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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

Toolkit

13 July 2023

10 ways to transform gender norms
Author: ALIGN

Published by: ALIGN

Cover artwork

Blog

4 December 2023

From drama to murals: a visual journey of feminist artivism against GBV
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez

Published by: ALIGN

An example from the Fighting femicide through beauty - Siempre Unidas - collection

Blog

24 November 2023

How does artivism contribute to ending gender-based violence?
Author: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez

Published by: ALIGN

Artivism banner © Ipsita Divedi

Blog

20 November 2023

‘Too young’, ‘Too old’, ‘Too emotional’: how gender norms hold women back in local politics
Author: Ján Michalko

Published by: ALIGN

Word cloud of derogatory phrases used to describe female leaders

Briefing paper

10 July 2023

Facing the backlash: what is fuelling anti-feminist and anti-democratic forces?
Authors: Ayesha Khan, Emilie Tant, Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Cover of paper
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Spotlight: interactive map

27 April 2022

Social movements map: feminists mobilising for gender norm change
map illustration
Report
Hidden in plain sight: how the infrastructure of social media shapes gender norms
Author: Stephanie Diepeveen
Report
Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?
Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus
Briefing paper
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
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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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