Table 1 SSAGE curricula topics by participant group
# | Adolescent girls | Adolescent boys | Female caregivers | Male caregivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | This is me! | What does it mean to be a man? | This is me! | What does it mean to be a man? |
2 | What does it mean to be a girl? (Part 1)  How we learn to be girls (and boys)  Sex and gender | Gender socialization  How do we learn to be boys and girls | What does it mean to be a woman? (Part 1)  Gendered values  Sex and gender | Gender socialization  How we learn to be men and women  Sex and gender |
3 | What does it mean to be a girl? (Part 2)  Gendered values  Work we do and the value it’s given | Gender roles  Gendered values  Work we do and the value it’s given | What does it mean to be a woman? (Part 2)  How we learn to be women (and men)  Work we do and the value it’s given | Gender roles  Gendered values  Work we do and the value it’s given |
4 | Power and empowerment  Power balance  Discrimination | Power and discrimination  Power balance  Discrimination | Power  Power balance  Exploring the meaning of power  Who has power and how do they use it?  Discrimination | Power and discrimination  Power balance  Discrimination |
5 | What is violence?  Types of violence  Consequences of GBV  Perpetrators of GBV | Types of violence  Boy’s games  Violence in our lives | What is violence?  Types of violence  The cycle of domestic violence  Consequences of violence | Types of violence  Boy’s games  Violence in our lives |
6 | Keeping safe from violence  Identifying violence  My safety network | Gender-based violence  Who uses violence and why?  Consequences of GBV  Cycle of domestic violence | Keeping safe from violence  Violence in daily life  Keeping safe from violence | Gender-based violence  Who uses violence and why?  Consequences of GBV  Cycle of domestic violence |
7 | My body, my rights  Physical and emotional changes in boys and girls  Our rights  Reproductive myths | Preventing GBV  Violence in daily life  Taking a stand against violence  Power and violence | Healthy couple relationships  My relationships  Healthy relationships  Healthy and unhealthy partners | Preventing GBV  Violence in daily life  Taking a stand against violence  Power and violence |
8 | Use and abuse of alcohol and other substances  What do we know about drugs?  Drugs in our lives and communities | Use and abuse of alcohol and other substances  What do we know about drugs?  Drugs in our lives and communities | Adolescence  Physical and emotional changes in adolescence  Reproductive myths  Adolescent girls’ rights | Healthy couple relationships  Healthy and unhealthy partner relationships  Consent |
9 | Healthy relationships  My relationships  Healthy and unhealthy relationships  Family relationships | Healthy relationships  Love and romance  Consent  Healthy and unhealthy relationships | Adolescent girls and GBV  Understanding violence against AGs  Consequences of violence against AGs  = Protecting AGs from violence | Adolescence  Physical & emotional changes in boys & girls  Father-son relationships  Adolescent girls’ rights |
10 | Interpersonal communication  Listening skills  Being assertive  Resolving disagreements | Interpersonal communication  Listening skills  Being assertive  Resolving disagreements | Listening and communication  Listening skills  Mother and child communication  Empathy between mothers and children | Protecting adolescent girls from GBV  Understanding violence against AGs  Consequences of violence against AGs  Protecting AGs from violence |
11 | Decision making  Personal decision-making  Resisting influences/ following through | Decision making  Personal decision-making  Resisting influences/ following through | Healthy family environment  Family rules and expectations  Decisions in the home  Resolving disagreements | Interpersonal communication  Listening skills  Empathy between fathers and children  Resolving disagreements |
12 | Looking forward  This is me (part 2) | Looking forward  What does it really mean to be a man? (part 2) | Positive parenting  My parents’ legacy  Positive parenting techniques | Healthy family environment  Family rules and expectations  Decisions in the home  Positive parenting techniques |
13 | – | – | Looking forward  This is me (part 2) | Looking forward  What does it really mean to be a man? (part 2) |