Evidence to Action Technical Brief: Social Norms for Adolescents and Young people in Eastern and Southern Africa

This technical brief describes the social norms influencing SRHR outcomes and summarises the evidence of what works in relation to social norms and SRHR programming for AYP. The brief outlines implications for programming and highlights useful resources for those designing social norms programmes focusing on SRHR. The brief is primarily intended for technical specialists working on the health and well-being of AYP in ESAR, including those working with government, civil society, UN agencies and funders.This work has been informed by studies undertaken by the Accelerate Research Hub team at the University of Cape Town and University of Oxford in collaboration with UNICEF ESARO. This work was commissioned by the Regional Interagency Thematic Team (RITT) on gender and social norms consisting of UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and UNAIDS as part of the 2gether 4 SRHR initiative, funded by the Government of Sweden.