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Welcome to the ALIGN platform

Advancing Learning & Innovation on Gender Norms (ALIGN)

ALIGN leads research and knowledge sharing on gender and social norms. We explore key drivers of transformative change, building insight from our own research and our ever-expanding community of practice.

About ALIGN

Toolkit

13 July 2023

10 ways to transform gender norms
Author: ALIGN

Published by: ALIGN

Cover artwork

Blog

31 August 2023

'How can I be too young to understand what's happening to me?'
Author: Natasha Wright

Published by: ALIGN

Graffiti wall at Women Deliver © Natasha Wright

Blog

23 August 2023

Anti-gender ideology in Chile: Sex education is not abuse
Authors: Tomás Ojeda, Pablo Astudillo

Published by: ALIGN

'We are not at war, we are more united than ever' - sign in response to Chile's then President stating the country was at war over gender. © Ignacio Bustamante

Blog

16 August 2023

Lessons on backlash from Women Deliver: tackling the enemy in the room
Author: Ayesha Khan

Published by: ODI

Women Deliver plenary on the anti-rights movement, Kigali. Credit: Women Deliver

Briefing paper

10 July 2023

Facing the backlash: what is fuelling anti-feminist and anti-democratic forces?
Authors: Ayesha Khan, Emilie Tant, Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Cover of paper
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Spotlight: interactive map

27 April 2022

Social movements map: feminists mobilising for gender norm change
map illustration
Report
Hidden in plain sight: how the infrastructure of social media shapes gender norms
Author: Stephanie Diepeveen
Report
Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?
Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus
Briefing paper
Is no space safe? Working to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Emilie Tant
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Women showing their agricultural produce, India. © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank

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ALIGN thrives on collaborating with other specialists in the field of gender norms and we invite you to be a part of that. There are many ways you can collaborate and join our community of practice, click to find out more.

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Themes

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
#NiUnaMenos Placard with eye and tear drop painting
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
Two men sitting on the grass with backs to camera
Men, boys and masculinities
circles
How norms change
Aerial photograph of the river streams from Icelandic glaciers
Intersectionality
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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