Safe cities programme mural in Guatemala City ©UN Women/Ryan Brown
Safe cities programme mural in Guatemala City ©UN Women/Ryan Brown

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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Report

31 August 2021

A still from the ‘Typically’ video by Bloody Good Period, Strange Beasts and Mother, 2021.
Gender norms and the ‘period revolution’
Author: Yasmin Watling

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

16 August 2021

A women's football team having a team talk. © Empodera
Why the most ‘gender-equal’ Olympics were far from equal
Author: Meg Smith

Published by: ALIGN, Women Win

Blog

22 July 2021

Sculptures of women running with Olympic torches in Beijing, China. © Sam Balye/Unsplash
Sport: A reinforcer of gender norms or a force for change?
Author: Emily Subden

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

25 August 2021

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Are Zimbabwe’s local authorities safe spaces for female councillors?

Published by: ALIGN, Social Healing and Accountability Research

Briefing paper

25 August 2021

Cover of brief
Cameroon: Norms and gender-based violence in hospitals

Published by: ALIGN, Community Centre for Integrated Development

Briefing paper

19 August 2021

Cover of paper
Gender-based violence against LGBTQI people in civil society workplaces in Kigali city
Authors: Fidele Mutoni, Liliane Umwiza, Erick Mujyanama

Published by: ALIGN, LIVEI

Bibliography/Literature review

22 July 2021

A woman being filmed. © Jakob Owens/Unsplash
Broadcast media and gender norms
Author: Faria A. Nasruddin

This annotated bibliography brings together literature on broadcast media and gender norms.

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
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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