(Brazil 2010) Program H and Program M: Engaging Young Men and Empowering Young Women to Promote Gender Equity and Health

Best Practice winner for 2010.

Program H and Program M were developed to engage youth in critical reflections on gender and help
them build skills to act in more empowered and equitable ways. The complementary interventions use
educational workshops, community outreach strategies and a multi-media campaign to empower young
women to feel a sense of agency and control over their lives and to sensitize young men to some of the
harmful ways they are socialized and introduces ways to take on more gender-equitable attitudes and
behaviours.