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Understanding the Effects of Gender-Based Violence Across Health Areas

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This blog post highlights the need to better understand the impact of gender-based violence across health areas, including family planning.
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Building Better Relations Between Men and Women Through Premarital Counseling

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Breakthrough ACTION piloted premarital counseling in Nigeria to promote better relationships and gender equality, leading to better health outcomes.
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Gender Transformation: Understanding the Process and Outcomes

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This blog post posits that programs must evaluate both process and outcomes to determine if their approaches are truly gender transformative.
How do we leverage social and behavior change to address the intersection of family planning and intimate partner violence?

Family Planning and Intimate Partner Violence: An Intersection Deserving of More Attention

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This blog post explores the intersection of family planning (FP) and intimate partner violence and recommends resources FP practitioners may find helpful.
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New Social Norms Taxonomy to Address Family Planning Challenges in East Africa

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This blog post introduces a new social norms taxonomy that can help family planning (FP) practitioners in East Africa develop better FP programs.
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Renforcement de la confiance dans le système de santé publique Guinéen : Histoire d’un partenariat constructif

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Breakthrough ACTION s'appuie sur des partenariats stratégiques pour améliorer la confiance des Guinéens dans leur système de santé publique.
A female health worker provides reproductive health and family planning counseling to a woman in SenegalJonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Aligning Measures of Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning

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This blog post shows why social and behavior change practitioners need to go beyond output-level indicators and introduces resources on measuring outcomes.
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Building Trust in the Guinean Public Health System: A Story of Intentional Partnership

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Breakthrough ACTION leverages strategic partnerships to improve Guinean’s trust in their public health system.

Learning the Art and Science of Audience Segmentation

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A Breakthrough ACTION e-course teaches health and social behavior change professionals how to use audience segmentation to improve program outcomes.