Addressing norms together: Reflections from the Francophone Africa community of practice launch in Kinshasa, DRC

On June 28 and 29 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), over 30 regional members joined together for the kick-off convening meeting of the Francophone Africa regional community of practice on the scale-up of normative change for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH). Nine countries were represented—DRC, Mali, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Sénégal, Chad, Benin and Cameroon—with participants from government ministries, USAID Missions, international, local, and community-based local non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions.