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ALIGN micro-grants funds

The ALIGN micro-granting facility is a responsive research fund. The micro-grants are intended to respond to knowledge gaps by supporting the development of new research, learning and reflection materials, and knowledge on discriminatory and harmful gender norms, to inform policy and practice outputs.

All open calls of interest for funding will be detailed on this page as well as information about previous funding rounds. 

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Open call for funding

We do not currently have any open calls for proposals.

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Ongoing funded research

Multiple rounds of funded research are currently underway focusing on:

More details will follow about these award-winners and their research.

 

Previous funding rounds

16 April 2025

Research series: Resisting gender-restrictive actors in education in Pakistan and Sierra Leone
Schoolgirls at an Aahung partner school reading in the shade of a tree. © Aahung

Report

26 March 2025

Transforming gender norms through Uruguay’s National Integrated Care System
Authors: Guadalupe Goyeneche, Cecilia Lara, Isabel Pérez de Sierra, Belén Villegas Plá

Published by: ALIGN, CIEDUR

Cover of report

26 March 2025

Research series: Enhancing women’s participation in low-carbon jobs
Original artwork by Joanna Leone UI/UX designer, Grenoble.

Report

19 November 2024

Social media and masculinity norms among adolescents: insights from Mexico
Authors: Patricia Cala, Paola Flores, Diana Koester

Published by: ALIGN, Mexfam

Cover of summary report

1 November 2024

Research series: Teacher training in gender equity and education practices
Children in school uniforms going to school in Villa de Leyva, Colombia. © Nowaczyk | Shutterstock ID: 1355817296

31 October 2024

Research series: Feminist movements against GBV and their impact on gender norms
Feminist demonstrators in the National University of Colombia protesting about violence against women in 2019. © Sebastian Barros

16 May 2024

Research series: Men in politics as agents of gender equitable change
Covers of the 4 reports

6 July 2023

Micro-grants funding round 4: women in local governance
Women and children at a village meeting near Kigali, Rwanda. © Subhrajit123 / Shutterstock ID: 2011588205

27 April 2022

Micro-grants funding round 3: working with men to tackle GBV
Guanajuato, Mexico, 2019: group of men talking on the famous bridge of love. © Aberu.Go/shutterstock.

9 June 2021

Micro-grants funding round 2: GBV in the workplace
Demonstration against sexual assault in Montreal, 2020. © Mélodie Descoubes/Unsplash

11 February 2019

Micro-grants funding round 1: gender norms
An ALIGN convening in Laos

Funded research outputs

Report

14 April 2025

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Muslim leaders' evolving views of child and adolescent health and life skills in Sierra Leone
Authors: Regina Mamidy Yillah, Augustus Osborne, Anaïs Bash-Taqi, Saidu Wurie Jalloh

Report

26 March 2025

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Unpacking opposition: the contested landscape of life skills-based education in Pakistan
Authors: Komal Qidwai, Fabiha Moin, Rida Rehan Chughtai, Ziana Shakil

Report

20 March 2025

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Strengthening women’s participation in low-carbon jobs in Senegal: spotlight on the solar energy sector
Authors: Laurence Dhaleine, Servane Fauvet
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