Rachel Marcus

Blog

19 December 2024

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Six headlines from 2024: a seismic year for gender norms
Authors: Prerna Dhote, Rachel Marcus, Ján Michalko, Aatif Somji

Blog

5 December 2024

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How can education systems help prevent gender-based violence?
Author: Rachel Marcus

Report

13 November 2024

Cover image by Reya Ahmed.
Nurturing gender-equitable masculinities: lessons for transforming norms through education systems
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Sophia D’Angelo, Ján Michalko

Blog

3 October 2024

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7 insights for working with boys on gender norms for World Teachers’ Day
Author: Rachel Marcus

Report

8 September 2024

Cover illustration by Reya Ahmed
Whose hands on our education? Identifying and countering gender-restrictive backlash
Authors: Sophia M. D’Angelo, Rachel Marcus, Ayesha Khan, Olha Homonchuk

Report

8 May 2024

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Qualitative indicators and approaches for assessing progress on ending child, early and forced marriage and unions
Authors: Anjalee Kohli, Evie Browne, Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

2 April 2024

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Gender-transformative approaches to education: Insights from Irish Aid programmes
Author: Rachel Marcus

Report

5 February 2024

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How does social media influence gender norms among adolescent boys?
Authors: Diana Koester, Rachel Marcus, Stephanie Diepeveen

Report

15 January 2024

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Transforming gender norms for women’s economic rights and empowerment
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Aatif Somji

Blog

8 January 2024

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Gender norms: 12 insights from 2023, and what to look out for in 2024
Authors: Evie Browne, Caroline Harper, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Ayesha Khan, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel Marcus, Ján Michalko, Aatif Somji, Emily Subden, Natasha Wright

Briefing paper

31 March 2023

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Shifting discriminatory gender norms affecting women in the workplace: Social media campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam
Author: Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

9 January 2023

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The more, the merrier? Gender norms and access to digital technology among urban youth in Mozambique
Authors: Irene Selwaness, Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

22 November 2022

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Is no space safe? Working to end gender-based violence in the public sphere
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, Emilie Tant

Report

1 May 2022

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How to design EdTech programmes that lead to gender-transformative change
Authors: Fiona Samuels, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Rachel Marcus, Christina Myers

Report

7 March 2022

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Hashtags, memes and selfies: can social media and online activism shift gender norms?
Authors: Katie Washington, Rachel Marcus

Blog

7 January 2022

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10 things we learnt in 2021
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Emily Subden

Blog

1 July 2021

Informal workers gather for a meeting of their association, the Makola Market Traders Union, in Accra, Ghana. The union is dominated by women and the strength in numbers provides some protection to traders. Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment
Ending gender-based violence in the workplace: the need to shift norms
Author: Rachel Marcus

Book/Book chapter

1 March 2021

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Gender, social norms, and women's economic empowerment [Chapter from Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia]
Author: Rachel Marcus

ALIGN guide

25 January 2021

Women farmers in a community hard hit by drought in 2011 in Kenya. © Flore de Preneuf / World Bank
Data, tools and measurement: Guide to recent resources
Author: Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

14 January 2021

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Drivers of and protective factors for mental health and psychosocial well-being among adolescents: a snapshot from Tanzania and Viet Nam
Authors: Georgia Plank, Fiona Samuels, Rachel Marcus, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine

Report

9 December 2020

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Gender, power and progress: how norms change
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George, Sophia M. D’Angelo, Emma Samman

Diagram/Infographic

9 December 2020

Conceptual framework
Conceptual framework: A path from a current norm to a changed norm
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George

Report

10 March 2020

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We can change our destiny: Tools, findings and broader applications
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Maria Stavropoulou

Blog

11 October 2019

Autumn Peltier, 13-year-old water advocate from the Anishinaabe tribe of Canada, addresses the event to launch the International Decade for Action titled “Water for Sustainable Development 2018–2028”. ©UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Activist girls: a driving force for gender norm change
Author: Rachel Marcus

Blog

9 July 2019

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We need to focus on gender norms to reach the global goal on education
Author: Rachel Marcus

Biblio/Lit. review

13 May 2019

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Gender norms and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services
Authors: Alana Kolundzija, Rachel Marcus

ALIGN guide

1 February 2019

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Girls' clubs and gender norm change
Author: Rachel Marcus

ALIGN guide

6 December 2018

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Education and gender norms
Author: Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

1 December 2018

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Programming with adolescent boys to promote gender-equitable masculinities: A rigorous review
Author: Rachel Marcus

Briefing paper

1 December 2018

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Programming to promote gender-equitable masculinities among adolescent boys: Key findings from a rigorous review
Author: Rachel Marcus

Biblio/Lit. review

16 November 2018

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Safe abortion and social norms
Authors: Claudia Lo Forte, Rachel Marcus

Report

7 November 2018

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The norms factor: recent research on gender, social norms, and women's economic empowerment
Author: Rachel Marcus

Diagram/Infographic

14 September 2018

Gendered norms and beliefs contributing to child marriage diagram
Gendered norms and beliefs contributing to child marriage
Authors: Margaret Greene, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George

Biblio/Lit. review

1 July 2018

Girls in school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. © Vicki Francis/Department for International Development
Social protection and gender norm change: An annotated bibliography
Authors: Georgia Plank, Nicola Jones, Rachel Marcus

Diagram/Infographic

31 March 2018

Diagram gender norm change
Routes to gender norm change through education
Author: Rachel Marcus

Diagram/Infographic

31 March 2018

Diagram gender norm change
Gender norm change in varied educational environments
Author: Rachel Marcus

Book/Book chapter

26 February 2018

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Empowering adolescent girls in developing countries: gender justice and norm change
Authors: Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Rachel Marcus, Anita Ghimire, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya

Report

1 January 2018

Gender and Youth Livelihoods Programming in Africa
Gender and Youth Livelihoods Programming in Africa
Authors: Paola Pereznieto , Rachel Marcus, Matthew Maclure, Nandini Archer, Anna Mdee

Video/podcast

11 October 2017

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Transforming the world for girls
Authors: Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Nicola Jones, Fiona Samuels

Video/podcast

2 October 2017

What are gender norms, and how are they changing? (Episode 1 of 3)
Authors: Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Anita Ghimire, Rachel Marcus, Bekele Tefera, Nikki Van Der Gaag

Report

1 September 2017

Front cover of girls' clubs review
GAGE Rigorous Review: Girls’ clubs, life skills programmes and girls’ well-being outcomes
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Nandini Gupta-Archer, Madeleine Darcy, Ella Page

Toolkit

30 August 2017

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The law as a tool for changing gender norms affecting adolescent girls: The case of child marriage laws
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Sophie Brodbeck

1 August 2016

Girl with pen in classroom
Girls’ learning and empowerment: the role of school environments
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Ella Page

Briefing paper

1 August 2015

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Girls’ clubs and empowerment programmes
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Sophie Brodbeck

Briefing paper

1 August 2015

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Communications to change discriminatory gender norms affecting adolescent girls
Authors: Rachel Marcus, Caroline Harper