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Video/podcast

30 March 2020

Caroline Harper
Why are norms important?
Author: Caroline Harper

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Blog

23 March 2020

Girls taking part in sport at school. Credit: Tanya Holden/DFID
Data on gender norms: can we find and use what is missing?
Authors: Rebecka Lundgren , Meredith Pierce, Anita Raj, Namratha Rao

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Report

20 March 2020

Cover of report
Stories of change and persistence: Shifting gender norms in Uganda and Nepal
Author: Carol Watson

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Case study

18 March 2020

Trainees ©YIEDIE
Women at work: Engaging young women in construction in Ghana
Author: Ethel Seiwaa Boateng

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Case study

9 March 2020

© Pauline Opmeer/MUVA
Breaking barriers: work for women and work for men in Chamanculo, Mozambique
Authors: Maria Ybarra Enguiz, Astrid Groenbaek

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Briefing paper

5 March 2020

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Historical lessons on gender norm change, with case studies from Uganda and Nepal
Authors: Caroline Harper, Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Anita Ghimire, Rachel George

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Think piece

5 March 2020

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Why look back? It's not where we are going: The value of history in understanding gender and development
Author: Caroline Harper

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ALIGN event

Public event

Photo credit: A female employee at a land husbandry site in Nyabihu District, Rwanda, addresses her fellow workers. The site employs about 150 labourers of which 60% are women. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank.
EVENT POSTPONED: Tackling harmful gender norms: lessons to address backlash
1 April 2020
Location: ODI offices, 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ - and online

Organised 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

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Blog

10 January 2020

International Women's Day 2018, Lebanon. © Fe-Male
Young feminists weave new narratives in the face of backlash
Authors: María Díaz Ezquerro, Ruby Johnson

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Blog

12 December 2019

A woman attends her stall at a market in Guatemala City. © Maria Fleischmann / World Bank
Llegando a la audiencia de habla hispana: The ALIGN fund
Authors: Paola Pereznieto

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Blog

9 December 2019

An example of one of the photos taken as part of the Visionara research.
The ALIGN Research Fund: six fund ‘winners’ showcase local action to challenge gender norms
Authors: Paola Pereznieto

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Webinar/event recording

4 December 2019

A photo from the event showing the whole panel
Event recording: Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems

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Report

18 November 2019

Uganda report cover
‘One step forward and two steps back’: narratives of change and resistance in confronting discriminatory gender norms in Uganda
Authors: Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya

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Briefing paper

18 November 2019

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Narratives of change and resistance in confronting discriminatory gender norms in Uganda
Authors: Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya

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Blog

18 November 2019

history and change graphic
Gender-equitable laws and policies meet resistance on the ground: findings from Uganda and Nepal
Author: Carol Watson

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Report

18 November 2019

Cover of report
‘Cultural norms are strong and will fight back’: narratives of change and challenges in achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in Nepal
Authors: Carol Watson, Anita Ghimire, Tulasha Khadka

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Briefing paper

18 November 2019

Nepal briefing cover
Narratives of change and challenges in overcoming discriminatory gender norms and practices in Nepal
Authors: Carol Watson, Anita Ghimire, Tulasha Khadka

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Blog

18 November 2019

history and change graphic
‘I was unstoppable!’ - women’s collective agency to change discriminatory gender norms in Uganda and Nepal 
Author: Carol Watson

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Video/podcast

18 November 2019

Still from the Zainab video
In conversation with... Zainab Bangura

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ALIGN event

Public event

A midwife at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, 2015. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank/CC
Breaking harmful gender norms in health practices and systems
4 December 2019, 12:00 - 14:00
Location: ODI offices, 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ - and online

Organised by: ALIGN

Case study

15 October 2019

Participants at the strategy development workshop. © MAGENTA Consulting
Supporting the critical role of women in Jordan's security sector
Author: Laramie Shubber

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Blog

11 October 2019

Autumn Peltier, 13-year-old water advocate from the Anishinaabe tribe of Canada, addresses the event to launch the International Decade for Action titled “Water for Sustainable Development 2018–2028”. ©UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Activist girls: a driving force for gender norm change
Author: Rachel Marcus

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Video/podcast

1 October 2019

Still from the video
ALIGN's Research Fund Grantees discuss their findings

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Case study

26 September 2019

Men attending a group session about violence against women. Credit: Gendes
Working with men to break patterns of gender-based violence in Mexico
Author: M.A. Yair Maldonado Lezama

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Case study

9 September 2019

The five-a-side team from Atako community confirm their commitment to ending FGM/C in Nigeria. © Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP)
Using soccer to challenge norms around Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Author: Ugwu Somtochukwu Nnamdi

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Case study

20 August 2019

The back of a school girl in India looking at her friends in the playground. Credit: Charlotte Anderson
Understanding and overcoming backlash against girls’ expression of agency: Insights and strategies from India
Authors: Shruti Parikh, Saniya Pawar

Published by: ALIGN, Dasra

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

Briefing paper

17 July 2019

A Somalian adolescent girl wearing a bright yellow head scarf looks at the camera. ©SIDRA
Understanding the barriers to girls´ and women´s access to higher education in Puntland, Somalia
Authors: Dr. Amina Jama, Guled Salah Barre

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Blog

9 July 2019

© Stef Glinski
We need to focus on gender norms to reach the global goal on education
Author: Rachel Marcus

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Blog

4 July 2019

© Daniel Jack Lyons
Social norms and the ‘power within’ – how MUVA builds young people’s soft skills
Authors: Jana Bischler, Anne Cecile Manicom Rebelo

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Blog

24 June 2019

Power, progress, change
Did Women Deliver 2019 actually deliver?
Author: Caroline Harper

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Blog

14 June 2019

Participants sit outside at the conference
Re-think, re-boot, re-imagine and re-act!
Author: Sapna Kedia

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ALIGN guide

13 June 2019

A father and son in India. @ICRW Asia
Gender norms and masculinities
Authors: Sapna Kedia, Ravi Verma

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Case study

13 June 2019

Young India men in a classroom. @ICRW Asia
Case study: Men as key stakeholders in gender equity
Author: Sapna Kedia

Published by: ALIGN

Toolkit

13 June 2019

Young India men and boys at a celebration @ICRW Asia
Toolkits: Programmes on gender norms and masculinities
Authors: Sapna Kedia, Ravi Verma

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Webinar/event recording

10 June 2019

Still from the event
Event recording: Tackling gender norms through media

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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

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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
Author: Maria Stavropoulou

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Blog

29 May 2019

Women at a concert in India
How media can shape social and gender norms
Author: Poonam Muttreja

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Case study

29 May 2019

Adhafull poster
AdhaFull: Using the media to boost self-efficacy and challenge harmful gender norms amongst adolescents
Authors: Radharani Mitra, Ragini Parisha , Sonia Whitehead

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ALIGN event

Webinar

Morning radio show host Komla Dumor works in his sound booth at the Joy FM studio in Accra, Ghana. © Jonathan Ernst / World Bank
Tackling gender norms through media
10 June 2019, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Streamed online

Organised by: ALIGN, Overseas Development Institute

Bibliography

13 May 2019

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

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

2 May 2019

A participant writes notes on a white board at the convening
Reflections on a gender-sensitive pedagogy workshop in religious schools in Malang, Indonesia
Author: EQUIC

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Think piece

25 April 2019

Jessica Lea/Department for International Development
Social and gender norms and child marriage: A reflection on issues, evidence and areas of inquiry in the field
Authors: Margaret E. Greene , Ellen Stiefvater

Published by: ALIGN