ToolkitsAugust 2018Fiona SamuelsGirls playing at women and girls' wellness centre, Tsore refugee camp. Photo: UNICEF EthiopiaNorms are part of everyday life. They influence and guide attitudes and behaviours, and they are produced and reproduced both formally and informally through a range of mechanisms and institutions, including social interactions.Many of these norms are gendered and discriminatory, often affecting girls and women more than boys and men. Hence, largely as girls enter puberty, they are often forced into early marriage, expected to bear male offspring, anticipated to drop out of school and encouraged not to, or prevented from, seeing or talking to other males.This guide examines the effects of these gendered norms and how far-reaching they are. Gendered norms touch on most domains of a person’s life, including on their mental health and psychosocial well-being, and can result in girls and women facing isolation, depression, anxiety, fear and sometimes even contemplating or carrying out suicide. Read the research The 'social' in 'psychosocial': how gender norms drive psychosocial distressRelated How to deliver the G7’s ambitious commitments to gender equality and girls’ educationThe G7’s commitments to girls’ education globally offer a crucial step towards achieving their empowerment and economic equality.Articles and blogs13 June 2018 Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms (ALIGN)Enabling researchers and thought leaders to challenge and change harmful gender norms affecting adolescents and young adults.Projects1 December 2016 Gender and resilience: from theory to practiceThis BRACED working paper reflects on what progress has been made to link gender equality and resilience in development projects.Working and discussion papers21 January 2016See more:genderchildhood and youthsocial normsadolescent girlsGlobal
