{"id":7812,"date":"2026-01-29T07:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/how-changing-social-norms-is-crucial-in-achieving-gender-equality\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:30:55","slug":"how-changing-social-norms-is-crucial-in-achieving-gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/how-changing-social-norms-is-crucial-in-achieving-gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"How Changing Social Norms is Crucial in Achieving Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"publication-cnts\">\n<div class=\"colp-lct\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"colp-rct\">\n<article data-history-node-id=\"24570\" class=\"ct-publications full clearfix glbl\">\n<div>\n<p>UNFPA has released this compendium on social norms change to achieve gender equality, which provides a framework for programmatic approaches to norms change at scale.<\/p>\n<p>This document presents some of the most promising strategies for changing social norms and achieving gender equality. A greater understanding of the conceptual background of social norms and norms change provides a schematic \u2013 a skeleton outline \u2013 for social transformation. The compendium, which is summarized in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/node\/26676\">technical brief<\/a>, presents the tested processes of social norms change and a programme design framework, as applied to programming to end female genital mutilation. These processes are iterative, simultaneous and self-reinforcing and can be applied to other thematic areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"abt-pub-wrap\">\n<div class=\"abt-pub\">\n<div class=\"cl-pub\">\n<p>Publication date<\/p>\n<p>Jun 2020<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"abt-pub mrg-t-32\">\n<div class=\"cl-pub\">\n<p>Author<\/p>\n<p>UNFPA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cl-pub\">\n<p>Number of pages<\/p>\n<p>65<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-blk mrg-t-32\">\n<div class=\"download-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"dropdown-select\">\n<p>                              <select class=\"pdf-document\"><option data-display-text=\"\" data-display-pdfurl=\"\"> Select Language <\/option><option value=\"23\" data-display-text=\"English\" data-display-pdfurl=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/WEB-UNFPASocial_Norms.pdf\"> English <\/option><option value=\"24\" data-display-text=\"Spanish\" data-display-pdfurl=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/How_Changing_Social_Norms_is_Crucial_-_Spanish_Version_September_14.pdf\"> Spanish <\/option><option value=\"25\" data-display-text=\"French\" data-display-pdfurl=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/How_Changing_Social_Norms_is_Crucial_-_French_Version_September_14_2020.pdf\"> French <\/option><option value=\"8504\" data-display-text=\"Turkish\" data-display-pdfurl=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/How-changing-social-norms-is-crucial-to-gender-equality-Turkish.pdf\"> Turkish <\/option><\/select>\n                            <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-icon-holder\">\n                                                          <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/WEB-UNFPASocial_Norms.pdf\" class=\"download\" style=\"pointer-events: none\"><\/p>\n<p>                              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/themes\/custom\/unfpa_global_redesign\/images\/icon-download-white.svg\" alt=\"Download\"><br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                          <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/publications\/how-changing-social-norms-crucial-achieving-gender-equality?rand=6489\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNFPA has released this compendium on social norms change to achieve gender equality, which provides a framework for programmatic approaches to norms change at scale. This document presents some of the most promising strategies for changing social norms and achieving gender equality. 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