Economic empowerment

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 on International Women’s Day
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

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Projet d’Intensification de la Politique de Planification Familiale (PIPFF)

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Projet de promotion des droits humains et d’appui à la lutte contre les pratiques traditionnelles néfastes

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Projet de Sensibilisation sur la Planification Familiale

Project summary

6 January 2022

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Promotion de l’égalité des sexes et l’autonomisation des femmes

Project summary

12 November 2021

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Programme de réhabilitation des enfants et des jeunes en situation de rue

Toolkit

1 October 2021

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Addressing gender norms to increase financial inclusion
Authors: Antonique Koning, Joanna Ledgerwood, Nisha Singh

Briefing paper

20 September 2021

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Gender norms and women's land rights: How to identify and shift harmful gender norms in the context of land and natural resources
Authors: Sarah Lowery, Janet Nackoney, Matt Sommerville, Aleisha Khan

Project summary

15 September 2021

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Appui à l’amélioration des moyens de subsistances des femmes bantoues au moyen d’une agriculture durable

Project summary

14 September 2021

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Défis jeune

Project summary

14 September 2021

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
« Ecole des maris, l'école des épouses » : une expérience de transformation des communautés

Project summary

14 September 2021

Learning Collaborative Measurement Project Summaries
Projet de réduction des violences faites aux femmes et aux filles