Webinar recap On June 11, 2024, the Interagency Gender Working Group’s Male Engagement Task Force (METF) presented the webinar Building Bridges: Promising Strategies to Improve the Health of Boys and Men by Promoting Social Connection and Support. METF co-chair Dominick Shattuck (Breakthrough ACTION, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs) opened the webinar with an overview of the latest METF knowledge product, Building Bridges: Promising Strategies for Improving the Health...Read More
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DO’s & DON’Ts for Engaging Men & Boys: Now Available in Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
What: What should you do, and not do, when engaging men & boys in health promotion and gender equity? This 2-page resource brings together recent best practices and lessons learned for male engagement across health areas. It is intended to guide decision-making about programs, policy, media coverage, research, and funding priorities. Who: Developed by the USAID Interagency Gender Working Group’s Male Engagement Taskforce, which is...Read More
Blog: Examining Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Efforts
This blog was developed by Francesca Alvarez, Alyssa Bovell, Emily Clark, Joy Cunningham, and Maia Johnstone based on content shared through a recent event hosted by the IGWG Gender-Based Violence Task Force. Event Overview Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is backed by three decades of empirical and scientific evidence and is linked to health outcomes including delayed sexual debut, reduced risky health behaviors, increased use of...Read More
Web Feature—2023 IGWG Plenary Member Reflections: Gender Inequities Facing Health Workers
The 2023 Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) Plenary, Breaking Barriers: Addressing Gender Inequities Facing Global Health Workers, explored how gender transformative programs can better address workplace inequities affecting health workers, and improve health and gender outcomes. The plenary highlighted research examining gender inequities faced by health workers and showcased promising practices and lessons learned from innovative programs working to address gender barriers in the health...Read More
2023 IGWG Plenary Brief—Breaking Barriers: Recommendations for Program Implementers Addressing Gender Inequities Facing Global Health Workers
The 2023 Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) Plenary, Breaking Barriers: Addressing Gender Inequities Facing Global Health Workers, explored how gender transformative programs can better address workplace inequities affecting health workers, and improve health and gender outcomes. The plenary highlighted research examining gender inequities faced by health workers and showcased promising practices and lessons learned from innovative programs working to address gender barriers in the health...Read More
IGWG Members Take the Mic Series: Addressing Community Backlash to Male Engagement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender-Based Violence Interventions
The “IGWG Members Take the Mic” blog series intends to highlight lessons learned and best practices from and innovative approaches to gender transformative programming and research from IGWG members’ work and advocacy efforts to advance gender equality outcomes in global health. This blog is the second and final installment in this series. Read the first blog in the series exploring myths and misperceptions, social consequences,...Read More
