This document discusses using gamification to positively influence young people's choices around sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Ethiopia. It proposes developing and playtesting several educational games focused on topics like consent, contraceptive use, substance abuse, and sexual abuse. A participatory study would inform the game design process. Basic game prototypes would then be playtested to refine the challenges, balancing, and identify unintended consequences before wider dissemination. The goal is to engage and motivate learners on SRHR issues through an innovative approach with potential for future scaling up.

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2. Enabling young leaders to create large-
scale change through leadership
development, technology, innovation,
and advocacy.

3. Aim: To positively
Influence Young People’s
SRHR Choices by Piloting
the Strategy of
Gamification
How: By Developing and
Playtesting Innovative
Educational Games in the
Area

4. The use of game mechanics ina non-game context, to
engage users or solve problems (element of games to
motivate and engage the learner- elementof chance,
characters, reward)
A combination of rule, designs and tools intendedto
create a game play. (A specificway players interact
with the game, use that power to change perceptions)
Gamification:

5. Key Components
 Participatory
Ethnographic
Study
 Game Design
 Playtesting
 Results
Dissemination

6. Participatory Ethnographic Study
Of course I am going
to beat him, I was
born to win!

7. Games Development
Unintended Pregnancy- card
Game focused on Consent and
Negotiation played through
setting individual goals and
achieving them.
Contraceptive Use/Misuse: a
game played through collecting
“health power cards” focused
on the right contraceptive use/
condoms vs post pills
Alcohol & Drug Abuse and Sexual Decision Making: A story card game
played through identifying factors or scenarios for safe and unsafe
sexual practices.
Sexual Abuse and Harassment -Card game, played through building
definitions and key messages to understand and fight sexual abuse.

8. Basic prototypes for playtesting
• Have we set the right
challenges?
• Is the point system balanced
or does it encourage the
wrong behavior?
• Are there unintended
consequences?
• Can you game the system?

9. Ethiopian Context, Scalability,
Potential
“Innovation allows us the opportunity
to make our voices even more
compelling, our work much more
effective”
Emerging Lessons

10. Thank you! 
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