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Advancing Gender Equality in Nigeria Through Women’s Empowerment Groups

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This blog post celebrates International Women’s Day by highlighting how women’s empowerment groups Breakthrough ACTION works with advance gender equality.
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Top 5

Hit The Ground Running in 2022 With Our Top Five Resources

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Breakthrough ACTION highlights its top five resources to help social and behavior change practitioners hit the ground running in the new year.
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Understanding the Effects of Gender-Based Violence Across Health Areas

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This blog post highlights the need to better understand the impact of gender-based violence across health areas, including family planning.
International Mens Day November 19

Building Better Relations Between Men and Women Through Premarital Counseling

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Breakthrough ACTION piloted premarital counseling in Nigeria to promote better relationships and gender equality, leading to better health outcomes.
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Gender Transformation: Understanding the Process and Outcomes

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This blog post posits that programs must evaluate both process and outcomes to determine if their approaches are truly gender transformative.
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Using SBC to Enhance Programs to End Child, Early, and Forced Marriage

This interactive webtool contains briefs about seven innovative social and behavior change approaches that support efforts to reduce child marriage.
How do we leverage social and behavior change to address the intersection of family planning and intimate partner violence?

Family Planning and Intimate Partner Violence: An Intersection Deserving of More Attention

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This blog post explores the intersection of family planning (FP) and intimate partner violence and recommends resources FP practitioners may find helpful.
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New Social Norms Taxonomy to Address Family Planning Challenges in East Africa

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This blog post introduces a new social norms taxonomy that can help family planning (FP) practitioners in East Africa develop better FP programs.