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Guide for Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Products and Services for Men

The guide focuses on meaningfully engaging men and creating an enabling environment to increase men’s use of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) products and services. Drawing on lessons learned from the promotion of male condoms, vasectomy,…

Engaging Men and Boys in Family Planning: A Strategic Planning Guide

English, Spanish, Portuguese, French Know, Care, Do Global Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Staff Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health Technical Guide Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

This document is intended to lead program managers, planners, and decision makers through a strategic process to identify effective investments for engaging men in efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health. In this guide, male engagement…

MenCare Facilitators’ Training Manual

English, French Know, Care, Do Global Men Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Norms Training Guide Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Agent of Change

This manual provides step-by-step guidance for facilitators to engage participants in the MenCare approach, equipping men with critical knowledge and skills to help them become more active parents, equitable, non-violent partners, and champions…

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

English Do Bangladesh, Ghana, Haiti, Nigeria, Senegal Men Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Norms Training Guide Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Partner, Agent of Change

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…

Yaari Dosti: Young Men Redefine Masculinity, A Training Manual

English Know, Care, Do India Men Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Norms, HIV Facilitator Manual Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner

This training manual is adapted from the “Program H: Working with Young Men Series” developed in Brazil by Instituto PROMUNDO, for use in India. It promotes the positive aspects of masculinity, encourages men’s participation in sexual…

Reflection and Action Tool: Integrating a Life Course Approach in Programming with Boys & Men for Gender Equality

English, Spanish, French Global Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Staff Gender Norms Technical Guide Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative, Monitoring and Evaluation Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

The Integrating a Life Course Approach in Programming with Boys & Men for Greater Gender Equality tool (“Reflection and Action Tool” for short) helps users apply a life course approach to programming with boys and men. Its purpose is…

Program Ra Manual Second Edition

English Know, Care, Do Lebanon Men Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Norms, HIV Facilitator Manual Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

Programme Ra is the adaptation of Equimundo’s Program H in the Middle East. Programme Ra was adapted for the Lebanese context with ABAAD–Resource Center for Gender Equality in order to promote discussion about gender with young men living…

Program H Working with Young Men

English Know, Care, Do Latin America and Caribbean Men Family Planning, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Norms, HIV Facilitator Manual Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Client/User, Partner, Agent of Change

The Program H manual includes approximately 70 activities to carry out group work with young men (ages 15 to 24) on gender, sexuality, reproductive health, fatherhood and caregiving, violence prevention, emotional health, drug use, and preventing…

Program HMD: A Toolkit for Action

English, Spanish Do Global Men, Women Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Norms, LGBTQIA+ inclusion Toolkit Small Group Sessions, Social and Structural Change, Gender-transformative Agent of Change

This toolkit presents the short version of the approach contained in Programs H (https://www.equimundo.org/resources/program-h-working-with-young-men/) and M. It seeks to make the model accessible so that an increasing number of teachers, facilitators,…