Promoting gender equity as a strategy to reduce HIV risk and gender-based violence among young men in India

Acknowledgments Several people and various organizations have contributed to this study. While it may not be possible to include all here, we would like to mention a few. from the Horizons Program. We would also like to thank colleagues from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) who participated in various initial brain-storming meetings in Mumbai, Imtiaz Khan from MAMTA for monitoring program implementation in Gorakhpur, and Synovate for conducting the baseline and endline surveys in Mumbai and Gorakhpur. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the MacArthur Foundation and SSL International for supporting the study at various stages. This study and final report were made possible by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No. HRN-A-00-97-00012-00. The contents are the responsibility of the Horizons Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. The Population Council is an international, non-profit, nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around t world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. Its New York headquarters supports a global network of regional and country offices. Promoting gender equity as a strategy to reduce HIV risk and gender-based violence among young men in India, " Horizons Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. This document may be reproduced in whole or in part without permission of the Population Council provided full source citation is given and the reproduction is not for commercial purposes.