Moscow and St. Petersburg celebrated International Women’s Day with an engaging exhibition of graphic art, called ‘Feminist Pencil,’ that featured comics, posters, and street art created by women with a social message. Many members of Feminist Pencil used graphic art to share their personal experiences with gender-based violence, and the exhibition featured work that called …
The Congo Men’s Network (COMEN) has piloted MenCare activities in eight different locations in the North Kivu province of DRC, reaching a total of 480 people, including 324 adult men, through workshops and focus group discussions thus far. COMEN is a men’s organization advocating for positive masculinity and positive fatherhood, as well as for eliminating …
Today some countries are celebrating Father's Day. In times of financial crisis, averting the crisis of affection and care is one of the biggest challenges we face. …
Let me start with an affirmation: I consider myself a pro-feminist man. I believe it's possible to be a man and to view gender equality as being as important as any social cause on this planet. …
The report, “Impact of Gender-Sensitive Social Services on the Transformation of Parental Values and Practices in Today’s Russia,” based on research conducted by Alexander Malyshev in 2014, is now available for English readers. The study, conducted among fathers’ group attendees in St. Petersburg, is one of only a few in Russia that analyze men’s roles …
On February 18th, Jakarta Globe, an English language newspaper in Indonesia, published an article about the “One Billion Rising campaign” – a global initiative implemented locally to reduce violence against women. The piece describes the campaign’s goal to increase the participation of men in anti-violence campaigns and highlights similar work developed by MenCare+ in the …