This how-to note on identifying and advancing equitable social norms introduces the definition of social norms, including gender norms, and how these norms relate to gender-based violence; the process for identifying and exploring social norms; and a worksheet to help readers apply this information. Read More
Policy Brief
Virtual Programs to Advance Gender Equality: A Checklist for Adaptation
This brief contains a summary checklist of the best practices and recommendations for designing, implementing, and evaluating virtual interventions. This tool can serve as a starting point to guide an organization to effectively plan for a new program or to adapt an existing intervention. Read More
Couple-Based Approaches in Reproductive Health: Implications for Global Policy, Practice, and Research
This extensive technical report and summary brief comprises three core components—a literature review, a global reproductive health policy analysis, and key informant interviews—that explore the extent to which programs and policies consider couple-based approaches as a means to improve reproductive health outcomes, the reasons such approaches do not feature more prominently, and recommendations for program designers/implementers, policy makers, and researchers.Read More
The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
This policy brief shows that 1) women were 44% more likely than men to lose their jobs at the onset of COVID-19, 2) highly female-intensive sectors explain 56% of all job losses, and 3) the presence of school-age children at home is linked with a rise in job losses among women, but not among men. The brief is also available in Spanish and Portuguese.Read More
Increasing Women’s Participation in Community Natural Resource Governance in Zambia
This brief shares the experience and positive results of a recent pilot to increase women’s representation in local Community Resources Boards in Zambia, which are responsible for local governance of natural resources. The brief details the strategies implement, outcomes, and lessons learned. A full report with further details is also available.Read More
Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Behavioral Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Increase Family Support for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition During the First 1000 Days
Fathers, grandmothers, and other family members’ influence on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) is widely recognized, yet synthesis of the effectiveness of engaging them to improve nutrition practices during the first 1000 days is lacking. This brief examines the impact of behavioral interventions to engage family members in MIYCN in low- and middle-income countries through a mixed-methods systematic review and found they can...Read More
