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[Webinar] Learning, Adapting, and Norms-Shifting: Lessons from the Passages Project

In this March 2021 webinar, the Passage Project explores how can adaptive management help with norms-shifting intervention program implementation...

Intervention Snapshots: A 2020 Rapid Review of Social Norms Approaches in Community-Based Breastfeeding, School Bullying, and Menstrual Hygiene Management Intervention

This 2020 rapid desk review slide doc is part of the Strengthening Social Norms Programming activity being conducted by...

Pathways to Modern Family Planning: A Longitudinal Study on Social Influence among Men and Women in Benin

This article was published in the March 2021 issue of Studies in Family Planning. Despite improvements in family planning...

Bringing ethical thinking to social change initiatives: Why it matters

Norms-shifting interventions (NSI) seek to improve people’s well-being by facilitating the transformation of harmful social norms, the shared rules...

Jordan’s 2002 to 2012 Fertility Stall and Parallel USAID Investments in Family Planning: Lessons From an Assessment to Guide Future Programming

The article “Jordan’s 2002 to 2012 Fertility Stall and Parallel USAID Investments in Family Planning: Lessons From an Assessment...

Estimating six-cycle efficacy of the Dot app for pregnancy prevention

IRH researchers are studying women’s use of the Dot app for pregnancy prevention. The ongoing prospective study design is the...

Men on the move and the wives left behind

As the global economy expands, global migration continues in lockstep. This article, “Men on the move and the wives left behind: the...

Understanding your body matters: Effects of an entertainment-education serial radio drama on fertility awareness in Rwanda

Given widespread misunderstanding of pregnancy risk, awareness of one’s fertility has the potential to influence sexual and reproductive health...

Journal Supplement— Advancing Social Norms Practice for AYSRH: The Why and the How

This Supplement comprises an editorial on the history of and path forward for social norms research; four commentaries, including...

Journal Supplement— Advancing Social Norms Practice for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Why and the How

Perfect- and typical-use effectiveness of the Dot fertility app over 13 cycles

Researchers from the Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) at Georgetown University Medical Center studied women’s use of the Dot...

Advancing Social Norms Practice for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Why and the How

In 2019, the Learning Collaborative published a special supplement in the Journal of Adolescent Health, “ Advancing Social Norms...