In this piece, former US President Jimmy Carter reflects on how the US Southern Baptist Convention’s beliefs about women stand at odds with his own religious beliefs and understanding of the role of women. He further discusses how the beliefs held by the Convention (and other religious organizations that believe in a subjugated role for women in the church) contribute to gender inequity around the world.
 

This article highlights recent data showing that while gains have been made in girls' enrollment since a 2009 law requiring that education be free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 14, girls are still not attending as they should due to highly unequal expectations around housework.

A study that finds that adults view black girls as less child-like and less in need of protection than their white peers

An article breaking down UNICEF's report on the disproportionate number of hours girls spend on housework in Africa.

Adolescent girls in rural Rajasthan frequently leave education early and marry young. This article develops a novel methodology to elicit average parental preferences over a daughter's education and age of marriage, and subjective beliefs about the evolution of her marriage-market prospects. It finds that prospects of finding a desirable groom are an important driver of girls’ education. Policies that help girls stay in school can prevent early marriage.

This report synthesises the literature on social norms and their interactions with the lives of adolescent girls, and reviews ways to measure social norms. It includes two case studies about programmes that have changed norms around child marriage in Guatemala and female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal. The authors suggest that improving girls’ well-being requires providing information about the consequences of harmful norms while creating safe spaces for community members to, together, question existing norms, expand personal capacities and aspirations, and re-imagine existing relationships.

This Research and Practice Note provides an overview of key thinking on social norms of relevance to challenging gender inequalities that affect adolescent girls. It defines gender norms as informal rules and shared social expectations that distinguish expected behaviour on the basis of gender. It draws on fieldwork in Ethiopia, Nepal, Vietnam and Uganda.

Resource for anyone looking to see an example of a promising practice for working with families to change gender norms. In 2009, Save the Children in Nepal developed and evaluated a behavior change intervention called “Choices,” which targeted young adolescent boys and girls with the purpose of changing gender-related attitudes, norms and behaviors, and increasing their understanding and support for more egalitarian relationships between boys and girls. The intervention has been evaluated by the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University and shown to be a success.

A report on how government tax incentives for corporations could be rerouted to fund girls' education.

An article about a program in Kenya that supports men to advocate for girls with disabilities in their school community.

A study on the emerging field of social impact bonds in India. One of the earliest bonds was contracted with Educate Girls.

A study analyzing what works in programming for adolescent boys around gender equity.

A Teach For All Talk featuring the founder of Educate Girls in India. The talk provides great insight into Educate Girls' community-based model for changing beliefs and expectations for girls in rural India.

A research-based report on how to work most effectively with religious leaders when working to end early and child marriage.

A summary of best practices for working with religious leaders to end child marriage.

A workbook full of activities to help uncover and question gender biases and roles.

A helpful infographic highlighting how boys and men benefit from and participate in greater gender equity.

An article summarizing  a parenting program in Lebanon that improved men's involvement in the home and reduced physical punishment of children. 

A cartoon video that follows a young boy from infancy to adulthood in order to highlight gender stereotypes. Can be used as a discussion tool with small groups or in classrooms. The video does not use words and is thus usable for speakers of all languages.

A cartoon video that shows one girl's encounters with gender stereotypes. Can be used as a discussion tool with small groups or in classrooms. The video does not use words and is thus usable for speakers of all languages.

A cartoon video that follows a young boy, Marcelo, through his encounters with societal beliefs about sexual diversity and homophobia. Can be used as a discussion tool with small groups or in classrooms. The video does not use words and is thus usable for speakers of all languages.

A helpful set of discussion tools for the Promundo video "Afraid of What?"

This movie is part of a project that listened more than 40 000 people about  masculinities and ended up in a documentary and a guide book based in this study with public data with an agreement with the Consórcio de Informações Sociais (CIS) from USP (University of Sao Paulo).

An article highlighting one small school in Afghanistan's efforts to retain girl learners.

Video featuring Teach For Afghanistan Organization's work in girls' education.

A video produced by the Population Council on strategies to delay child marriage based from evidence from Africa.