Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Resource Type: Technical Guide

Region/Country: Global

Primary Audience: Government Partners, Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Staff

Technical Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Norms

SBC Approach: Social and Structural Change, Community Engagement, Gender-transformative, Advocacy

Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This tool is a living document that provides guidance on good partnership practices that promote strong relationships between civil society organizations and government representatives on engaging men and boys in gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Its goal is to strengthen these partnerships in order to enable the scale up and/or institutionalization of evidence-based approaches to engaging men and boys. This tool is not meant to be a comprehensive ‘how to’ on scaling up or institutionalizing programs engaging men and boys for SRHR and gender equality. This tool is a living document that provides guidance on good partnership practices that promote strong relationships between civil society organizations and government representatives on engaging men and boys in gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Its goal is to strengthen these partnerships in order to enable the scale up and/or institutionalization of evidence-based approaches to engaging men and boys. This tool is not meant to be a comprehensive how-to for scaling up or institutionalizing programs engaging men and boys for SRHR and gender equality.

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Organization/author: UNFPA, Equimundo, MenEngage Alliance

Year: 2016

Language: 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.
Role in Engagement:
Client/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.
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Agent of ChangeAs agents of change who actively aim to improve outcomes for themselves, their partners, their families, and their communities.