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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.

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Briefing paper

31 March 2023

Shifting discriminatory gender norms affecting women in the workplace: Social media campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam
Author: Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

A woman wearing a mask holding up corn in a field. © Vo Von Tan for He Can/WISE Vietnam

ALIGN event

4 April 2023, 09:00 - 10:00 BST

Can social media reshape gender norms around women's economic rights?

Organised by: ALIGN

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Blog

7 March 2023

8 steps to change gender norms for women’s economic rights on International Women’s Day
Authors: Ipsita Divedi, Emilie Tant, Emily Subden

Published by: ALIGN

Source: ALIGN. Illustrated by Ipsita Divedi for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023

Blog

27 February 2023

How do you solve a problem like Andrew Tate?
Authors: Gurpreet Kaur

Published by: ALIGN

Andrew Tate in policy custody in Bucharest, Romania. © LCV/ Shutterstock ID: 2254142455

Blog

9 February 2023

'Love is now the law.' Will gender norms change by legalising same-sex marriage in Cuba?
Author: Evie Browne

Published by: ALIGN

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Spotlight: interactive map

27 April 2022

Social movements map: feminists mobilising for gender norm change
map illustration
Blog
Reflections on 2022: what were the trends in gender norms research?
Authors: Aatif Somji, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Ján Michalko, Emilie Tant, Emily Subden
Biblio/Lit. review
Feminist activism to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez
Briefing paper
Feminist foreign policy: stronger action needed to resource feminist movements
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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

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
circles
How norms change
Aerial photograph of the river streams from Icelandic glaciers
Intersectionality
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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