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040			_aAFVC
245			_aHow changing social norms is crucial to achieving gender equality _cUNFPA
260			_c2020 _bUNFPA,
300			_aelectronic document (66 pages) ; PDF file
520			_aHuman behaviour is not always a choice. Often it is automatic and unintentional, and rooted in the belief that others expect us to behave in a certain way, particularly when upholding traditions and culture. This document is a compendium of key articles and writings that examines the social dynamics of normative human behaviours not only through experimental academic routes, but also through the complementary vision and extraordinary insights of entire community and population groups. This is an attempt to contribute to the change of maladaptive human normative behaviours. Applying certain game theory principles has helped enormously in gaining an understanding of how change can be leveraged through reflection on the “games” of reciprocal human interactions. The social expectations surrounding normative behaviour are a major obstacle for those who might otherwise wish to abandon a discriminatory norm. The main challenge is hidden gender and power dynamics, the socially constructed gender roles that uphold related behaviours, and the obstacles that present for girls’ and women’s acquisition or not of capabilities that lead to the exercise of agency. (From the Executive summary). Record #6784
650			_aATTITUDES _970
650		0	_aGENDER EQUALITY _96853
650			_aSOCIAL CHANGE _9544
650		0	_aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN _93088
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
773	0	3	_tK4D Helpdesk Research Report series
856			_uhttps://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/WEB-UNFPASocial_Norms.pdf
942			_2ddc _cREPORT