Woman that are members of the young mothers, and breast feeding women group gather regularly to discuss sexual reproductive health, and family planning options. ©Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

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.

Featured content

Briefing paper

7 June 2021

A woman strolling in a tea estate © Mercy Mayuni.
How gender norms contribute to gender-based violence in the workplace in Malawi
Authors: Beaton Galafa, Tizgowere Msiska

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

1 June 2021

A young rural Ugandan woman prepares garden soil for planting vegetables. © Cheryl Ramalho / Shutterstock
Challenging gender norms in Uganda: How agricultural programmes can inspire women to thrive
Author: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine

Published by: ALIGN

Bibliography

22 March 2021

A family group of women in India. © World Bank / Curt Carnemark
The intersecting norms of gender and caste in South Asia
Author: Priya Narayan

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

3 March 2021

A girl with a hearing aid amongst peers at a school in Chennai, India. © Pippa Ranger/Department for International Development
The expectation of perfection: interview with Nidhi Goyal on the intersection of gender and disability norms in India
Author: Nidhi Goyal

Published by: ALIGN

Report

9 December 2020

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Gender, power and progress: How norms change
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George, Sophia M. D’Angelo, Emma Samman

Published by: ALIGN

13 December 2018

A woman with a baby on her back. Copyright: Annie Spratt
Data, tools and measurement

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

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Women from the Self Help Group Alita Kole, taking care of their crops that they own together as a group. ©Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

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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

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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