Gender Equity Cohort Convening

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Join us to mark one year since the start of E4A’s gender equity grantee projects, with reflection, sharing, and encouragement. The objectives for the convening are to:

Bring together gender equity grantees, E4A staff, and RWJF staff to network, share learning, and strengthen work to advance gender equity;
Explore how individual grantee projects connect to and inform systems-level change;
Learn frameworks and strategies for adapting interventions to different contexts to inform and inspire continued E4A project work; and
Share lessons learned from implementation, logistical, or COVID-related project challenges and how to avoid these pitfalls in the future.

Important: In lieu of holding a longer meeting, we have opted instead to provide two of the learning sessions in an asynchronous format for you to view ahead of time (see below). Please review all required materials before the meeting and come prepared to discuss the prompts listed in the agenda. We look forward to engaging conversations!

If you have questions or need additional accommodations, please reach out to Natalie DiRocco, E4A Grantee Manager, at natalie.dirocco@ucsf.edu.

Meeting Links

Download the Agenda

Download the Meeting Slides

Additional Resources

Download FRAME Coding Manual

Download FRAME Tracking Spreadsheet (developed by Alex Dopp at RAND)

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Required: Adapting interventions to advance gender and health equity: a review of frameworks and strategies

Evidence-based translation of public health research to practice is essential to improving population health. Recent research has explored what happens once practitioners adopt evidence-based interventions (EBIs). Organizations sometimes make changes, or adaptations, to the original EBI to fit their needs. Researchers have developed models and frameworks to provide a process for adapting EBIs. Dr. Cam Escoffery from the Rollins School of Public Health described a scoping study of adaptation frameworks, common adaptation steps, and a process for documentation. She introduced the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Enhanced (FRAME) as a method to document adaptations made prospectively by program implementers and gave recommendations for using the FRAME tool.

Watch the Recording (Required)

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Required: The Power of Evidence Episode 1: The Disconnect Between “Gender Transformative” Language and Action in Global Health

From the producers: "Despite decades of commitments, talk remains the substitute for action in tackling gender inequalities in global health. For example, the development of treatments, vaccines, diagnostics, and other forms of medical innovation to this very day continue to neglect the health of women and girls. In this episode, we explore the misappropriation and misuse of gender-transformative language and the negative impact this has had on addressing gender inequalities in global health. We are joined by our host, Johanna Riha, and guest speaker Anju Malhotra, who talks to us about a provocative think piece she recently wrote on the topic. We also hear reactions to Anju’s think piece from Jennifer McCleary-Sills and Geeta Rao Gupta."

Listen to Podcast Recording (Required)

Read the Think Piece (Optional)

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Optional: RWJF Webinar: What Can the World Teach Us About Advancing Gender Equity

Join the next webinar in the RWJF Reimagined in America series, What Can the World Teach Us About Advancing Gender Equity, on March 11, 2022 at 1:30pm ET to discuss why gender equity is good for our health; what we can learn from countries-like Rwanda, Nicaragua, and others -- that are tackling gender equity alongside other forms of discrimination; and how you can adopt a gender equity lens in your work.

Experts featured on the webinar:

Karabi Acharya, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Chimaraoke Izugbara, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Erin Bromaghim, City Hub and Network for Gender Equity (CHANGE)

Watch the Recording (Optional)