Interdisciplinary analysis that advances gender justice across the world. Women and the 'Uber-isation' of domestic work How the rise of Uber-style apps is changing the working lives of women who are domestic workers. Watch the animation Delivering the G7's commitments to gender equality Seven actions that will be critical to ensuring the ambitious pledges made at the Charlevoix G7 Summit are realised. Read the blog Adolescents with disabilities Ground-breaking research considers the unique needs of adolescents with disabilities living in rural and conflict-affected areas. Read the report 10 things to know about gender equality and achieving climate goals Why the secret to effective climate action is to have leading roles for women. Read the report Gender and resilience Reflecting on what progress has been made to link gender equality and resilience in development projects. Podcast: transforming the world for girls Three episodes covering four years of learning on gender norms and adolescent girls. Listen Using adaptive development to support feminist action Find out why the gender and adaptive development communities have much to offer each other. Read the report Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) A nine-year research programme exploring programmes and policies to empower adolescent girls. Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms (ALIGN) The ALIGN platform brings together global research on discriminatory and harmful gender norms. ALIGN platform website 'Leaving no one behind': extending social protection to excluded groups Three papers assessing the barriers and options for providing social protection for 'hard-to-reach' groups. Find out more Our experts Sara Pantuliano Acting Executive Director Caroline Harper Principal Research Fellow, Head of Programme – Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Nicola Jones Principal Research Fellow Pilar Domingo Senior Research Fellow Rachel Marcus Senior Research Fellow Fiona Samuels Senior Research Fellow Abigail Hunt Research Fellow Vidya Diwakar Senior Research Officer Rachel George Senior Research Officer Maria Stavropoulou Senior Research Officer Kate Bird Research Associate Rebecca Holmes Research Associate Josephine Tsui Research Associate Katy Harris Communications Manager Muriel Kahane Strategic Learning Manager Latest publications Sexual health and economic empowerment of young women and girls in Cuba: exploring the role of social norms Social protection and gender norm change: an annotated bibliography Gender norms, health and well-being Adolescent well-being in Ethiopia: exploring gendered capabilities, contexts and change strategies Adolescent bodily integrity and freedom from violence in Ethiopia Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal and Kenya Social protection and adolescent capabilities: what does a gender norms lens add to the debate? Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in shock-sensitive social protection Intersectional approaches to vulnerability reduction and resilience-building Achieving social protection for all adolescents: how can a gender norms lens support more effective programming? Expert comment Carmen Leon-Himmelstine We won’t get women out of poverty until we leave behind ‘one-size-fits-all’ interventions Nicola Jones Getting girls’ voices heard on the global stage: progress since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action Zainab Bangura Empowering Africa’s powerful women Mark Miller Public finance and development: eight things to read in April Sierd Hadley ‘Gender budgeting is good budgeting’ – but PEFA’s new benchmark doesn’t measure up Abigail Hunt Four ways the Global Commission on the Future of Work can deliver for women in the gig economy Mark Miller Public finance and development: six things to read in January Abigail Hunt Older women are left behind – Penny Mordaunt is well placed to change this Bryn Welham How to make ‘gender budgeting’ work in practice Abigail Hunt Why the new UN panel on digital cooperation should focus on inequality Watch past events 16 September 2019 Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next? 19 August 2019 Twitter chat: the risks and rewards for women in humanitarian aid 10 June 2019 Tackling gender norms through media 04 June 2019 Leaving no women and girls behind 15 March 2019 The gig economy: an opportunity to extend social protection to excluded women? 11 March 2019 Strengthening social protection systems to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality 08 March 2019 ODI in conversation with Nimco Ali 08 November 2018 Changing gender norms for women's economic empowerment 05 November 2018 Development policies and practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo 15 October 2018 Can farming improve the lives of rural women and girls?
We won’t get women out of poverty until we leave behind ‘one-size-fits-all’ interventions Insight | 15 October 2019 | Carmen Leon-Himmelstine On International Day for the Elimination of Poverty, we share four things to know when designing interventions for supporting women and girls. Read and comment
Getting girls’ voices heard on the global stage: progress since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action Insight | 10 October 2019 | Nicola Jones Adolescent girls are finally starting to get their voices heard, but now world leaders must translate these into adequate support and resourcing. Read and comment
Blog series: Beijing +25 and the road ahead for gender parity Projects | October 2019 to February 2020 This blog series critically examines global progress and setbacks to gender equality since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Find out more
Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next? Public event | 16 September 2019 11:30 - 13:00 GMT+1 (BST) Discussing the critical role of social protection policies and systems in promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. Find out more
Twitter chat: the risks and rewards for women in humanitarian aid Twitter chat | 19 August 2019 14:00 - 15:30 GMT+1 Find out more
Sexual health and economic empowerment of young women and girls in Cuba: exploring the role of social norms Working and discussion papers | July 2019 | Carmen Leon-Himmelstine and Lucia Rost with Fiona Samuels and Maria Stavropoulou This paper brings together evidence on the links between social norms and sexual and reproductive health as well as women’s economic empowerment. Downloads
Social protection and gender norm change: an annotated bibliography Bibliography and literature reviews | July 2019 | Georgia Plank, Nicola Jones and Rachel Marcus ALIGN has developed an annotated bibliography that brings together key resources on social protection and gender norms. Downloads
Tackling gender norms through media Webinar | 10 June 2019 14:00 - 15:30 BST A panel debate looking at the potentials and pitfalls of tackling harmful gender norms through media. Find out more
Leaving no women and girls behind Public event | 4 June 2019 10:30 - 11:30 GMT - 7 A panel discussion on the barriers women and girls face accessing sexual and reproductive health information and services and how to overcome them. Find out more
Gender norms, health and well-being Toolkits | May 2019 | Maria Stavropoulou This thematic guide focuses on adolescence as a critical stage of life when many behaviours that will impact adult health and well-being are consolidated. Downloads
