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

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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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ALIGN event

Webinar

Female TV reporter covering live news in Hyderabad, India. Credit: Reddees / Shutterstock.com
Can broadcast media help change gender norms? Lessons from South Asia
2 November 2021, 11:30 - 12:20 GMT
Location: Online

Organised by: ALIGN

Blog

26 October 2021

Flowers with messages about women’s safety left by people who attended a vigil for Sarah Everard in Clapham Common. March 2021, London. Credit: Vincenzo Lullo/Shutterstock.com
What do recent high-profile cases of male violence in the UK tell us about gender norms?
Author: Emilie Tant

Published by: ALIGN

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

Briefing paper

25 August 2021

Cover of report
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

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Women showing their agricultural produce, India. © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank

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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
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
Gender-based violence
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
Masculine and feminine in balance - pictured as balanced balls on scale © GoodIdeas/Shutterstock/1589741737
Men, boys and masculinities
circles
How norms change
Copyright: Persnickety prints
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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