Table 1.
Mapping of CSE programmes in Malawi.
| Organisation programme name | Population reached | Geographical area | Topics covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Children, Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Family Planning for Protection and Empowerment of Adolescents and Women Project (CSEFP) | In-school and out-of-school clubs. Adolescent boys and girls aged 10–24 years | Rumphi, Mzimba, Nneno, Ntchisi, Mwanza, | Sexual and reproductive health and rights; youth empowerment through village loans and savings; family planning and safer sex; values, rights, culture and sexuality; skills for health and well-being; sexuality and sexual behaviour; sexual and reproductive health; HIV and AIDS stigma |
| Village Reach, Health Center by Phone (Chipatala Cha Pa Foni) | All adolescent age groups. In-school and out-of-school | Machinga, Zomba, Balaka | STI’S; maternal and child health; family planning methods |
| United Nations Children’s Fund, Poverty reduction through improved quality education and basic life skills for in an out of school adolescent girls in Malawi | In- and out-of-school Adolescents; standard 5 to 8, aged 10–19 years | Mangochi, Salima, Dedza | Vocational skills; life skills for SRH; basic livelihood skills |
| Youth Project Excellent, Youth project excellence | Adolescent girls and women aged 13–24 years In- and out-of-school, also includes people with disabilities | Chiradzulu | Sexual and reproductive healthcare services; sexuality information; sexuality education; respect for bodily integrity; sexual agency and choosing their partners and consensual marriage; enjoyable and pleasurable sexual life |
| UNESCO, Our right, Our lives, Our future (O3) initiative | Adolescents ages 15–19 | Ghana, Eswatini, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe | Relationships; values, rights, culture and sexuality; understanding gender-based violence and staying safe; skills for health and well-being; sexuality and sexual behaviour; sexual and reproductive health |
| UNFPA, Safeguard Young People Programme | Adolescents aged 15–24 years; in- and out-of-school young people | Nkhatabay, Mchinji, Dedza, Mangochi, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa | Values and rights; adolescents’ development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; prevention and risk reduction; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy activities |
| UNICEF, UN Joint Programme on Girls Education | In- and out-of-school adolescents; standard 5 to 8, aged 10–14 years; also boys and girls aged 15–19 years | Dedza, Salima, Mangochi | Values and rights: adolescents’ development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; prevention and risk reduction; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy activities |
| Youth Network and Counselling, Spotlight Initiative | Out-of-school young people | Mzimba, Nkhatabay, Nsanje, Machinga, Ntchisi, Dowa. | Values and rights; adolescents’ development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy activities |
| Association of Progressive Women, Securing Children’s Rights through Education and Protection | Adolescents aged 15–19 years Both boys and girls | Mwanza | Growth and development; gender; HIV/AIDS (Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP), Positive living); assertiveness |
| Farmer’s Union, Adolescent Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture- ANSA | Adolescents aged 15–19 years Both boys and girls | Mwanza | Sex and gender roles; HIV/AIDS and STIs; contraceptives; menstrual health management & hygiene; human development; self-esteem and assertiveness; relationships; critical thinking and decision making; stress and anxiety. Management; leadership; management of peer pressure; alcohol and drug abuse; counselling and psychosocial support. |
| Passion for Women and Children, She Matters Project (Menstrual Hygiene) | School-going girls/School structures | Values, rights, culture, and sexuality; understanding gender: skills for health and wellbeing; The human body and development | |
| Population Services International, Nzatonse Project | Male and Female youth aged 10–24 years, men and women in reproductive age group 15–49 | Ntchisi | Sexual and reproductive health: Pregnancy and pregnancy prevention; HIV and AIDS stigma, care, treatment, and support; Understanding, recognising, and reducing the risk of STI’s, including HIV |
| Ladder for Rural Development Organisation, Ending VAWG/HP in Malawi | Women of reproductive age and girls | Ntchisi | Relationships; values, rights, culture, and sexuality; understanding gender; violence and staying safe; skills for health and well-being; the human body and development; sexuality and sexual behaviour; sexual and reproductive health; HIV and AIDS stigma |
| Evangelical Association of malawi-(EAM), Nzatonse SRHR (Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights) | Youths aged 10–25 years, men & women of reproductive age | Ntchisi | Relationships; values, rights, culture, and sexuality; understanding gender; violence and staying safe; skills for health and well-being; the human body and development; sexuality and sexual behaviour; sexual and reproductive health; HIV and AIDS stigma |
| Plan International Malawi, Adolescent Girls and Young Women: AIDS Free Girls and Education (AGE) | In-school and out-of-school girls and boys aged 10–24 years | Lilongwe peri-urban | Building your dreams; menstruation; pregnancy prevention; communication; social power and gender; HIV and Living with HIV; goal setting |
| Blantyre Synod, N’zatonse Project | Boys and girls aged 18–30 years | Blantyre, Thyolo | Sexual and reproductive health rights; human sexuality; adolescence; puberty; the reproductive system; menstruation; abstinence and postponing sex; pregnancy; planning our future; abortion; STIs, HIV & AIDS; culture; gender; socialisation; dating and rape; alcohol and drug abuse and decision making |
| Pakachere Institute, Reproductive health advocacy partnership | Boys and girls aged 15–24 years | Blantyre, Dedza | Values and rights; adolescence; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; communication; STIs and HIV prevention and risk reduction; sexual and gender-based violence |
| CAMFED, CAMFED Association | Adolescent girls both in school and out-of-school | Zomba, Machinga | Getting to know each other; adolescence and sexual and reproductive health; gender and power relations; STIs and HIV in adolescents; (HIV Knowledge, HIV Testing, Positive Living). |
