Men, boys and masculinities

Toolkit

1 January 2025

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Club Entre Jóvenes: guía para educadores voluntarios (guide for volunteer educators)
Author: Glasswing International

ALIGN guide

8 September 2026

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ALIGN Guide: Gender norms and education
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Evie Browne, Ján Michalko

Toolkit

1 August 2024

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Youth power toolkit: a peer-to-peer guide for facilitating and promoting gender equality, healthy masculinities and violence prevention
Authors: Equimundo, CEPAM Guayaquil, co-created with young people from Pasos & Huellas, Nia Kali, Mi Cometa

Toolkit

1 September 2026

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Free to be themselves: An evaluation of beyond gender stereotypes in primary schools
Authors: Isha Bhatnagar, Rachel Katz, Kirsty Ruthven

Report

1 July 2026

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“Kete tene: little rumours” Gender, disinformation and insecurity in the Central African Republic
Authors: Amy Dwyer, Kessy Martine Ekomo Soignet, Cecile Pentori

Blog

6 August 2026

FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, 26 July 2024. © Todomo/Shutterstock.
Why the ‘beautiful game’ matters beyond the pitch: football, inclusion and the power of belonging
Author: Alina Rocha Menocal

Video/podcast

20 July 2026

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Men don’t just need friends. They need bromance.
Author: Laurie Santos

Report

1 June 2026

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Lifting barriers: boys’ disengagement from education, volume 1: scoping study
Authors: Catherine Jere, Victoria Cann, Ben Jones, Sushan Acharya, Thi Bogossian, Hodges Zacharia, Joseph Chunga, Janine Kayang, Wisdom Bhunu

Blog

29 April 2026

Women with a banner emphasising the importance of ‘No’ as the basis for women's consent during a rally in Kolkata to remember the life of a gang rape victim from New Delhi, India. 16 December 2014. © arindambanerjee | Shutterstock.com
Who decides? Masculinity, consent and power in young men’s relationships in India
Author: Aishwarya Sahay

Blog

5 January 2026

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

Case study

1 January 2026

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Case study: Room to read
Author: ShiftEd Alliance

Toolkit

1 January 2026

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Guía metodológica Club de Niñas 2026 (Methodological Guide, Club de Niñas 2026)
Author: Glasswing International

Case study

1 January 2026

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Case study: FUNDAEC
Author: ShiftEd Alliance

Case study

1 January 2026

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Case study: Equimundo
Author: ShiftEd Alliance

Journal article

1 January 2026

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Participatory construct mapping
Authors: Fernanda Gandara

Blog

10 November 2025

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Lessons from Lebanon: what works to develop men’s allyship for women political candidates
Authors: Hannah Johnson, Moataz Ghaddar

Report

1 November 2025

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State of UK men 2025
Authors: Equimundo, Beyond Equality

Journal article

30 October 2025

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Social media and the medicalization of boyhood: Critical literacies to evaluate media messaging
Authors: Laura Scholes, Sarah McDonald, Nelson Scholes

Blog

27 October 2025

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Are men the key to advancing Women, Peace, and Security? Unpacking norms of masculinity to support feminist peace
Author: Dr Camille Maubert

Report

1 October 2025

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The voice of the boys: How boys in secondary school education feel about being a boy today
Author: Male Allies UK

Journal article

26 September 2025

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Gender stereotypes and youth voices in Morocco: masculinity, law, and social change
Author: Ella Williams

Report

1 July 2025

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Deep dive: A country-specific exploration of evidence addressing gender norms through programming with men and boys in Kenya
Author: Stellah Bosire

Webinar/event recording

25 June 2025

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Webinar: Boys and education
Authors: Global Boyhood Initiative , Equimundo

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

Blog

14 April 2025

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Using art to reshape masculinities: a perspective from Mexico
Author: Guillermo Jiménez

Report

19 November 2024

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Social media and masculinity norms among adolescents: insights from Mexico
Authors: Patricia Cala, Paola Flores, Diana Koester

Report

13 November 2024

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Nurturing gender-equitable masculinities: lessons for transforming norms through education systems
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Sophia D’Angelo, Ján Michalko

Blog

3 October 2024

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7 insights for working with boys on gender norms for World Teachers’ Day
Author: Rachel Marcus

Toolkit

22 August 2024

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Global Boyhood Initiative
Author: Equimundo

Toolkit

11 August 2024

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How can we make our classroom environment gender equitable?
Author: Breakthrough

Blog

28 May 2024

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What encourages men in politics to be allies for gender equality?
Authors: Ján Michalko, Tanya Ansahta Garnett, José Fernando Serrano Amaya, Zaireeni Azmi

Report

28 May 2024

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Men in politics as agents of gender equitable change: gender norms and political masculinities
Authors: Ján Michalko, Matthew Maycock

Report

17 May 2024

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Building bridges: Promising strategies for improving the health of boys and men by promoting social connection and social support
Author: Male Engagement Task Force

Video/podcast

15 May 2024

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Now and Men podcast: men in politics as agents of gender equitable change
Author: Ján Michalko

Report

20 May 2024

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Men as allies in shaping a gender equitable society: perspectives from Malaysia
Authors: Zaireeni Azmi, Noraida Endut, Nor Hafizah Selamat, Muhammad Rahimi Hasan

Report

13 May 2024

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Male politicians and gender politics in Colombia: a long path to walk
Authors: José Fernando Serrano Amaya, Carlos Iván García Suárez

Report

1 May 2024

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Unpacking political masculinities in Liberia
Authors: Tanya Ansahta Garnett, Toushi Itoka, Paul Yennie Harry

Webinar/event recording

19 March 2024

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Engaging with men in support of gender equality

Report

5 February 2024

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How does social media influence gender norms among adolescent boys?
Authors: Diana Koester, Rachel Marcus, Stephanie Diepeveen

Toolkit

13 July 2023

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10 ways to transform gender norms
Author: ALIGN

Report

1 July 2023

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State of the world's fathers - 2023
Authors: Nikki Van Der Gaag, Taveeshi Gupta, Brian Heilman, Gary Barker, Wessel van den Berg

Blog

27 February 2023

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How do you solve a problem like Andrew Tate?
Authors: Gurpreet Kaur

Blog

5 January 2023

Review 2022
Reflections on 2022: what were the trends in gender norms research?
Authors: Aatif Somji, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Ján Michalko, Emilie Tant, Emily Subden

Briefing paper

22 November 2022

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Is no space safe? Working to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Emilie Tant

ALIGN event

Public event

Young men attend an International Women's Day protest in the streets of Madrid, 8 March 2022. Credit: Komuso Colorsandia / Shutterstock.com
From allyship to action: how men can step up to end violence against women
22 November 2022, 16:30 - 18:00 GMT
Location: Online