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Conference
28 July 2021, 07:00 - 29 July 2021, 13:00 BST

Social and Gender Norms Conference: Unlocking social and gender norms for policy and programming

Organiser:
Social Norms Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Learning Collaborative
Location:
Zoom
Contact:
Natalie Kimbugwe, Social Norms Convener, ([email protected]), +256776624048
About the Conference:

The Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative (EALC)'s conference with the theme of Unlocking Social and Gender Norms for policy and programming: Best practices and pitfalls, convened practitioners, researchers, advocates, and others to share and learn about experiences in gender and social norms research, advocacy, programming, and measurement.


This two-day, virtual conference consisted of presentations from leading experts on the following areas: gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, cross-cutting issues, family, children and youth, and program models. Participants also had the opportunity to expand their networks in the region and at the global level.

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About the Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative:

The Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative (EALC) is a network of practitioners, researchers and evaluators that supports social/gender norms programming, strengthens expertise at implementation level, informs policy and influences development outcomes. The network seeks to support effective programming with validated approaches and strengthen social/gender norms practice in Eastern Africa in all areas/sectors that are influenced by social/gender norms. Membership includes representatives from the government, NGOs, researchers, evaluators and development partners. Members are drawn from Eastern Africa region working with collaboratives in Nigeria, Francophone Africa, USA and Asia.


The EALC was formed in April 2020, co-hosted by the School of Women and Gender Studies (SWGS) and CARE International (CI) in Uganda. It brings together willing actors to document, share best practices, innovate and learn from each other. Since its inception the network has brought together a diverse group of people working on social and gender norms in Research, Advocacy, Programming and Measurement. The members have undergone training on social norms and have established thematic groups to share experiences drawing from their respective. It is against this background that the EALC will be hosting this conference with a theme of Unlocking Social and Gender Norms for policy and programming: Best practices and pitfalls.