In September, the Center for Men and Masculinities Studies and Equimundo launched the Priyo Baba (“Dear Father”) campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The campaign, whose motto is “Responsible Father, Happy Family, Prosperous Country,” encourages men’s involvement as equitable and non-violent fathers and partners. The launch brought together more than 150 students, professors, and civil society representatives …
MenCare Brazil partner Equimundo, together with the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro, conducted training workshops on the methodology of Program P: A Manual for Engaging Men in Fatherhood, Caregiving, and Maternal and Child Health between July and September. Program P provides a direct and targeted response to the need for concrete strategies to …
The Fatherhood Project in Nepal aims to empower local communities, engaging fathers and male caregivers in active, gender-sensitive, nonviolent ways in the lives of their children, partners, and other female family members. …
MenCare+ South Africa partner Mosaic hosted a “Father and Child Day” in Tafelsig, a community in Cape Town, on August 22, 2015. The community of Tafelsig is located within the broader suburb of Mitchells Plain, which is often featured in local and national news for gang violence, drug use and trade, high levels of unemployment, and absent …
MenCare launched the State of the World’s Fathers (SOWF) report in June 2015 in 10 cities around the world, and the report as a global advocacy tool has already begun to see results. In addition to its translations into over seven languages, in the Netherlands advocacy around SOWF led to the increase of paternity leave …
MenCare partner World Vision Lanka started MenCare programming in the Ambagamuwa Area Development Program (ADP) in 2012. It found that not only was the program successful in engaging men as fathers and caregivers and as partners in women’s empowerment, but that it also had positive effects on related economic, alcohol-abuse, and nutrition programing in the …
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