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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

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

Webinar

4 December 2019

A photo from the event showing the whole panel

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

Published by: ALIGN

Report

18 November 2019

‘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

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

18 November 2019

Narratives of change and resistance in confronting discriminatory gender norms in Uganda

Authors: Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

18 November 2019

Gender-equitable laws and policies meet resistance on the ground: findings from Uganda and Nepal

Author: Carol Watson

Published by: ALIGN

Report

18 November 2019

‘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

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

18 November 2019

Narratives of change and challenges in overcoming discriminatory gender norms and practices in Nepal

Authors: Carol Watson, Anita Ghimire, Tulasha Khadka

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

18 November 2019

‘I was unstoppable!’ - women’s collective agency to change discriminatory gender norms in Uganda and Nepal

Author: Carol Watson

Published by: ALIGN

Video/podcast

18 November 2019

In conversation with... Zainab Bangura

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

Video/podcast

1 October 2019

ALIGN's Research Fund Grantees discuss their findings

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

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

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

9 July 2019

We need to focus on gender norms to reach the global goal on education

Author: Rachel Marcus

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

4 July 2019

Social norms and the ‘power within’ – how MUVA builds young people’s soft skills

Authors: Jana Bischler, Anne Cecile Manicom Rebelo

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

24 June 2019

Did Women Deliver 2019 actually deliver?

Author: Caroline Harper

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

14 June 2019

Participants sit outside at the conference

Re-think, re-boot, re-imagine and re-act!

Author: Sapna Kedia

Published by: ALIGN

ALIGN guide

13 June 2019

Gender norms and masculinities

Authors: Sapna Kedia, Ravi Verma

Published by: ALIGN

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

Published by: ALIGN

Webinar

10 June 2019

Event recording: Tackling gender norms through media

Published by: ALIGN

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

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

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

29 May 2019

How media can shape social and gender norms

Author: Poonam Muttreja

Published by: ALIGN

Case study

29 May 2019

AdhaFull: Using the media to boost self-efficacy and challenge harmful gender norms amongst adolescents

Authors: Radharani Mitra, Ragini Parisha , Sonia Whitehead

Published by: ALIGN

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

Gender norms and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services

Author: Alana Kolundzija

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

Published by: ALIGN

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

Briefing paper

17 April 2019

A school girls holds her younger sister. Credit: Visionaria

Projecting Futures: Exploring teachers’ and students’ perspectives on gender in rural Peru

Authors: Melissa Wong Oviedo, Paul Spurzem

Published by: ALIGN

Blog

16 April 2019

Exploring the potential for adolescent girls to disrupt harmful gender norms: Evidence from Africa

Authors: Lilli Loveday, Jenny Rivett

Published by: ALIGN, Plan International UK

Toolkit

15 April 2019

Programming and multi-media resources on norms and child marriage

Authors: Margaret E. Greene , Ellen Stiefvater

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

8 April 2019

Social protection and adolescent capabilities: What does a gender norms lens add to the debate?

Authors: Nicola Jones , Elizabeth Presler-Marshall

Published by: ALIGN, GAGE

Blog

28 March 2019

Building health systems that transform gender norms

Authors: Suzanne Petroni

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

19 March 2019

Learning about norm change in girls’ education in low- and middle-income contexts

Authors: Sophie Amili, Isabella Di Paolo

Published by: ALIGN

Briefing paper

18 March 2019

Preventing intimate partner violence among young people: The role of comprehensive sexuality education

Authors: Shelly Makleff, Florencia Barindelli, Rosa Icela Zavala, Jovita Garduño, Vanessa Ivon Silva Márquez, Cicely Marston

Published by: ALIGN, Mexfam

Briefing paper

18 March 2019

Prevención de la violencia de pareja entre adolescentes: El papel de la educación integral en sexualidad

Authors: Shelly Makleff, Florencia Barindelli, Rosa Icela Zavala, Jovita Garduño, Vanessa Ivon Silva Márquez, Cicely Marston

Published by: ALIGN, Mexfam