Resource Type:
Facilitator Manual
Region/Country:
East and Southern Africa
Primary Audience:
Adolescent Boys, Men, Boys
Technical Area:
Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions, Child
SBC Approach:
Small Group Sessions
Engaging Men in the Elimination of Child Marriage
This manual responds to the thematic area of ending child marriage by working with families, specifically men and boys. The manual seeks to address the root causes of gender inequality and targeting men and boys.
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Organization/author: Sonke Gender Justice
Year: 2021Language: English
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.
