Drivers of change in gender norms. An annotated bibliography

This annotated bibliography grew out of background work on understanding drivers of change in gender norms and is now being made publicly available. It is necessarily selective – it does not attempt to include all relevant literature. Rather, we have selected papers that provide a good overview of the issues concerned, or that make important conceptual points grounded in analysis of changing gender norms and dynamics in particular locations. The papers in this bibliography were obtained through literature searching based on keywords, searching of outputs by authors known to have written on change in gender norms or relations and snowballing of references cited in articles with a strong focus on drivers of change. For areas where only a few authors have examined a particular issue, or where their discussion of drivers of change is particularly compelling, we have included more than one paper by particular authors.

Wherever possible, this annotated bibliography highlights materials that are freely available via the internet, so readers can follow sources up easily. These include working papers, reports, open access journal articles and papers made available via gateways such as academia.edu. Because of the difficulty in accessing books many readers experience, particularly in developing countries, this collection does not include books or book chapters, except where these are available online. Articles available only via subscription are included only where we could find no open access material discussing similar issues or where key points and concepts are presented most clearly in the original articles.

Keywordsgender research, migration, education, economic aspects, conflicts, legal protection