“Conducting power analyses is only the beginning,” the authors write. “We also need to be transparent in socializing our findings and applying them to shift power imbalances.”
Akiya Akhter, married as a teen, was able to postpone having a baby until she was 20. Aproma Marma, after losing her first child to malnutrition when elders insisted that she eat and sleep less during pregnancy, now has a healthy two-year-old. Mahbuba Siddiqua changed
While couple communication is a key to uptake of modern contraception in Ethiopia, researchers say such communication is hindered by gender norms that ultimately let the man be the primary decision maker.
Researchers, led by CCP, have found that more than one-third of men globally have reported feelings of anxiety and depression during pandemic.
“Vaccination is not gender blind and we know that from previous vaccination campaigns,” says Joanna Skinner, one of the leaders of CCP’s gender work. “By paying attention to gender issues, you can have a greater impact in terms of behavior change.”
In Ethiopia, there are more than 1.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). CCP set out to help some of them understand the dangers of COVID-19 and gender-based violence. But first, the IDPs had bigger concerns such as food, water and shelter.
CCP’s Knowledge SUCCESS project reflects on 10 defining achievements that have shaped family planning programs and services over the past decade.
CCP’s team in Mozambique tries a new approach to getting men tested for HIV, one learned from the success of a CCP program in Cote d’Ivoire.
“It’s normal to be beaten,” one woman in Senegal told researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. CCP is trying to change that.
“If it takes a company trying to sell razors to have an open dialogue about gender and appropriate male behavior, so be it,” writes CCP’s Executive Director Susan Krenn.
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