Many Ways of Being Curriculum
October 2025
Many Ways of Being is a sex education program for all young people, ages 15 to 19, aiming to promote healthy, consensual, and violence-free relationships among young people while reducing the incidence of STIs and unplanned pregnancy.
The program curriculum is comprised of eight two-hour sessions or 16 one-hour sessions. The curriculum covers topics including identity, emotions, interpersonal communication, caring and nonviolent relationships, sexual consent, risk reduction strategies for STI transmission and unplanned pregnancy, accessing clinical sexual and reproductive health services, and portrayals of sex and sexuality in the media.
At the core of the curriculum’s theory of change are norms and their effect on adolescent beliefs and behaviors related to sexual and reproductive health. Many Ways of Being uses a gender transformative approach and aims to promote shifts from restrictive attitudes to more equitable ones and strengthen skills to support young people engaging in healthy behaviors.
The curriculum is available online for free download in both English and Spanish. Materials include:
- Many Ways of Being curriculum (2-hour and 1-hour sessions versions)
- Support Sheets for Sessions 2-7
- Many Ways of Being Workbook
- Many Ways of Being Adaptation Guide
Many Ways of Being was developed by Equimundo and Healthy Teen Network in 2022, and we are a national training and TA provider for the curriculum. Learn more about our facilitator training.
The program is currently being evaluated by Child Trends.
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Many Ways of Being Facilitators Training
Are you ready to learn how to implement Many Ways of Being?
This multi-day training of facilitators will increase your capacity to implement Many Ways of Being. You will walk away knowing how to create safe and courageous learning environments and how those environments benefit all young people.
Unfamiliar with gender transformative approaches? We’ve got you covered! We’ll take a dive deep into how gender norms affect our beliefs and behaviors and prepare you for conversations with young people.
Want to be fully prepared and ready to get started right away? No problem! We’ve built in time to watch demonstrations and practice activities throughout the training. You will leave the training ready to make a lasting impact on young people.
We will be offering facilitator trainings both in-person and virtually starting in 2026. Send us a message to find out more!
