This policy brief advocates for family-friendly policies to protect and ensure social protection and care systems that are good for children, good for women, and good for the economy. The brief features an increased focus on the well-being and working conditions of caregivers in the informal economy and their children’s development in low- and middle-income countries. Read More
Policy Brief
Investment in Nationally Representative Data on Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This policy brief provides a series of recommendations for improving national data on violence against children and adolescents and using data and evidence to strengthen national-level violence prevention efforts. The findings and recommendations are based on the results of a global meta-analysis of factors associated with physical, sexual, and emotional violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. Read More
Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages: Summary for Policymakers
This summary gathers top considerations and recommendations from IUCN’s expansive study on Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages: The Violence of Inequality. Published in this critical post-2020 period of environmental decision-making, and with less than a decade to meet targets of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this summary is designed to support policymakers and implementers to address and respond to gender-based violence and environment links. Read More
Adaptive Management: Learning and Action Approaches to Implementing Norms-Shifting Interventions
This brief highlights the adaptive management approaches used and learning gained throughout implementation of two Passages Project-supported interventions during the period of 2015–2020: Masculinite, Famille, et Foi and Growing Up GREAT!. You can also view the recording for the associated webinar, “Learning, Adapting, and Norms-Shifting: Lessons from the Passages Project,” in both French and English. Read More
How to Identify and Advance Equitable Social Norms
This how-to note on identifying and advancing equitable social norms introduces the definition of social norms, including gender norms, and how these norms relate to gender-based violence; the process for identifying and exploring social norms; and a worksheet to help readers apply this information. Read More
Virtual Programs to Advance Gender Equality: A Checklist for Adaptation
This brief contains a summary checklist of the best practices and recommendations for designing, implementing, and evaluating virtual interventions. This tool can serve as a starting point to guide an organization to effectively plan for a new program or to adapt an existing intervention. Read More