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Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men

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Evidence: Quasi-experimental Top 20% 89/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Program H is Promundo's gender-transformative group curriculum for young men, developed in Rio de Janeiro and now adapted in 30+ countries. It is evaluated with the validated GEM Scale, though only 3 of its 14 documented impact studies are randomised controlled trials.

742 men
GEM Scale validation sample (Rio de Janeiro)
14 evaluations across 12 countries (3 RCTs, 9 quasi-experimental, 2 uncontrolled pre-post)
Documented impact evaluations
32 countries
Countries implemented or adapted
Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Instituto Promundo / Equimundo
Period
2002–present
Keywords
gender-transformative education, masculinities, youth, sexual and reproductive health

Context

Program H is a participatory group-education curriculum for men aged 15–24, developed from 1999–2001 in Rio de Janeiro favelas by Instituto Promundo with Brazilian partners ECOS and Instituto PAPAI. It launched in 2002 and remains part of Promundo/Equimundo's programming today.

Activities

The curriculum uses manuals, videos and a 'Hora H' social-marketing campaign to critically examine masculinity, violence, sexuality, fatherhood and domestic work.

Results

The programme's evaluation tool, the Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale, was validated on a household sample of 742 men in Rio de Janeiro, where higher GEM scores were significantly associated with less self-reported partner violence and greater contraceptive use. Equimundo's evidence review documents 14 impact evaluations of Program H across 12 countries, of which only 3 are RCTs, 9 are quasi-experimental, and 2 are uncontrolled pre-post studies, with most follow-ups limited to 3–6 months.

Conclusions

Program H has been implemented or adapted in at least 32 countries according to Equimundo's current programme materials; a commonly cited '40+ countries' figure could not be independently confirmed for Program H specifically and may conflate with Promundo/Equimundo's wider MenCare portfolio, so it is not used here.

Implementation

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