Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive and Sexual Health for All
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15 - 18 September 2003
near Washington Dulles Airport, Virginia, USA
Call for abstracts
Deadline: Abstracts must be received by Monday, March 10, 2003.
The Interagency Gender Working Group of USAID, through its Men and
Reproductive Health Task Force, is pleased to announce the upcoming
conference, "Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive and Sexual Health
for All".
A primary objective of the conference is to share models of programs
that have successfully engaged men in reproductive and sexual health
(RSH) in ways that have improved or are likely to improve the health
of their partners and children as well as their own health.
The Task Force especially seeks abstracts on programs, training, or
operations research interventions that have consciously addressed
gender-based power imbalances between men and women and have at-
tempted to measure the impact of program efforts on health outcomes
and on gender equity. One product of the conference will be a CD com-
pilation of conference papers presented on approaches to involving
men in RSH. Papers that help build the empirical base for evaluated
male involvement programs will be particularly valuable, including
qualitative and quantitative research on specific groups of hard-to-
reach men.
Papers on programs, interventions, or training on the following
themes are encouraged:
* Influencing gender norms and socialization in adolescent males;
* Working with men on family planning and reproductive health from a
gender equity perspective;
* Working with men on dual protection in prevention of HIV/AIDS/STIs
and pregnancy;
* Involving men as partners in maternal and child health;
* Working with men to address gender-based violence;
* Targeting specific male groups about gender equity issues with re-
gard to RSH: MSM, uniformed services, refugees, and incarcerated
men; and
* Program models of monitoring and evaluation, especially for measure
ing changes in gender norms.
The scientific program will be organized, in part, according to the
type of approach used to engage men in reproductive health and dis-
ease prevention.
Papers may describe any of these types of approaches:
* community-based;
* service delivery-based;
* policy and advocacy;
* behaviour change communications (including social marketing, mass
media, and traditional/local media); and
* employment- and habitation-based approaches (including reaching men
in uniformed services, prisons, and refugee camps).
On the last day of the conference (September 18th) an optional day of
training in the adaptation of these approaches will be offered.
For abstract submission forms and guidelines please go to:
http://www.rho.org/html/menrh_mtg_09_03.htm
Dr Michael Mbizvo
WHO, Geneva
Focal person for Africa for the Conference Advisory Group (CAG)
Tel. +41-22-791-4245
Fax: +41-22-791-4171
mailto:mbizvom@who.int
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