Women of the Delali Association, a co-op of small businesses led by women © Stephan Gladieu / World Bank
Women of the Delali Association, a co-op of small businesses led by women © Stephan Gladieu / World Bank

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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Join us 'In conversation with...' a variety of experts from across the ALIGN community including ODI's Sara Pantuliano, UNICEF's Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, TrueChild's Riki Wilchins and former UN Undersecretary General Zainab Bangura.








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ALIGN guide

3 August 2020

Protest march against bigotry and hate speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA © Fibonacci Blue
Gender norms and women in politics: Evaluating progress and identifying challenges on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Platform
Authors: Rachel George, Emma Samman, Katie Washington, Alina Ojha

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Briefing paper

27 August 2020

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Digital education poverty in the time of Covid-19: Lockdown widens the education gap for girls in remote parts of Morocco
Author: Ella Williams

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Blog

12 August 2020

Women on a bus wearing facemasks. Credit: Gender and Covid-19 Working Group
Gender norms, intersectionality and a COVID-19 ‘global reset’
Author: Caroline Harper

Published by: Gender and Covid-19 Working Group

Research hub

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
Gender norms and the coronavirus

Resource centre featuring blogs, reports and news articles relating to the Coronavirus pandemic and gender norms.

Blog

21 July 2020

Jeneba, a school girl in Sierra Leone, left school when her bump began to show © Olivia Acland
Care, debt, and safety – how can Sierra Leone’s women cope with the Covid-19 crisis?
Author: Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

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Bibliography

1 June 2020

A woman wears a facemask in Mali during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. © World Bank / Ousmane Traore  
Gender norms and crisis
Author: Georgia Plank

Published by: ALIGN

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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
Copyright: Persnickety prints
Cross-cutting themes
Copyright: Annie Spratt
Data, tools and measurement

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