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Breakthrough is a global human rights organisation driving culture change to make gender-based violence (GBV) unacceptable. Through a mix of transformative on-the-ground engagement, leadership building, pioneering multimedia initiatives, relevant…

CARE is engaged in a stream of work led by CARE USA on social norms, with programming in Asia and Africa. For example, CARE is involved in work in Ethiopia through its Abdiburo project to understand and address harmful and discriminatory gender…

CUSP (The Community for Understanding Scale Up) is a community of organisations covering three regions, working to scale up social norm change methodologies. Each of its nine organisations has expertise in social norm change programmes: 1. The…

Dasra, meaning ‘enlightened giving’ in Sanskrit, is a strategic philanthropy foundation that nurtures powerful partnerships to help India achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. For this to happen, Dasra believes funders, nonprofits and…

The Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBeD) Unit -- the World Bank’s behavioral science team on Poverty and Equity Global Practice -- works closely with project teams, governments, and other partners to diagnose, design, and evaluate behaviorally…

Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) is a nine-year, mixed methods longitudinal research programme investigating 'what works' to improve adolescent girls' well-being in the Global South. GAGE is funded by UK aid from the UK Government.

Girl Effect is a social change organisation that works with girls and those around them to empower girls to reach their full potential and disrupt the cycle of poverty. Using culture brands, mobile technology and innovative research, Girl Effect…

Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 800 civil society organisations from over 95 countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their…

The Gender Roles, Equality and Transformation (GREAT) Project developed by the Institute of Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, Save the Children and Pathfinder International, promotes gender-equitable attitudes and behaviours among…

ICRW is the world's premier research institute focused on tackling challenges facing women and girls worldwide. They focus on issues related to gender norm change including child marriage, economic empowerment, men and masculinities, sexual and…

The Lancet is supporting a data-driven series on gender norms and health to advance conceptualizations of gender in the health sector. The forthcoming series will have an explicit focus on gender norms and will discuss the intersectionality of…

Made up of a network of experts committed to facilitating collaboration between organisations and individuals working on adolescent sexual and reproductive health norm change, the Learning Collaborative works to enhance collective efforts, build…

The Learning Initiative on Norms, Exploitation and Abuse (LINEA) explores how social norm theory can be used to reduce child sexual exploitation and abuse. Affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Gender Violence and…

MUVA tests a range of different approaches to the economic empowerment of young women in urban areas of Mozambique. Recognising persistent social norms and other barriers that limit their access to decent work, MUVA develops innovative projects…

The five-year Passages project developed by the Institute of Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, FHI 360, Johns Hopkins Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS), PSI, Save the Children and Tearfund, aims to address a broad range of social…

The Population Council conducts research to address critical health and development issues. Their work allows couples to plan their families and chart their futures. They help people avoid HIV infection and access life-saving HIV services. And…

The prevention collaborative is a growing global network of activists, practitioners and researchers seeking to “re-imagine” the prevention of violence. They collaborate with others to synthesise and share learning from research and practice, and…

Promundo is a global initiative to promote caring, non-violent and equitable masculinities and gender relations in Brazil and internationally. Promundo's work engages women, girls, boys and men; strives to transform gender norms and power…

RinGs is a learning platform with expertise in health systems which works in the following areas and supports learning on social and gender norms: - Synthesising the evidence base - Stimulating new research - Encouraging mutual learning and…

SASA! is a community mobilisation programme developed by Raising Voices in Kampala, Uganda. The programme aims to unpack power, both its positive and negative uses, and work with communities to address violence against women and HIV. The programme…

Sonke Gender Justice is a research and advocacy initiative based in Johannesburg that works across Africa. It aims to strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to promote gender equality, prevent domestic and sexual violence, show…

STRIVE is a research consortium investigating the social norms and inequalities that drive HIV. STRIVE aims to address the evidence gaps on how gendered social norms, power differences and other structural forces increase vulnerability to HIV and…

Women Empowerment Association For Development In Africa (WEADA) is a non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization. It is women-led and focuses on human rights, advocacy and awareness raising on issues affecting women and girls in…

What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls is an innovative global programme working in 13 countries across the world building the evidence base on what works to prevent violence in low-middle income settings.