender Norms (ALIGN) platform

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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Report

23 November 2021

An illustration of a social movement. © DESIGNBYMAIA.COM
Mobilising for change: how women's social movements are transforming gender norms
Authors: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Caroline Harper, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

19 January 2022

A drawing of a victim of Internet bullying, is sitting in front of a laptop, covering their face with their hands. © Shutterstock ID:2059491032/Chugunova Anastasia
Social media, violence and gender norms: The need for a new digital social contract
Authors: Lucina de Meco, Alcy MacKay

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

7 January 2022

Number ten on a jetty. BMJ/Shutterstock ID: 111378512
10 things we learnt in 2021
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Emily Subden

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

6 December 2021

A poster of Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist, Marielle Franco, who was Murdered in Rio de Janeiro in 2018. ©Matheus Obst/Shutterstock
Challenging violence against women in public life
Authors: Rachel George, Marianne Tøraasen, Pilar Domingo

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

15 December 2021

Hands operating video game controllers playing a football-base game. © REDPIXEL/shutterstock 537529714
The role-modelling power of storytelling: interview with Helen Wang on how edutainment can help to shift norms
Authors: Faria A. Nasruddin, Helen Wang

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

6 December 2021

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Past changes and current trends on gender equality in the news media: interview with Ammu Joseph
Authors: Ammu Joseph, Faria A. Nasruddin

Published by: ALIGN

1 January 2022

Girls in Eastern Terai, Nepal meet twice a week to listen PMC's 'Hilkor (Ripples in water)' Drama. The drama covers the story of child marriage and gender based violence. ©PMC
Case studies series: Norms and broadcast media
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Women showing their agricultural produce, India. © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank

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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
At student writing on a board. © Sarah Farhat / World Bank ID: 20170317-Tanzania-Farhat-8282
Education
Women in Indonesia leading the COVID-19 Prevention Response. © UN Women/Putra Djohan and Ali Lutfi
Health
Gender-based violence
Gender-based violence
A Rohingya woman produce artisan handycarfts at a multi-purpose women's centre run by UN Women in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. © UN Women/Mahmudul Karim/BRC03172
Economic empowerment
Masculine and feminine in balance - pictured as balanced balls on scale © GoodIdeas/Shutterstock/1589741737
Men, boys and masculinities
circles
How norms change
Copyright: Persnickety prints
Cross-cutting themes
A Rohingya woman produce artisan handycarfts at a multi-purpose women's centre run by UN Women in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. © UN Women/Mahmudul Karim/BRC03172
Data, tools and measurement

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