In Italy, MenCare partner Parteciparte is using its Theatre of the Oppressed to engage men and boys in exploring positive and caring forms of masculinity. Proving successful in Rome, the play “Uomini Che Provano” [“Men Who Try”] is now being performed in local community venues across the country. The play features a range of topics …
On June 13, 2018, the MenEngage Uganda Network and Sonke Gender Justice, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden in Kampala, hosted an event featuring the 2017 State of the World’s Fathers: Time for Action report, produced by Equimundo as a MenCare publication. Sonke Gender Justice and Equimundo serve as the global MenCare campaign’s co-coordinators. The report studies …
Globally, women make up about half of the workforce, but they’re still spending over twice as much time on childcare and domestic work as men are. At MenCare, we believe that true equality will only be reached when men are taking on 50% of the world’s childcare and domestic work; however, estimates say that at …
On February 20, 2018, MenCare global co-coordinator Equimundo presented the webinar “Ask the Expert: Program P: Engaging Men in Fatherhood and Care through Gender-Transformative Programming.” Hosted by Healthy Start EPIC Center, the conversation discussed strategies for implementing Fatherhood 2.0, the United States adaptation of Program P, MenCare’s gender-transformative curriculum providing concrete strategies and activities to …
This Sunday marks Mother’s Day for many of us around the world. On Mother’s Day – and every day – we celebrate the invaluable role that mothers play in their children’s lives, and we want to do our part to support moms worldwide. We know that although women make up about half of the work …
The 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit featuring Entertainment Education takes place April 16-20 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, and MenCare is presenting its evidence-based approaches to engaging men in fatherhood and care, including global best practices in programming, campaigns, and advocacy. The collective power of people to transform the social and political …