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Engaging Traditional Leaders in the Prevention of HIV and Gender-Based Violence

This toolkit is a selection of resources on the role of traditional leaders and culture in preventing HIV and gender-based violence (GBV).

The resources are organized into the following categories: Country and regional experiences and lessons sharing, Research and issue papers, Programming guidelines and tools, Governance, and HIV prevention and culture. The resources are aimed at traditional leaders, policy makers, program managers, researchers, NGOs, CBOs and implementing partners working in the field of HIV and AIDS, sexual reproductive health, and gender-based violence.

The aim of the toolkit is to help these leaders and professionals engage and support traditional leadership to champion the prevention of HIV and GBV. It also contains resources and tools that can be used by traditional leaders to build their understanding and capacity around HIV and GBV prevention.

Source: K4Health

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019