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

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Caroline Harper
Why are norms important?

Director of the ALIGN programme and principle research fellow at ODI, Caroline Harper, explains why gender norms and important and what we can do to challenge and change them.

Publisher: ALIGN

Think piece

5 March 2020

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Why look back? It's not where we are going: The value of history in understanding gender and development
Author: Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

5 March 2020

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Historical lessons on gender norm change, with case studies from Uganda and Nepal
Authors: Caroline Harper, Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Anita Ghimire, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

23 March 2020

Girls taking part in sport at school. Credit: Tanya Holden/DFID
Data on gender norms: can we find and use what is missing?
Authors: Rebecka Lundgren , Meredith Pierce, Anita Raj, Namratha Rao

Published by: ALIGN

Case study

18 March 2020

Trainees ©YIEDIE
Women at work: Engaging young women in construction in Ghana
Author: Ethel Seiwaa Boateng

Published by: ALIGN

Case study

9 March 2020

© Pauline Opmeer/MUVA
Breaking barriers: work for women and work for men in Chamanculo, Mozambique
Authors: Maria Ybarra Enguiz, Astrid Groenbaek

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.

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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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