THE SKILLZ FOR GIRLS INTERVENTION
SKILLZ is an evidence-based, near-peer-led CSE program that provides a girl-centered and participatory sports-based curriculum informed by social cognitive theory.SKILLZ was developed in South Africa and has since been adapted and delivered to adolescent girls in other sub-Saharan African countries within similar low socioeconomic, peri-urban settings, with high rates of attendance (more than 90%) and had a modest impact on sociobehavioral indicators of gender norms, self-esteem, and sexual health knowledge.SRH knowledge is best promoted when teachers are comfortable with the material, programs are peer or near-peer led, and a strong facilitator-learner relationship is established.The primary aim of the study, the results of which are reported elsewhere,