CARE Social Norms Diagnosis, Nigeria and Kenya
SituationGender norms pose barriers to achieving positive outcomes for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the areas of gender-based violence (GBV), child early and forced marriage (CEFM), sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and women’s economic empowerment (WEE). In Kenya and Nigeria, AGYW face disparities in education, health, and access to resources due to gender […]
Agency for All
The Situation Agency is key to social and behavior change. Evidence shows that empowerment-focused approaches lead to lasting improvements in health outcomes. Yet, many interventions overlook individual and collective empowerment—the very force that drives change. What We’re Doing Agency for All collaborated with local experts to explore how individual and collective agency both influence and […]
Economic Inclusion and Opportunity
WE WORK TO RESHAPE NORMS, CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOSTER MORE EGALITARIAN ROLES for men and women at home and in the economy. We support women and girls in their efforts to achieve their aspirations and economic potential. We shape, inform, and test evidence-based interventions and identify programs and policies that close gendered economic gaps […]
Dignity and Respect
WE WORK TO CREATE SAFE AND ENABLING RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND ENVIRONMENTS where all people can freely move and thrive. Our research, measurement, and programming activities aim to break cycles of normative violence while addressing its root causes. We seek to promote, enable, sustain, and measure people’s ability to explore and flourish. All people have […]
Health and Reproductive Rights
WE WORK TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS AND CHALLENGE HARMFUL NORMS to create a future where all individuals can exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, access quality care, and achieve optimal health. We seek to understand, inform, and improve programs, policies, and systems to expand choice, dignity, and equal opportunities related to sexual, reproductive, maternal, and adolescent […]
California Violence Experiences Survey ( CalVEX )
Situation or BackgroundViolence remains at epidemic proportions in the U.S., including gender-based violence (partnerviolence, sexual harassment and assault, exploitation), community violence and policing,discrimination and firearm-related violence. Our Goal or What We’re DoingWe are partnering with key experts and stakeholders from the fields of safety, health and wellnessacross the state of California and nationally to undertake […]
Equitable Social Norms and Agency
WE WORK TO EXPOSE, INTERROGATE, AND TRANSFORM HARMFUL GENDER AND SOCIAL NORMS. We bridge data on global patterning of inequities and context-specific understandings of identityand oppression. We work to discover the factors that influence agency and how agency influencesthe health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Rigid gender norms restrict individuals’ opportunities, cause power imbalances, […]
Our Work and Impact
We build equity across research to policy systems by: Designing for Impact. We coordinate with key actors at global, national and subnationallevels to inform existing policies, programs, and thinking with new data and evidence. Testing and scaling. We partner to design and test what works on the ground usingimplementation science, with a focus on scaling […]
GEH at SVRI Forum
The Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is joining thousands of colleagues from around the world to learn from each other and discuss approaches to addressing the most pressing health and development issues at this year’s Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum. Held in Cape Town, South […]
Grant Announcement — GEH Awarded New Grant on Social Norms Research with Adolescents
Researchers at the Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at UC San Diego have been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct research on how social norms affect the health of adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. When complete, the team will […]
