Hesperian Health Guides
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Contents
- 1 Chapter 3: Gender and Health
- 2 Chapter 4: Sexuality and Sexual Health
- 3 Chapter 5: Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- 4 Chapter 6: Ending Gender-based Violence
- 5 Chapter 7: Protecting Women's Health with Family Planning
- 6 Chapter 8: Healthy Pregnancies and Safe Births
- 7 Chapter 9: Preventing Deaths from Unsafe Abortion
- 8 Chapter 10: Building a Women's Health Movement
- 9 Appendix C: Activities to Encourage Participation
Chapter 3: Gender and Health
Sex and gender roles: what is the difference?
Gender boxes
What if there were no gender boxes?
A day in the life
The way we were
The balance of burdens
The dominoes game
How to make an "I" statement
Image theater
Changing the rules
Reaching your dreams
The world of ads — sexy women and manly men
Chapter 4: Sexuality and Sexual Health
Reproductive aprons
Find yourself in the spectrum
Sexy bingo
Where do we feel pleasure?
What is sex for a man? What is sex for a woman?
Changing stories, changing lives
Practice talking about sex with a partner
Want, Willing and Won't: Exploring our desires and boundaries
Chapter 5: Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Secret questions
Handshake game
An STI drama
An STI board game
Playing with condoms
A treasure hunt to find resources for community STI prevention
Chapter 6: Ending Gender-based Violence
Role play: Gender-based violence affects everyone
Pass the cabbage
Explore the causes of gender-based violence
"Happy ending" role plays to think about change
More powerful vs. less powerful
The power shuffle
Role play the bystander
Group investigation about roles and duties of local authorities
Chapter 7: Protecting Women's Health with Family Planning
Use drawings to discuss benefits of family planning
Story game: A tale of 2 families
Practice talking about birth control
A fishbowl to help youth and adults talk about birth control
Crossing the river to health
A family planning board game
A Problem Tree to discuss obstacles to family planning
A yarn toss to brainstorm solutions
Role play a panel discussion on family planning
Chapter 8: Healthy Pregnancies and Safe Births
Build a house for healthy pregnancy
A map to safe motherhood
"But why?" game
Building a chain of causes
Voting with dots
Role play why pregnant women do not get care
A fishbowl about birth experiences
Head, heart, hands
A guessing game with skits: it's an emergency!
Chapter 9: Preventing Deaths from Unsafe Abortion
A walk in her shoes
A Problem Tree to discuss unintended pregnancy
Many points of view!
A board game about safe abortion
Taking a stand
Saying no to blaming and shaming
Replay drama: Saving lives after an abortion
Chapter 10: Building a Women's Health Movement
What would women's ideal health services be like?
Make a power map
Make an opinion map
Making advocacy messages that work
Appendix C: Activities to Encourage Participation
The story behind my name
Guess my secret
Lifeboats
Who began the movement?
The strong wind blows
Brainstorming with beans
Group appreciations