Programs about sexual and reproductive health and HIV are likely to have a greater impact on communities if they constructively address the actual and potential role of men and boys in society. At present, however, many such programs often fail to target men, to address their specific needs, or to understand the wider influence of male and female gender norms. This toolkit helps organizations create and advocate for affirmative policies that promote the positive roles that men can play in improving their own sexual and reproductive health—and the health of women and children (2010).

Men-Streaming in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV: A Toolkit for Policy Development and Advocacy

This tool, developed for the international sexual and reproductive health community, seeks to advance services tailored to young people’s needs by helping program designers to select and adapt appropriate youth-friendly service delivery models, considering: the country context, the target population, the desired behavioral and health outcomes, the services offered, and the needs and objectives for scalability and sustainability.

Thinking outside the separate space: A decision-making tool for designing youth-friendly services

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programming for married and unmarried youth ages 15 to 24 is critical to improving the health, social, and economic outcomes of future generations. However, youth face many more barriers to accessing and using contraception than older people, including provider refusal, restrictive laws or policies, limited contraceptive options, stigma, and sociocultural pressures to have children early. Despite growing commitment to the rights of youth to access contraceptive services, governments and their partners lack clear guidance on supporting interventions that ensure their commitments are realized.

Youth Contraceptive Use: A Reference Guide of Effective Interventions

The toolkit includes guidelines to create conditions for successful youth participation in research and enhancing the effectiveness of youth SRHR programmes, as well as 3 types of manuals to train and support young people to conduct qualitative data collection for research and monitoring and evaluation.

Explore: Toolkit for Involving Young People as Researchers in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes

This toolkit presents an overview of how youth programs across the globe accommodate religion, identifying positive outcomes and challenges from case studies in the field. The toolkit starts by examining the different types of programming engaging young people and their religious identities (inter-, intra-, and non-religious programming), and provides case studies with lessons learned for each.

Accommodating Religious Identity in Youth Peacebuilding Programs