The Red Peruana de Masculinidades, a MenCare Peru partner, announced the winners of its third annual fatherhood photography contest on July 23, 2015. The nationwide competition received over 40 entries. It was designed to increase the visibility of Peruvian fathers involved in care work, and to promote active, responsible, affectionate, and gender-equitable models of fatherhood. Check out …
After years of focusing overwhelmingly on the mother–child dyad, child development as a field has ‘discovered’ fathers. Gary Barker explains how the MenCare campaign is leading research into why and how to engage fathers, and advocating for changes in public policy and practice in the early childhood arena. …
The first State of the World’s Fathers report launched globally on June 16 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Other international launches, in 10 cities around the world, were held at the US Congress as well as parliaments in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. From New York to Nairobi, here are some of the highlights. …
In May, MenCare partner Center E8 launched the “Super Dad” fatherhood campaign in Serbia – its first MenCare campaign activity. The organization engaged several well-known fathers to appear on its materials and act as ambassadors of the campaign. They include: Srđan Dinčić: A comedian who performs stand-up comedy and writes for a popular local TV show …
The old trope of a man nervously pacing the hospital’s waiting area, wringing his hands, while his wife labors in a private back room is reserved for old movies and nostalgia, right? That may not be true, according to State of the World’s Fathers, the world’s first report to provide a global view of the state of men’s contributions to parenting and caregiving. …
CARE International Balkans, supported by Austrian Development Cooperation and Oak Foundation, launched the MenCare campaign in five countries in northwest Balkans on May 15, 2015. MenCare, a global fatherhood campaign, promotes men’s involvement as equitable, nonviolent fathers and caregivers in order to achieve family wellbeing, gender equality, and better health for mothers, fathers, and children. …
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