Our training materials can be used to introduce a broad range of audiences and backgrounds to important concepts related to gender and health. Each training course focuses on one of five themes that complement the CORE Gender 101 agenda: Gender Integration, HIV + Sexuality, Safe Motherhood, Gender-Based Violence, and Constructive Male Engagement. The courses are designed to meet the geographic and technical needs of cooperating agencies, USAID Missions, and specific projects. Materials range from basics such as using a shared gender vocabulary and programmatic guidance, to user guides on how to conduct a gender analysis, to exercises for gender trainings. The trainings are geared to be used by anyone and with any audience, even those learning about gender for the first time!
Our popular Gender Integration Continuum framework is an important tool to assess how programs do (or do not) address gender and move them toward more gender-transformative actions. An updated User’s Guide for facilitating training on use of the continuum is available, along with other materials.
The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Tanzania is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. This study analyzed the co-occurrence of gambling and IPV and found that more research is needed to understand how current IPV prevention efforts can be expanded to include problem gambling treatment.
Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children. At the same time, gender norms are at the heart of many of the challenges and inequities that these workers encounter. This article explores how these gender roles and a lack of formal worker protections leave CHWs vulnerable to violence and sexual harassment, common occurrences that are frequently downplayed or silenced.
Economic and Social Empowerment (EA$E), a women’s protection and empowerment intervention, has shown promising reductions in intimate partner violence and gender inequities among forcibly displaced populations (FDPs) in low-income and middle-income countries. This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of EA$E for use with US-based FDPs, and recommendations for adaptation.
Gender equity involves fairness in all aspects of life for women and men and is usually determined by social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. This study aimed to explore and describe the experiences, opportunities, and challenges faced by women in their path towards becoming leaders within the health sector.
This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of CHARM2, a gender-synchronized, gender equity-focused family planning (FP) intervention for young married couples to promote uptake of reversible contraceptives and healthy spacing and timing of births in India. The intervention led to improved FP use, reproductive agency, and contraceptive communication.
This commentary discusses barriers to family planning measures, development, and use, and outlines recommendations to address challenges. Some challenges include: Leveraging existing and routine data collection opportunities; supporting surveys with other methodologies including qualitative and mixed-method observational studies; and evaluations and investments to increase cross-disciplinary collaborations.
