ALIGN

Case study

1 September 2021

Women digging graves. © Saint Albert's Charity
New roles for grandmothers in Cameroon’s conflict zone
Author: Saint Albert's Charity

Published by: ALIGN

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

Briefing paper

25 August 2021

Cover of report
Are Zimbabwe’s local authorities safe spaces for female councillors?

Published by: ALIGN, Social Healing and Accountability Research

Briefing paper

25 August 2021

Cover of brief
Cameroon: Norms and gender-based violence in hospitals

Published by: ALIGN, Community Centre for Integrated Development

Briefing paper

19 August 2021

Cover of paper
Gender-based violence against LGBTQI people in civil society workplaces in Kigali city
Authors: Fidele Mutoni, Liliane Umwiza, Erick Mujyanama

Published by: ALIGN, LIVEI

Blog

16 August 2021

A women's football team having a team talk. © Empodera
Why the most ‘gender-equal’ Olympics were far from equal
Author: Meg Smith

Published by: ALIGN, Women Win

Briefing paper

22 July 2021

Cover of brief
Gender-based violence and women in artisanal mining in Zimbabwe
Authors: Owen Mafongoya, Macreynold Maroveke, Samson Muzenda

Published by: ALIGN, Tariro Youth Development Trust

Blog

22 July 2021

Sculptures of women running with Olympic torches in Beijing, China. © Sam Balye/Unsplash
Sport: A reinforcer of gender norms or a force for change?
Author: Emily Subden

Published by: ALIGN

Bibliography/Literature review

22 July 2021

A woman being filmed. © Jakob Owens/Unsplash
Broadcast media and gender norms
Author: Faria A. Nasruddin

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

12 July 2021

Cover of brief
Women and gender norms in Nepal’s parliament

Published by: ALIGN, YUWA

Video/podcast

5 July 2021

Still from the video
How do entrenched gender norms change?
Author: Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

1 July 2021

Informal workers gather for a meeting of their association, the Makola Market Traders Union, in Accra, Ghana. The union is dominated by women and the strength in numbers provides some protection to traders. Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment
Ending gender-based violence in the workplace: the need to shift norms
Author: Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

29 June 2021

A protest on International Women’s Day 2020 in the northern Chilean town of Antofagasta. Image license: Enfocale / Shutterstock.com
Generation Equality Forum: how to shift power for a gender-just world
Author: Caroline Harper

Published by: ODI, ALIGN

Blog

29 June 2021

Employees at Radio Rural Community de Forecariah. Credit: World Bank Photo Collection
Can TV and radio change gender norms? And if so, how?
Author: Faria A. Nasruddin

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

24 June 2021

Cover of the briefing paper
Gender-based violence in a male-dominated industry: Identifying and responding to challenges in Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology sector
Authors: Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Bahariye Abdulaziz, David Aduragbemi Okunlola, Oluwunmi Olufemi

Published by: ALIGN, Viable Helpers Development Organization, Viable Knowledge Masters

Briefing paper

7 June 2021

Cover of briefing paper
How gender norms contribute to gender-based violence in the workplace in Malawi
Authors: Beaton Galafa, Tizgowere Msiska

Published by: ALIGN, REHAAT-Initiative

Blog

1 June 2021

A young rural Ugandan woman prepares garden soil for planting vegetables. © Cheryl Ramalho / Shutterstock
Challenging gender norms in Uganda: How agricultural programmes can inspire women to thrive
Author: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine

Published by: ALIGN

Bibliography/Literature review

22 March 2021

A family group of women in India. © World Bank / Curt Carnemark
The intersecting norms of gender and caste in South Asia
Author: Priya Narayan

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

3 March 2021

A girl with a hearing aid amongst peers at a school in Chennai, India. © Pippa Ranger/Department for International Development
The expectation of perfection: interview with Nidhi Goyal on the intersection of gender and disability norms in India
Author: Nidhi Goyal

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

25 January 2021

Women farmers in a community hard hit by drought in 2011 in Kenya. © Flore de Preneuf / World Bank
Data, tools and measurement: Guide to recent resources
Author: Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Report

9 December 2020

Cover of report
Gender, power and progress: How norms change
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George, Sophia M. D’Angelo, Emma Samman

Published by: ALIGN

Diagram/Infographic

9 December 2020

Conceptual framework
Conceptual framework: A path from a current norm to a changed norm
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

24 November 2020

Nohra Padilla, leader of the Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) leads a contingent of waste pickers as they demonstrate against city policies and programmes affecting waste pickers. © Juan Arredondo/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment
How can we better understand and measure violence against women in politics?
Authors: Nandita Bhan, Jennifer Yore, Anita Raj

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN event

Webinar

UNAMID Police facilitates English classes for displaced women in North Darfur. ©UN Photo/Albert González Farran
Gender, power and progress: How norms change - ALIGN flagship report launch
9 December 2020 GMT
Location: Streamed online

