Title: Gender Transformation | The Challenge Initiative
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AYSRH Toolkit
Gender Transformation
What is it?
What Are the Benefits?
How to Implement?
What Is the Evidence?

Content: Gender Transformation | The Challenge Initiative
Gender Transformation
by Kathryn Walsh | Dec 20, 2017
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Gender Transformation
What is it? © 2017 Arturo Sanabria, Courtesy of Photoshare
“ Gender transformation ” refers to efforts to change gender and social norms to address inequalities in power and privilege between persons of different genders, in order to free all people from harmful and destructive norms. These norms include gender roles, expectations, stereotypes, and harmful attitudes, customs, and practices, including gender-based violence (MenEngage Alliance, 2017). Gender transformation enables individuals to question and critically analyze issues of gender inequality and injustice, and provides them with opportunities to challenge harmful norms. What Are the Benefits? Gender equitable communities ensure that all adolescents and young people have better sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes: Gender norms are established early in life and have several negative consequences (Blum et al., 2017). For girls these include child marriage, early pregnancy, dropping out of school, exposure to STIs including HIV, and vulnerability to gender-based violence. For boys these include engaging in or being affected by violence, accidents and injuries, and substance use.