Economic empowerment

Toolkit

12 March 2026

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Ideologies, institutions and power: Addressing discriminatory social norms
Author: UN Women

Briefing paper

10 January 2026

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Gender Norms and the Labor Market
Author: Patricia Cortés

Briefing paper

10 January 2026

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Gender Norms and the Labor Market
Authors: Patricia Cortés, Jisoo Hwang, Jessica Pan, Uta Schönberg

Blog

5 January 2026

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What were the big wins and losses of 2025?
Authors: Emilie Tant, Prerna Dhote, ALIGN Team

Journal article

1 January 2026

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Changing culture and norms in developing countries
Authors: Eliana La Ferrara, David H. Yanagizawa-Drott

Report

20 October 2025

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America: Panama 2025
Authors: Paola Pereznieto , Carolina Castro, Daniel Orrego Cabanillas, Rachel Marcus

Report

6 October 2025

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America: Chile 2025
Authors: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Sophia D'Angelo, Ján Michalko, Emilie Tant, Paola Pereznieto , Daniel Orrego Cabanillas

Report

22 September 2025

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America: Guatemala 2025
Authors: Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Anushka Sisodia, Rachel Marcus

Report

16 September 2025

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Addressing social norms in the pursuit of gender equality and women’s empowerment
Author: UN Women

Report

21 August 2025

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America: Uruguay 2025
Authors: Guadalupe Goyeneche, Isabel Pérez de Sierra, Belén Villegas Plá, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

8 April 2025

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From provider to precarious: How young men’s economic decline fuels the anti-feminist backlash
Author: Javier Carbonell

Report

26 March 2025

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Transforming gender norms through Uruguay’s National Integrated Care System
Authors: Guadalupe Goyeneche, Cecilia Lara, Isabel Pérez de Sierra, Belén Villegas Plá

Report

20 March 2025

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Strengthening women’s participation in low-carbon jobs in Senegal: spotlight on the solar energy sector
Authors: Laurence Dhaleine, Servane Fauvet

Report

20 March 2025

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Investigating gender disparities in electrical engineering training: a case study of technical colleges in Zimbabwe
Authors: Maria Malomalo, Sharon Manenji, Farai Muronzi

Blog

19 December 2024

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Six headlines from 2024: a seismic year for gender norms
Authors: Prerna Dhote, Rachel Marcus, Ján Michalko, Aatif Somji

Report

9 October 2024

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Beyond money: Savings groups as a platform for addressing root causes of gender inequality
Author: Jenny Conrad

Report

17 June 2024

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Remaking the norm
Author: Sruthi Srikanthan

Blog

3 April 2024

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Shifting narratives and norms around unpaid care work at CSW68
Author: Sonia Hoque

Report

15 January 2024

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Transforming gender norms for women’s economic rights and empowerment
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Aatif Somji

Blog

8 January 2024

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Gender norms: 12 insights from 2023, and what to look out for in 2024
Authors: Evie Browne, Caroline Harper, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Ayesha Khan, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel Marcus, Ján Michalko, Aatif Somji, Emily Subden, Natasha Wright

Report

1 November 2023

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Gendered social norms in agrifood systems: A conceptual framework
Authors: Rhiannon Pyburn, Rebecca Hallin

Briefing paper

26 October 2023

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Building caring societies: how states can shift the gendered norms of care
Author: Aatif Somji

Case study

25 September 2023

Case study: Nigeria for women project
Case study: The Nigeria for women project
Authors: Halima Buba, Charles Ezeoma, Raihanah Ibrahim

Journal article

7 September 2023

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How do local gender norms interact with local conceptualisations of empowerment to shape women’s engagement in local dairy value chains in Tanzania?
Authors: Esther Leah Achandi, Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Alessandra Galiè, Amos Omore, Adolf Jeremiah

Toolkit

13 July 2023

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10 ways to transform gender norms
Author: ALIGN

Report

31 March 2023

LANDSCAPE OF SOCIAL NORMS RESEARCH & PROGRAMMING IN NIGERIA
Landscape of Social Norms Research and Programming in Nigeria
Author: Nigeria Learning Collaborative

Briefing paper

1 April 2022

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Book of Abstracts - Empowering Women Through Policy and Practice Related to Social Norms
Author: Nigeria Learning Collaborative

Briefing paper

31 March 2023

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Shifting discriminatory gender norms affecting women in the workplace: Social media campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam
Author: Rachel Marcus

ALIGN event

Webinar

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Can social media reshape gender norms around women's economic rights?
4 April 2023, 09:00 - 10:00 BST
Location: Online

Blog

7 March 2023

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8 steps to change gender norms for women’s economic rights
Authors: Ipsita Divedi, Emilie Tant, Emily Subden

Case study

14 November 2022

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CARE gender norms studies

Report

21 July 2022

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Guide to formulating gendered social norms indicators in the context of food security and nutrition

Journal article

20 June 2022

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Not raised ‘to make big decisions’: young people’s agency and livelihoods in rural Pakistan
Authors: Patti Petesch, Lone Badstue, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Akhter Ali

External event

Webinar

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Women’s collectives as norm change agents
28 October 2021 BST

Diagram/Infographic

1 April 2022

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Map of social movements: feminists mobilising for gender norm change

Project summary

1 March 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Debbo-Alafia VBG/ NORAD

Project summary

1 March 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Programme d'Éducation à la Santé de la Reproduction (PESR)

Project summary

1 March 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Le Programme de Renforcement des Capacités Communautaires (PRCC)

Project summary

1 March 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Construire des communautés libres du Mariage d'enfants

Project summary

25 February 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Lutte contre le mariage précoce et santé des jeunes femmes

External event

Webinar

World Bank South Asia event flyer
The 9th South Asia Economic Network Conference on Social Norms and Gender Equality
4 - 5 May 2022 BST
Location: Online

Project summary

10 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Autonomisation des ex-combattants, des jeunes à risque et des femmes vulnérables par la formation qualifiante

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Lutte contre les pratiques traditionnelles néfastes

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Sensibilisation sur les décès maternels

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Lutte contre les MGF dans les régions frontalières entre le Mali et la Côte d’Ivoire