The No Means No South Africa Evaluation Study

"The No Means No (NMN) Girls' Curriculum is a violence prevention program designed for adolescent girls and young women 10-20 years old. This curriculum has been designed specifically for safer implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. NMN Girls' programming is deeply rooted in Empowerment Self-Defense, which is a uniquely holistic, survivor-centered, feminist approach to self-protection skills. Youth educators called Instructors deliver the curriculum to young people in schools. This 8-hour intervention is comprised of classes that teach young people mental, verbal and physical self-defense skills that can be used to prevent sexual assault and other forms of gender-based violence."

"The No Means No (NMN) Boys' Curriculum is a violence prevention curriculum that has been designed specifically for implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed for adolescent boys and young men age 10-20. Like the girls program it is delivered by youth educators called Instructors in schools. This 8-hour intervention is comprised of classes that teach young people gender equitable attitudes, skills to defend equality and how to avoid violence as a power paradigm."

The standard school-based Life Orientation curriculum