Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative, South Asia

We are excited to invite you to our annual knowledge exchange event INTERSECTION 2024 on  📆 21st November 🕥 9:30 am – 6 pm 📍 New Delhi An opportunity to engage with thought leaders, policy makers, and practitioners on intersection of social norms and gender with climate change and its impact on our lives. Watch this space for more! Tags: PCI India, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, Harish Chand #SocialNorms #Agency #Gender #ClimateAction #Intersection2024

#MonthlyMeet Our monthly meeting on 24th was one of the most interactive, with participation from old and new members from across the world! Along with an orientation to the functioning of the Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative, South Asia, we conducted an expectation setting and feedback exercise. This was a part of our continuous endeavour to improve our members' journey with the learning collaborative. Sincere thanks to everyone who joined and we look forward to continued dialogue! Stay tuned for the next monthly meeting in November 💫 Do you have any ideas or suggestions for us? Comment below or reach us at southasialc@gmail.com Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative Harish Chand

To measure social norms, it is crucial to accurately measure the behaviour of interest. Once that's done, Bicchieri and colleagues posit that researchers should move on to the measurement of personal normative beliefs and normative expectations. The Compendium of Scales and Tools Measuring Social Norms presents an analysis of the tool - have you tested it in your research or programs? We're eager to learn more! Find an in-depth analysis of the scale with a comparative analysis in the recently released 'Compendium of Scales and Tools for Measuring Norms'. 📖 https://lnkd.in/gWbVxDGz Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative

As we prepare to observe World Fertility Day on 2nd November, aiming to normalize discourse around infertility treatments, it's crucial to shift social norms so that individuals, especially married women, have autonomy in child-bearing decisions. This nuance is crucial as research suggests that in pronatalist cultures, women immense pressure to have children and the availability of infertility treatments feels compelling - As Bharadwaj (2023)* wrote, "childless women bear the brunt of stigma, trauma and familial pressures that push them to turn to commercially operated fertility clinics in a bid to overcome childlessness along with guilt and shame associated with it." In this context, the Fertility Norms Scale**, developed by Nandita Bhan, Rebecka Lundgren and team at EMERGE GEH provides a robust measure of injunctive norms for fertility among married women in India. Find an in-depth analysis of the scale with a comparative analysis in the recently released 'Compendium of Scales and Tools for Measuring Norms'.  📖 https://lnkd.in/gWbVxDGz Interested in adapting it to your contexts? Reach out to us at southasialc@gmail.com *https://lnkd.in/gfVPNZjT **https://lnkd.in/gviAt6Ec Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, #WorldFertilityDay

#MonthlyMeeting One week to go for the SA-SNALC monthly meeting! 🗓 24th October 🕞 15:30 - 16:30 IST Every month, members of SA-SNALC assemble and engage in knowledge sharing. Till date, these meetings have raised several thought provoking questions and strong action points. How can we shift social norms to prevent and mitigate violence against women working in informal sectors? How can we measure social norms among children? ...and more! Register as a member today to participate: https://lnkd.in/gd78b2KZ Already a member but missed the invite? Let us know! See you there ✨ About SA-SNALC: https://lnkd.in/gwCYw2sY Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative

#ResourceAlert With several instruments developed for measuring social norms across the decades, it was reflected that there is a need for a heuristic device to facilitate decision-making regarding selecting the best fitted tools and scales measuring social norms. In response, we have curated a 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀. This comprehensive resource goes beyond listing—it provides a deep dive into existing measurement tools, offering a comparative analysis that can guide researchers and practitioners alike. The analysis of each tool includes 👉 context, 👉key features, 👉example items, 👉application, 👉limitations, and 👉a comparative analysis Download the document now and explore how it can sharpen our approach to understanding and shifting social norms :) Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, Sohail Agha, Ann-Murray Brown 🇯🇲🇳🇱, Dr. Chandni Tyagi #socialnorms #compendium

✨ New release! The 'Compendium of Scales and Tools measuring Social Norms' authored by Dr. Chandni Tyagi and Sushmita Mukherjee is now live on SA-SNALC's website! Access here: https://lnkd.in/gWbVxDGz Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, #MeasuringSocialNorms #NormsCompendium

Social norms, the unwritten rules that govern behavior within a society, play a critical role in shaping collective actions and individual decisions. For those working in social norms research, measurement is key— capturing not only perceptions but also the expectations that drive behaviors. Have you conducted research or interventions that involved measuring specific norms? 🗨 Share your experiences in the comments, and let’s discuss the methodologies and insights that can advance our understanding of how to shift harmful norms and promote positive social change! Watch this space for the upcoming resource! Links to the resources: 1. Critical Conversation: https://lnkd.in/g3Qa6u88 2. Webinar: https://lnkd.in/gD5sfppk 3. Workshops: https://lnkd.in/g4w278bD Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, #MeasureSocialNorms

#InterternationalGirlChildDay Investing in the girl child means allocating resources to amplify their voices. However, this investment will always be incomplete unless we, as a society, shift the norms around men's accountability and responsibilities. Together, let's continue to work toward making allyship for gender justice the norm, not the outlier, among men. Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative #BETI #IDGC Source of the quote: https://lnkd.in/gdrWmdEG

Tired of looking in the wrong place to measure context-specific social norms? Attitudes and behaviours are simply proxies! Norms measurement would go a step further, and after the last monthly meeting, we're confident that we’ve got just what you need. Watch this space for more :) --- Interested in becoming a member of SA-SNALC? Register here: https"//https://lnkd.in/gd78b2KZ Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, Dr. Chandni Tyagi, Sohail Agha, Ann-Murray Brown 🇯🇲🇳🇱