Resource Type:
Toolkit
Region/Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Primary Audience:
Community Members, Healthcare Providers/Staff, Parents/Caregivers, Adolescents
Technical Area:
Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Norms
SBC Approach:
Community Engagement
Growing Up GREAT!: Adapting, Learning, and Scaling Toolkit
This toolkit provides guidance for implementing Growing Up Great!, an evidence-based, scalable, multi-level intervention designed to improve sexual and reproductive health and gender equity among very young adolescents (VYA) and the important adults in their lives. It supports VYAs and their communities to question and break down social barriers that prevent access to health information and services.
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Organization/author: Institute for Reproductive Health
Year: 2020Language: English, French
Know, Care, Do Theory of Change (learn more)
Components of Engagement:
Know Know about FP/SRH by having factual knowledge about FP/SRH services and methods and harmful gender norms and expectations.
Care Care about FP/SRH by assuming responsibility for their personal health and reproduction and accountability for supporting their partners’ reproductive priorities and needs.
Do Do supportive actions for FP/SRH by taking concrete steps to communicate and help achieve reproductive intentions and goals from themselves and in support of their partners.
Role in Engagement:
Agent of ChangeAs agents of change who actively aim to improve outcomes for themselves, their partners, their families, and their communities.