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The ALIGN - Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms - Platform

Welcome to 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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Blog

11 August 2022

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How feminist artivism and social media inspires change in gender norms
Author: Ipsita Divedi

Published by: ALIGN

Diagram/Infographic

10 August 2022

Full comic strip
How period activism on social media changes gender norms
Author: Ipsita Divedi

Published by: ALIGN

27 April 2022

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Social movements map: feminists acting on gender norm change

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

Briefing paper

4 July 2022

Cover of briefing note
Educating men and boys about masculinities in India to address violence against women and girls
Authors: Fiona Vaz, Peny Rahmadhani, Rizki Amalia Affiat

Published by: ALIGN, InteGRAL

Report

7 March 2022

Social media activism illustration ©Steve Dickie
Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?
Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Report

18 February 2022

The layers of social media © Steven Dickie
Hidden in plain sight: how the infrastructure of social media shapes gender norms
Author: Stephanie Diepeveen

Published by: ALIGN

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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
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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
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Men, boys and masculinities
circles
How norms change
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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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