The ALIGN - Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms - Platform

Welcome to 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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Report

22 November 2021

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Mobilising for change: how women's social movements are transforming gender norms

Our research suggests that women’s political mobilisation has an important impact on gender norms. The report argues this is achieved through two main pathways.

Briefing paper

1 June 2022

Involving boys and men to challenge violence against girls and women in Namibia

Author: Philippe Talavera

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

23 May 2022

Boys and men: Part of the equation to reduce gender-based violence in Mexico

Authors: Alejandra Moreno, Liliana Ruiz, Alicia Santana

Published by: ALIGN, Simetría AC

Report

7 March 2022

Social media activism illustration ©Steve Dickie

Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?

Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Report

18 February 2022

The layers of social media © Steven Dickie

Hidden in plain sight: how the infrastructure of social media shapes gender norms

Author: Stephanie Diepeveen

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

7 February 2022

Global feminist experiences of mobilising for norm change

Authors: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel George, Emilie Tant, Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Biblio/Lit. review

31 January 2022

Women’s mobilisation and gender norm change

Authors: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

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

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