Community health worker, Rebati, gives polio and other life saving vaccinations to babies like Adilya for at least the first year of their lives. Copyright: DFID
Copyright: DFID

Health

Health workers put on their personal protective equipment before treating people suspected of having Ebola at the Ebola Transition Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
Covid-19 and gender norms
Community Sport Coaches in India teach adolescent girls about menstruation. © The Naz Foundation India Trust.
Sexual and reproductive health
Bangladesh. Photo: Scott Wallace / World Bank
Psychosocial wellbeing

ALIGN Guide

30 May 2019

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.

Webinar/event recording

4 December 2019

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Event recording: Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

Published by: ALIGN, The Lancet

ALIGN guide

1 August 2018

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The 'social' in 'psychosocial' - How gender norms drive psychosocial distress
Author: Fiona Samuels

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

7 August 2019

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Adolescent-friendly health services in Jakarta and Makassar - A gender and cultural analysis
Authors: Almira Andriana, Ihsanul Kamil, Eno Budiarty

Published by: ALIGN, ARI

Blog

2 June 2019

A mobile clinical outreach team from Marie Stopes International, a specialized sexual reproductive health and family planning organization in Senegal. © Jonathan Torgovnik
Eliminate gender inequality and restrictive gender norms and improve health for all
Author: Gary Darmstadt

Published by: ALIGN

Bibliography/Literature review

13 May 2019

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Gender norms and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services
Authors: Alana Kolundzija, Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

28 March 2019

Credit: Wellcome Trust
Building health systems that transform gender norms
Authors: Suzanne Petroni

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

16 January 2020

Health checks for men at a barbers’ shop in Bradford UK. © Bradford Health of Men project
Thinking outside 'the box' on men's health
Authors: Peter Baker

Published by: ALIGN

Health content from the ALIGN community

Journal article

30 May 2019

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The Lancet series on gender equality, norms, and health

Published by: The Lancet

Report

31 August 2021

A still from the ‘Typically’ video by Bloody Good Period, Strange Beasts and Mother, 2021.
Gender norms and the ‘period revolution’
Author: Yasmin Watling

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

1 August 2017

Community members meet in a small group during an in-person meeting.
Addressing norms together: Reflections from the Francophone Africa community of practice launch in Kinshasa, DRC

Published by: Francophone Learning Collaborative

Report

10 May 2021

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The Social Norms Atlas: Understanding global social norms and related concepts

Published by: Social Norms Learning Collaborative

Journal article

20 August 2020

First page of article
Gaining traction: Promising shifts in gender norms and intimate partner violence in the context of a community-based HIV prevention trial in South Africa
Authors: Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, Nicole Haberland, Rhandzekile Mathebula, Dumisani Rebombo, Kathryn Spielman, Rebecca West, Aimée Julien, Rhian Twine, Dean Peacock, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Audrey Pettifor, Sheri A. Lippman, Kathleen Kahn

Published by: PLOS one

Bibliography/Literature review

1 June 2020

A woman wears a facemask in Mali during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. © World Bank / Ousmane Traore  
Gender norms and crisis
Author: Georgia Plank

Published by: ALIGN

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