Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative

In a September 2024 election for the Uganda Law Society, a male only Executive was elected with only one woman succeeding in a nine-member team. While several reasons have been debated for this phenomenon including the “bang” the table kind of campaign, #GenderConversations argues that gender norms that operate in a subtle way could have influenced the outcomes. Although Affirmative Action is controversial, it could have entrenched gender balance in the #ULS so that either gender is not excluded from leadership. #gendernorms; #socialnorms #genderequality #genderequity #ULS https://lnkd.in/dR4NFf4T

📢 We are thrilled to announce the 2024 EALC Annual Conference. 📅 December 4-5, 2024. ❗ Kampala, Uganda. Conference Theme: Agency, Gender, and Norms Transformation: Catalysing Social and Behavioural Change Subthemes: 1. Intersection of agency, social, and gender norms 2. The Indigenous question and grassroots perspectives on agency and shifting norms 3. Development aid for agency, gender, and social norms 4. What works: research and measurement for agency and norms work, including the humanitarian-development-peace nexus 5. Agency and norms programming for youth, women’s economic empowerment, and digitalization 6. Learning from positive gender and social norms Abstract Submission Guidelines: Abstract Length: 300 words Include: Title, author(s), affiliation(s), and the email address of the corresponding author File Name: Save as EALC2024_[Name of Corresponding Author] Send Abstracts To: Email: easternafricaSNLC@gmail.com CC: irene.khaoya@care.org Email Subject Line: "Abstracts for the 2024 Annual Conference" Multiple Submissions: You may submit more than one abstract Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: October 30, 2024 Announcement of Selected Abstracts: November 20, 2024 Conference Registration Deadline: November 29, 2024 Conference Dates: December 4-5, 2024 Registration and Submission of Abstract Link: https://lnkd.in/d3f_VPki We look forward to your participation and seeing you at the conference!

In this article #GenderConversations brings examples to support the view that not all gender and social norms are negative. We propose that research and development work should identify and promote positive norms alongside identifying negative norms and undermining them through interventions. #gendernorms #socialnorms #genderequality #conservation #greening https://lnkd.in/dwd_qs2S

In this article #GenderConversations picks the concern noted by the Global Gender Gap Index Report regarding slowed progress towards gender parity. We advance the argument basing on complementary micro studies that tackling gender and social norms will be crucial in the post SDG era if parity is to be attained. #gendernorms #socialnorms #egender equality #SDGs https://lnkd.in/guEkgeAk

Research into the local constructions of agency is limited and the pathways through which it facilitates or inhibits empowerment processes and shapes behavioral outcomes remains insufficiently understood. Join us for a webinar on emerging evidence from Kenya on young people's localized constructions of agency.   The webinar presenter is Sylvia Thuku, a Research Manager at Shujaaz Inc. Date: September 25, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM EAT Please register for the event by following the link below: https://lnkd.in/g-YEfJQh Once you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and a calendar invite. Please feel welcome to share this with anyone interested in agency, social and gender norms. We look forward to your presence at this event. Shujaaz Inc Agency for All Project Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative, South Asia Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative

In this article, #GenderConversations advances the idea that strengthening agency and tackling gender and social norms are critical for gender justice in land matters. While it is remarkable to enact laws and progressive policies, we must go beyond this to implement holistic approaches that will ensure gender equitable ownership and control over land. #land #genderequality #socialnorms #gendernorms #womenrights https://lnkd.in/deRj5iHt

We're inviting individuals, from civil society, academia, the private sector, and other related entities to submit stories of change, narrations, case studies, vignettes, pictures and videos, sourced from within the Eastern African region, documenting positive social and gender norms.  The selected pieces will be widely disseminated on all Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative platforms. Format Guidelines ·Participants can use various avenues to creatively showcase the stories including the blog format, vignettes, pictures with clear messages, videos etc. ·Any additional costs for the development of these stories will be met by the participant as the prescribed fee (a modest one) will only be given after the final product has been shared with us. ·The stories, case studies, and blogs should bring out the positive social norms aspect of any country within the Eastern Africa region. ·These can be sourced from personally generated information, completed projects, interventions, research and other sources, if they can be verified. Participation The call and participation is open to Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative members, and individuals or organizations working within the gender and social norms arena in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, DRC and South Sudan). A modest fee will be paid to those who successfully come up with creative stories of change, videos, documentaries, and vignettes, among others. How to apply ·Interested participants should send their story/ narrative ideas to najjemba955@gmail.com with a copy agabadaphine@gmail.com and annyombi@iidcug.org by 30 September 2024. ·For further enquiries, please call the following numbers for assistance: +256783034823; +256788713790 or email us at najjemba955@gmail.com with a copy agabadaphine@gmail.com and annyombi@iidcug.org Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative, South Asia Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego Agency for All Project

In this article, Nnyombi Aloysious explores how high-ranking officials leverage informal systems to undermine formal rules and community solidarity against the abuse of entrusted power. He also discusses the implications of these informal systems for anti-corruption efforts, emphasizing the necessity of understanding how social norms sustain these informal behaviours.

In this Article #GenderConversations contends that “light touch” gender norms transformation approaches are frequently ineffective leading to unsustainable results. Gender norms shifting work requires intensive investment in terms of time, human resources, development, and deployment of appropriate tools as well as research and evaluation that captures what works or not for sustainability. #gendernorms #socialnorms #genderequality #investment https://lnkd.in/dMA86Rwp

We are currently accepting abstracts for scholarly, policy and practice chapters on agency, social and gender norms that shall be published in an edited volume. This edited volume shall contribute to the discourse on agency, social and gender norms and behaviour change. Submissions should be multi-disciplinary and focus on issues including but not limited to social and gender norms measurement, pathways to social norm change, practitioner experiences with implementing normative interventions, normative activities that are most effective, norms that are more susceptible to change, how agency develops, how agency affects health behaviours, and how SBC interventions are utilized to promote agency. Format Guidelines ·Abstracts should focus on agency, social and gender norms in the context of SBC programming in the East African Region. ·Abstracts are to be submitted in English. ·Abstract should be no more than 500 words, including the title, author and institutional information. ·Abstracts should be submitted as an MS Word file by email. ·Abstracts should demonstrate extensive experience based on research, practice, advocacy, evaluation, and innovation. Participation The call is open to Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative members and individuals or organizations working within the agency, gender and social norms fields in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, DRC, South Sudan). A modest fee will be paid to those who develop full chapters. Submission ·Interested participants should send a 500 word abstract to najjemba955@gmail.com with a copy agabadaphine@gmail.com and annyombi@iidcug.org by 31 August 2024. ·For further enquiries, please call the following numbers for assistance: +256783034823; +256774606550; +256788713790 or email us at najjemba955@gmail.com with a copy agabadaphine@gmail.com and annyombi@iidcug.org Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaborative, South Asia Agency for All Project