Campaigns and Communities of Practice

Across the countries in which we work, progress towards gender equality is evident but longstanding gender norms continue to exert a strong influence. There are people whose attitudes lean toward gender equality but many of them feel unable to translate those attitudes into behaviours because they think gender inequality is still more widely practised and endorsed. There are also people who practise genderequal behaviours, but many of them do not advocate for others to behave similarly because they fear being isolated, criticised, or ostracised.

Investing in Women (IW) supports locally led campaigns and Communities of Practice (CoPs) in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam to catalyse the broader adoption of gender equality in support of women’s economic participation by making more visible the ongoing positive change in people’s attitudes and behaviour.