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Growing Up GREAT!: Adapting, Learning, and Scaling Toolkit

English, French Know, Care, Do Democratic Republic of Congo Community Members, Healthcare Providers/Staff, Parents/Caregivers, Adolescents Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Norms Toolkit Community Engagement Agent of Change

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…

GREAT Project How-To Guide

English Know, Care, Do Uganda Adolescent Boys, Adolescent Girls, Community Members, Community Health Workers Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit Small Group Sessions, Community Engagement, Mass Media Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

The Gender Roles, Equality, and Transformations (GREAT) project is an evidence-based intervention that succeeded in improving gender norms related to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence This GREAT How-to-Guide is written…

Know, Care, Do: A Theory of Change for Engaging Men and Boys in Family Planning

English, French Know, Care, Do Global Community Members, Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Staff, "Community Leaders Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health Online Course Social and Structural Change, Community Engagement, Gender-transformative, Service Delivery Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

This course is intended for program implementers who are working to increase and improve the engagement of men and boys in FP programs and services. Course participants will deepen their understanding of what engaging men and boys in FP means…

Journeys of Transformation Dialogue Clubs: A Training Manual for Engaging Men as Allies in Women’s Economic Empowerment

English, Spanish Know, Care, Do Guatemala Community Members Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Training Guide Life Skills, Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Community Engagement, Gender-transformative Partner, Agent of Change

The Journeys of Transformation (JoT) program was first created and implemented in Rwanda to engage men as allies in women’s economic empowerment. Through 2020 and 2021, Equimundo and Global Communities adapted JoT and evaluated its impact…

Journeys of Transformating Training Manual

Journeys of Transformation: A Training Manual for Engaging Men as Allies in Women’s Economic Empowerment

English Know, Care, Do Rwanda Community Members Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Training Guide Life Skills, Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Community Engagement, Gender-transformative Partner, Agent of Change

This manual provides group education sessions for engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment. It emerges from experiences, in Rwanda and elsewhere, that women’s economic empowerment works, but it can be made to work better and…

Program P: A Manual for Engaging Men in Fatherhood, Caregiving, and Maternal and Child Health

English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian Know, Care, Do Brazil, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa Community Members, Healthcare Providers/Staff Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health Facilitator Manual Life Skills, Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

Program P (“P” for “padre” in Spanish and “pai” in Portuguese, meaning “father”) provides concrete strategies for engaging men in active caregiving from their partner’s pregnancy through their child’s early years. It identifies…

Manhood 2.0: A Curriculum Promoting a Gender-Equitable Future of Manhood

English Know, Care, Do United States of America Adolescent Boys, Men, Community Members Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Training Guide Life Skills, Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Community Engagement, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

Manhood 2.0 is a gender-transformative curriculum developed to engage young men aged 15 to 24 in reflecting on the impacts of harmful gender norms, specifically those surrounding issues such as teen pregnancy prevention, dating violence and…