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7 July 2026

GT4Afica Closing webinar

The Closing Webinar offers participants an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the achievements of the GT4Africa collaboration while exploring strategies to sustain its impact and build on the gains made.
7 July 2026

Jounal Supplement Launch

The Journal Supplement Launch Webinar showcased the GT4Africa cohort's research to a broader audience and created a platform for dialogue on advancing gender-transformative research, policy, and practice across Africa.
7 July 2026

Knowledge Translation for Gender Transformative Approaches to SRMH

The webinar provided a platform for GT4Africa research project teams to share and reflect on their knowledge translation (KT) experiences, discuss context-specific challenges and practical approaches to KT, and explore opportunities for collective, cohort-wide engagement and collaboration.
7 July 2026

Writing Workshop

The Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) cohort brings together seven implementation research projects (2022–2025) across Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Malawi, and South Africa. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the cohort addresses critical gaps in gender-transformative approaches to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health (SRMH).
7 July 2026

African Perspectives on GTA

This webinar shared preliminary findings and offered insights into diverse perspectives on gender-transformative approaches across Africa. The session provided an opportunity for participants to reflect on emerging themes and patterns, identify gaps, and discuss the relevance of the research to their own work and the broader field of gender-transformative research and practice.
7 July 2026

Male Engagement

This webinar explored the role of male engagement and masculinities in advancing sexual, reproductive, and maternal health (SRMH). Participants shared lessons from across the projects, reflected on current approaches, and discussed priorities for strengthening future research and practice.
7 July 2026

Intersectionality – what it is and why it matters

This webinar explored the importance of intersectionality in advancing gender-transformative change in health. It provided a space for learning, dialogue, and reflection while fostering networking and collaboration across the cohort.
7 July 2026

Assessing and measuring gender transformative change

This webinar explored approaches to assessing and measuring progress towards gender-transformative change in health. It provided a platform for learning, dialogue, and reflection on measurement practices while fostering networking and collaboration across the cohort.
7 July 2026

Gender Transformative Approaches

This webinar brought participants together to exchange knowledge, reflect on gender-transformative approaches and their application in practice, and strengthen connections across the cohort.