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 race to adapt to COVID-19 has resulted in a shift to virtual formats for healthcare training and service provision, amplifying reliance on digital technologies. This blog post explores what this means for women seeking services but lacking the knowledge of and access to these technologies.
When health providers are not well themselves, they are less likely to effectively help others. Addressing the mental health of health providers as they provide GBV services to survivors requires approaches that strengthen the mental health wellness and resiliency of both individuals and their communities. This blog provides an overview of the mental health effects of care work and GBV service provision on health providers, approaches to support self-care and improved health systems, and policy recommendations for the future.
Women living with fistula often experience stigma and abuse and become victims of violence and cruelty because of their condition. This blog post highlights the MOMENTUM project’s plans to work in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, to help women living with or treated for fistula effectively reintegrate back into their communities and to connect gender-based violence screening with health services and fistula care.
“Hey Sister! Show Me the Mobile Money!” is an interactive voice response (IVR) campaign designed to increase women’s ability to access and use digital financial services. It consists of 25 free audio lessons available in 16 local languages spoken across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Facilitation tools are also available for partners to adopt and use.
This how-to note and accompanying infographic focuses on helping USAID and implementing partners who have a role in GBV programming understand how programs can achieve a survivor-centered approach. This approach upholds four guiding principles: keeping survivors safe, protecting confidentiality, demonstrating respect for survivors’ dignity and self-determination, and practicing non-discrimination.
UN Women conducted Rapid Gender Assessments in 13 countries focused on violence against women (VAW) and COVID-19, producing the first set of reliable, cross-country, and nationally representative data on topics related to VAW, women’s safety at home and in the public sphere during COVID-19, and access to resources and services. The resources from this study include the data, a report, and a technical note.
