Families Together: A Couples Strengthening Curriculum

Resource Type: Facilitator Manual

Region/Country: South Sudan, Malawi, Kenya, Haiti

Primary Audience: Couples

Technical Area: Gender Norms, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender-based Violence

SBC Approach: Interpersonal Communication, Gender-transformative

Families Together: A Couples Strengthening Curriculum

Families for Life aims to strengthen, equip and protect couple relationships and families, especially in making decisions about reproductive health, family planning, and the balance of power within families.

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Organization/author: World Relief

Year: 2022

Language: Zande, Creole, Turkana, Kiswahili, Maasai, Chichewa, English


Know, Care, Do Theory of Change (learn more)

Components of Engagement:
Know about FP by having factual knowledge about FP in particular, including practical knowledge of services and methods, and SRH more generally.Know Know about FP/SRH by having factual knowledge about FP/SRH services and methods and harmful gender norms and expectations.
Care about FP by assuming responsibility for their personal health and reproduction and accountability for supporting their partners’ reproductive priorities and needs.Care Care about FP/SRH by assuming responsibility for their personal health and reproduction and accountability for supporting their partners’ reproductive priorities and needs.
DoDo 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:
UserAs clients or users of FP/SRH services with unique priorities, needs, and preferences that should be met by programs.
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PartnerAs partners in their relationships regarding FP/SRH issues and in challenging and addressing gender inequality and inequitable gender norms and roles.