Context Matters: How understanding social norms
is imperative to addressing child marriage (We will be livestreaming, for those who can't join in person) | | | Child marriage occurs in every region of the world, and while many contributing factors transcend borders, local circumstances also play an important role. It is imperative that we understand the particular contextual factors, including social norms, that cause child marriage to persist in the particular areas in which we work. With thorough, context-focused research, practitioners can fashion effective programs and policies to combat the practice.
Recent field work by ICRW in Malawi, by INSAD in Mexico and by Plan International in 8 Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras) has focused on the roles deep-rooted norms and local context play. Presenters will delve into the foundations of child marriage in these different contexts, share their experiences measuring social norms, and hope to shed light on ways to catalyze meaningful and sustained social change.
Join us on the 22nd! | | | With special thanks to GreeneWorks for co-sponsoring this event
and to Dr. Margaret Greene for moderating. | | | Light refreshments will be provided. | | Dr. Margaret Greene has worked for over twenty years on the social and cultural determinants of health, development policy and gender. She is widely known for her research and advocacy on the conditions faced by adolescents and by women in poor countries and on engaging men and boys for gender equality. She leads GreeneWorks, a consulting group working to promote social change for health and development, is on the Board of Promundo-US and coordinates the Child Marriage Research Network. Dr. Greene received MA and PhD degrees in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in linguistics from Yale University. | | Estela Rivero, Researcher Investigación en Salud y DemografÃa (INSAD) Website: http://insad.com.mx/
Twitter: Estela Rivero | | | | Dr. Estela Rivero is a social demographer who specializes in the formulation and implementation of research studies aimed at improving social interventions and programs. She has a Ph.D. in Demography and Public Affairs from Princeton University. With more than 15 years of experience, she has worked at the Population Council, El Colegio de México, and currently at the social consultancy firm Investigación en Salud y DemografÃa (INSAD) in Mexico City. She has also served as a consultant for the World Bank, the National Population Council of Mexico (CONAPO) and UNWomen. Her research topics include gender, youth, education, sexual and reproductive health and time use. | | Laura Hinson, Social and Behavioral Scientist
International Center for Research on Women Website: https://www.icrw.org/
Twitter: @LauraHinson23, @ICRW | | | Dr. Laura Hinson works to identify and reduce social barriers to sexual and reproductive health for men, women, adolescents and other marginalized populations. Dr. Hinson's current work has included designing and implementing an impact evaluation of a child marriage intervention in Malawi. She is also focuses on positive youth development, and she's leading ICRW's work on developing global measures of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Dr. Hinson has worked with multi-lateral institutions, foundations and international and local NGOS, including the World Bank, USAID and the Gates Foundation. She has a PhD from the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MPH from the Department of Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina Gilings School of Global Public Health. | | Mara Steinhaus, Research and Evaluation Specialist
International Center for Research on Women Website: https://www.icrw.org/
Twitter: @ICRW | | | Mara Steinhaus is a Research and Evaluation Specialist with more than five years' experience collecting, analyzing, and disseminating qualitative and quantitative data on a wide range of issues that impact women and girls. Most frequently, she focuses on adolescence, child marriage, economic empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Ms. Steinhaus' work stems from her background in anthropology and computational mathematics; she enjoys combining techniques from both disciplines to inform the research she conducts at ICRW. She holds an MSPH in International Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and both a B.S. in Computational Mathematics and a B.A. in Anthropology from Arizona State University. | | Emma Puig de la Bellacasa, Head of Gender Transformative Programming and Influencing
Plan International
Website: https://plan-international.org/
Twitter: @PlanGlobal, @PlanAmericas | | | | Emma Puig de la Bellacasa is an anthropologist with pre-doctoral studies in ethnopsychology and gender studies. For 20 years, she has been working with civil society organizations, indigenous women's organizations, migrants and refugee organizations and NGOs to promote women, youth girls' rights and gender equality. Ms. Puig de la Bellacasa supports initiatives aimed at reducing violence against girls and women, including forced marriage. She has worked in different countries in Latin America, Africa and Europe with Family Care International, International Solidarity, Committee for Human Rights in Colombia, and she has served as a consultant for Population Council and the European Union. Ms. Puig de la Bellacasa currently works at Plan International's regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading program and advocacy initiatives that inspire transformational changes in cultural and social practices, as well as promoting gender equality and girls' rights through the Because I Am a Girl movement ( BIAAG). | | | We look forward to seeing you on January 22nd!
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