| Adolescent girls and young women aged 10–19 | Zomba, Machinga | Building your dreams; team building; safe environment; your body, your health; communicating with others; social, power and gender; feeling power and powerlessness; HIV and You; your future | |
| Mponela AIDS Information and Counselling Centre, Education for Life | In-school adolescents (aged 10–24 years) and out of school (aged 14–25 years) Youth living with HIV as another special focus group (aged 10–25 years) | Dowa | Peer leadership; knowing and accepting present realities; life skills for AIDS-free generation |
| Family Planning Association of Malawi, Access | In- and out-of-school youths aged 10–24 years | Karonga, Dedza, Kasungu, Ntcheu, Lilongwe, Dowa | STIs and HIV/AIDS; condom use and promotion; family planning; cervical cancer; growing up and body changes; sexual orientation |
| Feed the Children, Tiwalele 2 | Adolescents aged 15–19 years (Lactating adolescent girls) | Karonga, Dowa, Mchinji, Salima, Blantyre City, Blantyre District, Lilongwe City, Lilongwe District, Mulanje, Nkhotakota and Thyolo | Discovering my strengths; nutrition; Understanding Our Bodies; understanding your body; sexuality; abstinence; STIs and HIV and AIDS, gender dynamics and gender-based violence; goal setting |
| Help a Child, YACSMART project: Youth Active in Climate Smart Agriculture | Youths aged 18–35 years | Mzimba, NK, Rumphi, | Growing up and body changes; family planning; STIs and HIV/ AIDS; relationships; gender; gender-based violence; gender roles; sexual orientation; sexual satisfaction; condom use and promotion; cervical cancer etc. |
| Ujama Pamodzi, JPGE | Adolescent girls | Salima | Problem solving; decision making; effective communication; peaceful conflict resolution; interpersonal relationships; good health good hygiene. |
| More Than Brides Alliance (Save The Children, YONECO GENET, Marriage no Child Play) (More Than Brides) | Adolescent girls | Mchinji, Nkhatabay, Mangochi, | Peer education; life skills; adolescence and puberty; family planning methods; sexual abuse; HIV testing |
| International Organisation for Migration, SRHR-HIV Knows No Border project | Migrants, adolescents and young people and sex workers | Mchinji, Mwanza-Neno | SRHR-HIV and migration services; SRHR services for migrants and sex workers; referral networks |
| Kachila Youth Initiative, TUBAPOKE (Let`s Protect Girls and Boys from child marriages and other sexual Reproductive Health Rights) | In- and out-of-school youths aged 10–24 years | Karonga | Peer education; sexuality & knowledge; gender & human rights |
| FOCUS, Reaching Mother & Child for Health | In- and out-of-school youth and adolescent girls (aged 10–24 years) | Karonga | Gender & social inclusion; human rights; family planning |
| FOCUS, Tithetse Nkhanza | Women & girls | Karonga | Gender-based violence; teenage pregnancies and child marriage; laws around child marriages |
| Malawi Girl Guide Association, Safeguards Young People Program (SYP) | Both in- and out-of-school, aged 10–14, 5–19, and 20–24 years | Dedza, Mangochi, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Mchinji | Values and rights; adolescent growth and development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; effective communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV, sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy |
| Malawi Girl Guide Association, Joint Program on Girls Education | Both in- and out-of-school, aged 10–14, 5–19, and 20–25 years | Dedza, Salima, Mangochi | Values and rights; adolescent growth and development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; effective communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy |
| Malawi Girl Guide Association, Reaching Those Most Left Behind With CSE | Both in- and out-of-school, aged 10–14, 5–19, and 20–26years | Dedza, Mangochi, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Mchinji | Values and rights; adolescent growth and development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; effective communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy |
| Malawi Girl Guide Association, Comprehensive Action For Adolescent Girls and Young Women | Both in- and out-of-school, aged 10–14, 5–19, and 20–27years | Mulanje | Values and rights; adolescent growth and development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; effective communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy |
| Malawi Girl Guide Association, Girl Guiding for sexual and reproductive health and rights | Both in- and out-of-school, aged 10–14, 5–19, and 20–28years | Lilongwe | Values and rights; adolescent growth and development; sexuality; gender roles and equality; planning for the future; relationships; effective communication; pregnancy; STIs and HIV; sexual and gender-based violence; advocacy |
| Youth Initiative for Change and Development, Adolescents sexual Reproductive Health Rights | Adolescents of ages 1024. | Lilongwe, Mchinji, DOWA, Ntcheu, Nneno, Mwanza, Mulanje | All topics in CSE manual |
| CRIDOC, CSE | Adolescents aged 10–24 years | Lilongwe urban and rural, Nkhotakota | Menstrual health; psychosocial health; HIV prevention; linkages with health facilities |
| DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe) Project, SSDI – Communication /Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Programs | AGYW aged 10–19 years | Zomba, Mchinga, Mangochi | Building your dreams; understanding your body; pregnancy; communicating with others; decision making; gender dynamics; sexual and reproductive health rights; HIV Knowledge and Testing, HIV Stigma and Support and Living with HIV; goal setting |
| Bantwana World Initiative, Protect Our Youth | Adolescents aged 13–18 years, their caregivers, and school authorities | Chiradzulu, Kasungu, Mzimba, Blantyre | My dreams, My choice guide: goal setting; safe environment; knowledge of one’s body; menstruation; pregnancy; condoms; communication; girls’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS; gender or sex; gender equity as protection from HIV; gender dynamics and gender-based violence |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation, Get Up Speak Out | Out-of-school youth and adolescents (aged 10–24 years) | Mangochi and Chikwawa | Sexual health rights; CSE messaging for Young People Living with HIV/AIDS, Young People with disabilities etc. access to SRH services; youth advocacy |