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Social movements

Get to know ALIGN’s work on social movements and their impact on gender norms. Women and LGBTQI+ activists are mobilising for change all over the world, and our evidence points to the transformative way their activism is renegotiating social relations and demanding legal reforms.

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Social movements map

This interactive map features leading organisations and feminist collectives from all over the world that are acting to promote gender norm change.

Report

23 November 2021

An illustration of a social movement. © DESIGNBYMAIA.COM
Mobilising for change: how women's social movements are transforming gender norms
Authors: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Caroline Harper, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

7 February 2022

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Global feminist experiences of mobilising for norm change
Authors: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel George, Emilie Tant, Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Report

7 March 2022

Social media activism illustration ©Steve Dickie
Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?
Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Biblio/Lit. review

31 January 2022

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Women’s mobilisation and gender norm change
Authors: Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

Social movements research from the ALIGN community

Biblio/Lit. review

1 April 2022

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Feminist and women’s movements in the context of ending violence against women and girls – implications for funders and grant makers
Author: Nidal Karim

Published by: UN Women

Blog

17 March 2022

A Wiphala Andean Indigenous Flag at the International Women's Day march in Santiago de Chile, 8 March 2022. © Emilie Tant
Why indigenous voices matter in the fight for climate and gender justice
Authors: Mitzy Violeta

Published by: ODI

Toolkit

1 December 2021

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Learning communities on the move (LCOM) for girl-led activism and norms shifting

Published by: Care

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