Constructive Men’s Engagement in RH: For Themselves, Their Partners, and Their Communities
Description:
Through an exploration of men’s roles in family planning, sexuality, STIs, safe motherhood, and violence against women, participants analyze the social impact of the different RH experiences of men and women and identify how some types of men’s involvement perpetuate unequal power relationships. The module focuses on gender-integrated programming that fosters constructive engagement of men and also provides capacity building on foundational gender and gender analysis concepts and tools.
Materials
Duration: Two days
Contributing authors: Elizabeth Neason, Anne Eckman, Manisha Mehta, and Elizabeth Doggett. Technical review and contributions: Michal Avni, Diana Prieto, Mary Kincaid, Ken Morrison, Patty Alleman and Omar Robles. The IGWG Constructive Men’s Engagement module was developed and refined over several years by Futures Group, in close collaboration with Michal Avni of USAID, under the USAID Health Policy Initiative and its predecessor, the POLICY II Project.