The Growing Up GREAT! Legacy: Building and applying evidence to support and scale gender-transformative sexuality education

Over the past seven years, the Growing Up GREAT! project has worked to promote sexual and reproductive health and gender equity among very young adolescents in Kinshasa. The end-of-project webinar told the story of Growing Up GREAT!, and members across the project team reflected on and shared lessons learned from design, implementation and scale up, as well as insights for building equitable partnerships and giving a voice to adolescents.

Our speakers were:
Dr. Blandine Aveledi,
former ASRH Manager,
Save the Children International (DRC)

Jennifer Gayles
Senior Advisor,
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH),
Save the Children

Dr. Eric Mafuta
Associate Professor,
School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa

Mariam Diakité
Consultant in Research, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation,
University of California San Diego,
Center on Gender Equity and Health

Dr. Kathryn M. Barker
Assistant Professor,
University of California San Diego,
Center on Gender Equity and Health

Our panelists were:
GraDi Mbadu
Executive Secretary,
Growing Up GREAT! Youth Advisory Council

Dr. Pierrot Mbela
former ASRH Program Director,
Save the Children (DRC)

Déborah Balelia Wema Aziza
National Coordinator,
Network of Congolese Adolescents and Youth in Population and Development (RAJCOPOD)

Dr. Mbadu Muanda
Director, Ministry of Health,
National Adolescent Health Program

Mme. Christine Nepa-Nepa,
Secretary General,
Ministry of Primary, Secondary, and Technical Education

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