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Making the Law Work for Girls: How children, governments, communities and religious leaders are working together to improve accountability and end child marriage in Nepal
This briefing was developed as part of a series on child marriage and accountability detailing lessons-learned from Save the Children programming around the world. It details a multi-component programme delivered with the Government of Nepal, working in p
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The GREAT Project: Results brief
GREAT is a set of participatory activities to engage adolescents and adults in discussion and reflection about how to help girls and boys grow into healthy adults who live in communities free of violence and gender inequality. GREAT activities encourage e
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Understanding Masculinities: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey- Middle East and North Africa
The first study of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it explores masculinities and gender equality through qualitative and quantitative exploration of men: ...as sons and husbands and fathers, at home and at work, in p
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Drivers of Change in Gender Norms: An annotated bibliography
This annotated bibliography highlights key literature on the topic of 'drivers of change in gender norms and practices'. It focuses on macro trends and processes and not on micro (specific programmes) processes. The realm of social norms theory is expandi
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The Hidden Costs of the 2014 Gaza-Israeli Conflict: Adolescent girls' psycho-social wellbeing
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), together with local experts, undertook an in-depth qualitative research assessment of the experiences of adolescent girls and their families in the immediate post-conflict context in Gaza. This assessment consider
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Early Marriage Among Viet Nam’s Hmong: How unevenly changing gender norms limit Hmong adolescent girls’ options in marriage and life
This country report of Viet Nam takes a closer look at the disadvantaged in Vietnamese society, particularly amongst the Hmong ethnic minority. Early marriage remains far more common among the Hmong than it does in the wider Vietnamese population. Focusi
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The Land of Many Absent Fathers
South Africa is a country characterized by violence. Every year around 15.000 murders are reported. Every 26 seconds a woman gets raped. The nuclear family is no longer the norm. This report introduces the attempts made by the Sonke Gender Justice center
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Transforming Gender Norms, Roles, and Power Dynamics for Better Health: Evidence from systematic review of gender-integrated health programs in low- and middle-income countries
The Gender, Policy and Measurement program, funded by the Asia bureau of the United States Agency for International Development, undertook a comprehensive, systematic review of the impact of gender- integrated programs on health outcomes. The findings are
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Understanding Changing Social Norms and Practices Around Girls' Education and Marriage
This research report investigates the unique challenges facing girls at the intersection between childhood and adulthood. Moreover, it strives to make adolescent girls more visible in policy and planning processes by investigating social norms as powerful
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Choices: Empowering boys and girls to change gender norms: A curriculum for 10 to 14 year olds in Nepal
Save the Children believes that changing the gender-related attitudes and behavior of adolescent boys can ultimately change the way girls and women are treated in Nepali society, and lead to improved health and more joyful lives for both men and women. Mo
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Transforming Gender Norms among Very Young Adolescents: An innovative intervention and evaluation in Nepal
Can gender bias be changed? More specifically, can participation in eight 2-hour sessions over a 3-month period lead to a shift in gender norms among very young adolescents (VYAs), girls and boys at the critical ages of 10 to 14 years old? It was this que