Organised by: ALIGN

Blog

28 October 2020

A busy Vietnamese high street. © Thanh Tung/Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment
Using the Social Norms Analysis Framework (SNAP) to explore the influence of social norms on women’s economic participation in Vietnam
Author: My Linh Nguyen

Published by: ALIGN, Care

Blog

15 October 2020

Women account for around half of the Viet Nam's workforce, but occupy less than a quarter of senior management roles. © Thanh Tung/Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment
To support women in leadership, address their caregiving burden
Authors: Takara Morgan, Le Thi Hong Giang

Published by: Care, CARE International in Viet Nam, ALIGN

Blog

1 October 2020

The birth of the Commission on the Status of Women in the 1946 UN General Assembly. © UN Women
25 years after Beijing: Time to kick-start a new era for gender equality through norm change
Author: Sophia M. D’Angelo

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN event

Webinar

Women at a community meeting discuss the reconstruction of their village © Nugroho Nurdikiawan Sunjoyo / World Bank
Innovations in quantitative measurement of gender norms
13 October 2020, 14:00 - 15:30 BST
Location: Online - Please note, all timings are GMT+1

Organised by: ALIGN

Blog

25 September 2020

A family spending time with their child. A scene from the documentary film, Parwaaz | Flight (2020), produced by ICRW and directed by Mixed Media Productions © ICRW
World Contraception Day: Why men must be part of the story
Authors: Kuhika Seth, Sharmishtha Nanda, Aishwarya Sahay, Pranita Achyut, Sneha Sharma

Published by: ALIGN, ICRW

Interview

16 September 2020

Pride in San Francisco 2015 with Apple. © Thomas Hawk
The intersectionality of gender norms: In conversation with TrueChild's Riki Wilchins
Author: Riki Wilchins

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

16 September 2020

Sudanese weigh in on peace agreement in Blue Nile State, Musfa, Sudan. © UN Photo/Tim McKulka (Photo ID 462222. 25/01/2011)
Gender norms, intersectionality and social protection: In conversation with UNICEF's Dr Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed
Authors: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

27 August 2020

Cover of brief
Digital education poverty in the time of Covid-19: Lockdown widens the education gap for girls in remote parts of Morocco
Author: Ella Williams

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

3 August 2020

Protest march against bigotry and hate speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA © Fibonacci Blue
Gender norms and women in politics: Evaluating progress and identifying challenges on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Platform
Authors: Rachel George, Emma Samman, Katie Washington, Alina Ojha

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

21 July 2020

Cover of brief
Action on Covid-19 and gender: A policy review from Sierra Leone
Author: Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

21 July 2020

Jeneba, a school girl in Sierra Leone, left school when her bump began to show © Olivia Acland
Care, debt, and safety – how can Sierra Leone’s women cope with the Covid-19 crisis?
Author: Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

Published by: ALIGN

Interview

7 July 2020

Jacinda Ardern, who has been described as being gender-sensitive leader, at the World Economic Forum. © World Economic Forum/Boris Baldinger
Women’s leadership - and gender-sensitive leadership - during Covid-19 and beyond: Interview with Sara Pantuliano
Authors: Sara Pantuliano, Rachel George, Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

15 June 2020

A market seller in Kenya. ©World Bank / Sambrian Mbaabu
Teasing apart the relationship between family planning and Covid-19
Author: Sarah Castle

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

9 June 2020

A remote village on Vanua Balavu island, Fiji. © Will Seal
Could the Covid-19 crisis advance gender equality? Perspectives from Fiji
Author: William Hamilton

Published by: ALIGN

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

Blog

19 May 2020

Young women dancing in Gambia © Matthew Shaw
Building momentum for scaling-up prevention of gender-based violence: the importance of norm change initiatives at community level
Authors: The Community for Understanding Scale Up

Published by: ALIGN, Community for Understanding Scale Up (CUSP)

Briefing paper

18 May 2020

Coral planting in Fiji © Will Seal
Action on Covid-19 and gender: A policy review from Fiji
Author: William Hamilton

Published by: ALIGN

Webinar/event recording

11 May 2020

Men in community meeting Aurangabad, India. © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
Addressing ‘sticky’ norms to engage men and boys for gender equality: Learnings from South Asia

Published by: ALIGN, ICRW

Blog

4 May 2020

Men smiling in Raniganj, Bihar, India. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment
Transforming men, transforming masculinities
Authors: Nalini V. Khurana, Sapna Kedia, Ravi Verma

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

16 April 2020

A nurse checks the temperature of a patient at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. © Dominic Chavez/World Bank
How gender norms play out in the Covid-19 response
Authors: Rosemary Morgan, Sara E. Davies

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

8 April 2020

The female labour force participation rate is high in Vietnam, but inequalities informed by traditional social norms persist in workplaces between women and men. © Thang Tung / Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment Vietnam
The influence of urban millennials on gender norms
Author: Kim Patria

Published by: ALIGN