EALC Value Proposition

The Eastern African Agency, Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative (EALC) was launched in 2020 as a network of implementing organizations, researchers, community representatives and stakeholders including NGOs, national alliances, networks, consortia and media with expertise and an interest in social and gender norms and increasing individual and community agency to improve health. In addition to social norms and agency, the EALC has a focus on gender norms because in the Eastern African Region, social and gender norms are pivotal in positioning and determining peoples’ ways of life, shaping opportunities and outcomes. The LC exists to empower local research institutions and organizations, strengthen networks, and enhance the expertise and capacity of institutions to facilitate and promote high-quality research and SBC programming within their localities. Membership in the EALC is open to individuals and organizations from the Eastern Africa countries including; Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.