A young girl smiles for the camera at the Maternal and Child Welfare Center, in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. © Rama George-Alleyne/World Bank
Adolescent girls at the Maternal and Child Welfare Center, in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. © Rama George-Alleyne/World Bank

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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.

Video

A midwife at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, 2015. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank/CC
Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

View recording of ALIGN's panel event on health and gender norms featuring Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, and panellists from Prostate Cancer UK, WHO and UCL.

Blog

9 December 2019

An example of one of the photos taken as part of the Visionara research.
The ALIGN Research Fund: six fund ‘winners’ showcase local action to challenge gender norms
Authors: Paola Pereznieto

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

11 October 2019

Autumn Peltier, 13-year-old water advocate from the Anishinaabe tribe of Canada, addresses the event to launch the International Decade for Action titled “Water for Sustainable Development 2018–2028”. ©UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Activist girls: a driving force for gender norm change
Author: Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

Tumaini maternity clinic supported by APHRC (African Population and Health Research Center) in Korogocho slum, one of Nairobi's most populated informal settlements, Kenya. ©Jonathan Torgovnik.
Gender norms, health and wellbeing

View ALIGN's in-depth guide to gender norms, health and wellbeing.

Case study

9 September 2019

The five-a-side team from Atako community confirm their commitment to ending FGM/C in Nigeria. © Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP)
Using soccer to challenge norms around Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Author: Ugwu Somtochukwu Nnamdi

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

A father and son in India. @ICRW Asia
Gender norms and masculinities

View ALIGN's in-depth guide to gender norms and masculinities.

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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
Copyright: Persnickety prints
Cross-cutting themes
Copyright: Annie Spratt
Data, tools and measurement

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