Resource Type:
Training Guide
Region/Country:
Senegal, Nigeria, Haiti, Ghana, Bangladesh
Primary Audience:
Men
Technical Area:
Gender Norms, Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Family Planning
SBC Approach:
Gender-transformative, Social and Structural Change, Small Group Sessions
Father’s Club Manual on Engaging Men in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and in Sexual and Reproductive Health for the Multi-Country SHOW Program
The overall objective of the Fathers Clubs is to promote men’s equitable and nonviolent involvement as partners in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). This manual contains a series of interactive and engaging activity-based sessions to be carried out by a well-trained facilitator over several months. The purpose of these sessions is for men—sometimes alone and sometimes with their partners—to reflect on what it means to be a man and a father in the context of MNCH and SRH.
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Organization/author: SHOW Program/Equimundo, Plan International Canada
Year: 2018Language: English
Supplemental Resources:
- Show Qualitative Study: Effect of Father's Clubs on Men's Care at Home
- Gender-Transformative Health Programming: Acompendium of Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from Plan International's SHOW Project
- Promoting Postive Masculinities: Findings from a Qualitative Study in Reproductive Health Programming in Bangladesh, Ghana, Haiti, and Nigeria
Know, Care, Do Theory of Change (learn more)
Components of Engagement:
Do 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:
PartnerAs partners in their relationships regarding FP/SRH issues and in challenging and addressing gender inequality and inequitable gender norms and roles.
, Agent of ChangeAs agents of change who actively aim to improve outcomes for themselves, their partners, their families, and their communities.
