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ALIGN micro-grants funds

The ALIGN micro-granting facility is a responsive research fund. The micro-grants are intended to respond to knowledge gaps by supporting the development of new research, learning and reflection materials, and knowledge on discriminatory and harmful gender norms, to inform policy and practice outputs.

All open calls of interest for funding will be detailed on this page as well as information about previous funding rounds. 

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Open call for funding

We currently have one open calls for proposals:

How do feminist movements and LGBTQI+ movements in South Asia interact to change norms that underpin GBV?

Please check this page regularly or follow ALIGN on LinkedIn for the latest updates.

Protests in support of Afghan women in New Delhi, India. © PradeepGaurs | Shutterstock ID: 2030300597
Call for proposals: Movements to change norms underpinning GBV

Ongoing funded research

Multiple rounds of funded research are currently underway focusing on:

More details will follow about these award-winners and their research.

 

Previously funded research

Report

19 November 2024

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

Published by: ALIGN, Mexfam

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1 November 2024

Research series: Teacher training in gender equity and education practices
Children in school uniforms going to school in Villa de Leyva, Colombia. © Nowaczyk | Shutterstock ID: 1355817296

31 October 2024

Research series: Feminist movements against GBV and their impact on gender norms
Feminist demonstrators in the National University of Colombia protesting about violence against women in 2019. © Sebastian Barros

16 May 2024

Research series: Men in politics as agents of gender equitable change
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6 July 2023

Micro-grants funding round 4: women in local governance
Women and children at a village meeting near Kigali, Rwanda. © Subhrajit123 / Shutterstock ID: 2011588205

27 April 2022

Micro-grants funding round 3: working with men to tackle GBV
Guanajuato, Mexico, 2019: group of men talking on the famous bridge of love. © Aberu.Go/shutterstock.

9 June 2021

Micro-grants funding round 2: GBV in the workplace
Demonstration against sexual assault in Montreal, 2020. © Mélodie Descoubes/Unsplash

11 February 2019

Micro-grants funding round 1: gender norms
An ALIGN convening in Laos

Funded research outputs

Report

20 November 2024

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Teacher education and training on gender, masculinities and non-sexist education in Chile
Authors: Francisco Vidal Velis, Marina Carrasco Soto, Geraldine Gutiérrez Ortega, Emily Dobbs Díaz, Claudia Dides Castillo, Rosa Montecinos Molina, Fabián Castro Valle

Report

13 November 2024

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When you educate, you question and take risks: teacher training and gender equity in Colombia
Authors: José Fernando Serrano Amaya, Natalia Sánchez, Nadia Torres, Carlos Andrés García, Sofía Luna

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21 October 2024

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Indonesia: Women’s political engagement and gender norms
Authors: Ella S. Prihatini, Diahhadi Setyonaluri, Malinda Damayanti, M. Fajar Ramadhan, Nathanael Z. Heindri
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