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Welcome to the ALIGN platform

Advancing Learning & Innovation on Gender Norms (ALIGN)

ALIGN leads research and knowledge sharing on gender and social norms. We explore key drivers of transformative change, building insight from our own research and our ever-expanding community of practice.

About ALIGN

Briefing paper

22 November 2022

Is no space safe? Working to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Emilie Tant

Published by: ALIGN

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Blog

5 January 2023

Reflections on 2022: what were the trends in gender norms research?
Authors: Aatif Somji, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Ján Michalko, Emilie Tant, Emily Subden

Published by: ALIGN

Review 2022

Blog

24 November 2022

Icebergs and black holes: the stories of femicide in Mexico
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez

Published by: ALIGN

A group of women protest for the numerous feminicides in Mexico. © artcgix / Shutterstock ID:2133578879

Biblio/Lit. review

12 December 2022

Feminist activism to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez

Published by: ALIGN

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Blog

1 December 2022

Unpacking the context of femicide in Mexico
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez

Published by: ALIGN

Relatives protest by placing red shoes to pay tribute to the hundreds of disappeared women in Juarez and across Mexico. ©David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock ID: 2128849571
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Spotlight: interactive map

27 April 2022

Social movements map: feminists mobilising for gender norm change
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Briefing paper
Feminist foreign policy: stronger action needed to resource feminist movements
Diagram/Infographic
Map of social movements: feminists mobilising for gender norm change
Briefing paper
Building movements, building power: eliminating female genital mutilation by 2030 through social movements
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Women showing their agricultural produce, India. © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank

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Themes

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
#NiUnaMenos Placard with eye and tear drop painting
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
Two men sitting on the grass with backs to camera
Men, boys and masculinities
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How norms change
Aerial photograph of the river streams from Icelandic glaciers
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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