Executive summary Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to
people's health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity …

Background Early adolescence (ages 10–14) is a period of increased expectations for boys
and girls to adhere to socially constructed and often stereotypical norms that perpetuate …

Engaging men and boys as participants and stakeholders in gender-based violence (GBV)
prevention initiatives is an increasingly institutionalized component of global efforts to end …

Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation
or family can afford not to educate their girls. Gene Sperling, author of the seminal 2004 …

America or Europe, which invoke more individually focused approaches. Some programs
we review lowered HIV exposure in women; others contributed to reduced violence …

Purpose The purpose of the study is to understand the gender socialization process in early
adolescence. Methods The study was located in two disadvantaged urban communities in …

The World Health Organization encourages a “gender transformative” paradigm for
preventing violence against women and girls. Gender transformative interventions engage …

Background With an HIV incidence of 1.00 skewed against women (1.51), adolescents in
South Africa are at high HIV risk. This paper assesses young adults'(18–24 years) …

In the 21 years since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and
Development, those working in the fields of health and sexuality have seen changing 'men …

Since 2006, there has been a burgeoning interest in the very young adolescent population
and an ever-expanding array of programs aimed at addressing their social, health, and …