The teachers T1, T3, and T2 showed an explicitly friendly and equitable attitude in Lessons 6, 7, and 9, correspondingly (Source A).
The students' characterisation of their teachers' discourses as gentle, not reprimanding students for wrong answers, and speaking and questioning softly in their communications with the students represented the friendly and equitable attitude that the teachers demonstrated in the later experimental lessons.
Campaigns for women's rights in Brazil have made headlines recently, but efforts to promote gender equitable attitudes among boys and men rarely receive attention.
Second, community-based interventions to form gender equitable attitudes among boys and girls have successfully prevented IPV or SV.
According to a 2013 study in the Journal of Health Communication, both boys and girls who watched Alam Simsim were more likely to demonstrate gender equitable attitudes... indicating that girls, as well as boys, could have various roles, responsibilities and careers.
There have been interesting learnings throughout our investments -- one area I might call out is around our men and boys portfolio, which is comprised of programming that engages men and boys directly to address issues such as gender equitable attitudes and behaviors and reducing gender based violence.
A high score denotes more equitable attitudes.
As part of reproductive health program implementation in South Sudan, it will be important to continue to evaluate and address differences among women and men regarding sexual relationships and to promote equitable attitudes and dialogue.
Women's sexual empowerment has been associated with greater utilization of family planning methods [ 23, 24] and gender equitable attitudes have been correlated with higher modern contraceptive use [ 25].
Other scales have been used to understand gender equitable attitudes in relationship to sexual and reproductive health, such as the Household Decision-Making scale, Attitudes Toward Wife Refusing Sex scale [ 22], the Sexual and Reproductive Power scale [ 30], or unique questions to assess gender dynamics [ 21].
This is in line with the findings of Pulerwitz et al. (26), showing that inequitable and equitable attitudes can coexist in young men receiving gender training and that, as illustrated in one Mexican study, some patriarchal attitudes are more easily changed than others (22).
