Intervention
SS
The SS/CF intervention has two components, the first component, Stepping Stones (SS), focuses on gender transformation, and consists of 10 three-hour sessions (total of 30 h) delivered to single-sex groups of 14–20 people over a five- to eight-week period. It specifically seeks to transform men’s perspectives and gender norms regarding how they interact with women, particularly with respect to IPV, enhancing gender equity, and relational and communication skills. The SS uses collaborative learning techniques, such as role plays and participatory drawing, and incorporates the participants’ daily lives into the exercises. Through these activities, participants start to think critically about how social contexts shape their behaviours and imagine alternative ways of relating to one another.The second component, Creating Futures (CF), which focuses on economic empowerment, consists of eleven 3-h sessions (total of 33 h) delivered to the same single-sex groups as was the SS component. Establishing income and employment priorities, dealing with economic problems, making investments and savings, finding and sustaining jobs, and balancing work aspirations were among the topics discussed. The CF aims to assist young men in exploring the various resources they could use to establish and maintain a more secure means of survival.