Myths Surrounding Virginity: A Guide for Service Providers
This resource aims to break down some of the persistent myths concerning female virginity and establish health provider responsibilities around virginity testing.
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.
This resource aims to break down some of the persistent myths concerning female virginity and establish health provider responsibilities around virginity testing.
A resource mentioned at the recent IGWG Fireside Chat event, The Prevention Collaborative is a feminist inspired, data-driven organization working to prevent violence against women in the Global South. Read more about their community, platform, and agenda on their website.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) hosted A Fireside Chat on Gender-based Violence with Mary Ellsberg and Lori Heise on March 1, 2018. Please find a recording here.
A new edition of the Global Handbook has been released. The update includes new recommendations from WHO on intimate partner violence, task sharing, clients with disabilities; a section for human rights; and job aids on pregnancy, pregnancy tests, and birth control options in high-risk HIV areas.
The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Quality Assurance Tool offers health care providers, facilities, and program planners a straightforward way to start, strengthen or expand post-GBV health services through the use of evidence-based standards. Download the Tool, Facilitation Guide, Minimum Care Version, French Translations, and Presentations from the Launch Webinar here.
This study explores how men’s involvement is conceptualized in rural Central Malawi, highlighting the key factors influencing men’s involvement in maternal and child health, particularly maternal and child nutrition.