Engaging Men at the Community Level Manual

This is a manual to help participants develop activities at a community level to create a supportive environment for work related to male engagement and HIV/AIDS. The activities are intended for use with program staff from different organizations interested in working on male engagement and HIV. All of the activities in the manual can be used with groups of men and women.

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Organization/author: The ACQUIRE Project/EngenderHealth, Equimundo

Year: 2008

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.
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:
Agent of ChangeAs agents of change who actively aim to improve outcomes for themselves, their partners, their families, and their communities.