The recently released 2015 General Household Survey revealed a mixed bag for our children. There was a commendable increase in the number of five-year-olds enrolled in school, but at home the picture isn’t so rosy. According to the survey, 63% of fathers do not live at home with their biological children. This number has remained more or less the same for the past decade. The fact is that there is a massive gap in father’s presence in children’s lives. …
A new study focuses on the effectiveness of MenCare+ programming for parents in promoting gender equality in Cape Town, South Africa. It examines the ways in which attitudes toward gender, household divisions of caregiving, and fathers’ involvement among participants change before and after joining MenCare+ fathers’ groups. …
MenCare Rwanda partner, the Rwanda Men’s Resource Center (RWAMREC) held a national celebration event in Kigali to mark the completion of the country’s MenCare+ project on February 4, 2016. The event highlighted key achievements over the project’s three years of implementation, with presentations by RWAMREC, Equimundo, and the Embassy of the Netherlands. Approximately 75 attendees …
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 …
A group of 10 civil society members, UN Women staff, and government representatives traveled from Kenya to Rwanda for an exchange visit hosted by MenCare partner Rwanda Men’s Resource Center (RWAMREC). The objective was to learn good practices in SGBV prevention and response strategies, in male engagement, and in women’s empowerment. …
One of the major challenges faced by families in South Africa is father absence, which has significant implications for child and family wellbeing. Data from Statistics South Africa (2010) reveal that 48% of children in South Africa have absent fathers, while only 33% live with both parents. About 39% of children live with their mothers …
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