A young girl smiles for the camera at the Maternal and Child Welfare Center, in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. © Rama George-Alleyne/World Bank
Adolescent girls at the Maternal and Child Welfare Center, in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. © Rama George-Alleyne/World Bank

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Photo credit: A female employee at a land husbandry site in Nyabihu District, Rwanda, addresses her fellow workers. The site employs about 150 labourers of which 60% are women. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank.
Tackling harmful gender norms: lessons to address backlash
10 March 2020
Location: Murase Room, Japan Society 333 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017 - 12.30-14.00 (local time)

Organised by: ALIGN

Video/podcast

18 November 2019

Still from the Zainab video
In conversation with... Zainab Bangura

Published by: ALIGN

In-depth case studies and analysis

History and change graphic
History and change

ALIGN's 'history and change' research gathers together qualitative data looking at the impact of harmful gender norms in Uganda, Nepal and Sierra Leone, and investigates how these norms have changed over time.

Blog

16 January 2020

Health checks for men at a barbers’ shop in Bradford UK. © Bradford Health of Men project
Thinking outside 'the box' on men's health
Authors: Peter Baker

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

10 January 2020

International Women's Day 2018, Lebanon. © Fe-Male
Young feminists weave new narratives in the face of backlash
Authors: María Díaz Ezquerro, Ruby Johnson

Published by: ALIGN

Video

A midwife at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, 2015. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank/CC
Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

View recording of ALIGN's panel event on health and gender norms featuring Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, and panellists from Prostate Cancer UK, WHO and UCL.

Case study

9 September 2019

The five-a-side team from Atako community confirm their commitment to ending FGM/C in Nigeria. © Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP)
Using soccer to challenge norms around Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Author: Ugwu Somtochukwu Nnamdi

Published by: ALIGN

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Themes

Education
Education
Health
Health
Gender-based violence
Gender-based violence
Economic empowerment
Economic empowerment
Men, boys and masculinities
Men, boys and masculinities
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How norms change
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Cross-cutting themes
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Data, tools and measurement

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