Equimundo Condemns Police Massacre in Rio de Janeiro
On October 28, Rio de Janeiro’s state police murdered at least 130 men in two of the city’s favelas. Equimundo stands with activists, politicians, the families of
On October 28, Rio de Janeiro’s state police murdered at least 130 men in two of the city’s favelas. Equimundo stands with activists, politicians, the families of
At Equimundo, we recently had the opportunity to host a discussion with Hardy Merriman, an expert in non-violent responses to authoritarianism. We asked Hardy what works to
Equimundo presenta WoW Visions: El rol de los hombres para la equidad de género, una iniciativa de asociación que busca escuchar y amplificar las voces de las mujeres que hablan sobre cómo los hombres pueden trabajar como aliados en la promoción de la equidad de género.
In recent decades, progress has been made toward recognizing and supporting initiatives to advance gender and racial equality, as well as toward addressing other forms of social inequality that intersect with sexism and racism, like class and religious discrimination.
El estado de la paternidad en Brasil 2019: tiempo de actuar es el segundo informe de este tipo en el país, que forma parte del Informe sobre el estado de la paternidad en el mundo.
El informe Estado de la paternidad y el cuidado en Brasil presenta un panorama general de la paternidad y el cuidado en Brasil, incluyendo la legislación del país relacionada con la licencia de paternidad y ejemplos.
Romantic relationships are a common part of the adolescent experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, young people are forming relationships while they’re also trying to navigate their own sense of self, and the world around them, amidst limited prospects for education and employment, widespread rural poverty, and high urban violence.
Succumbing to pressures from the conservative base of Brazil’s National Congress, the country’s Ministry of Education (MEC) is about to approve another setback to gender equity in schools. At the beginning of April 2017, it was proposed that the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” be removed from the National Common Curricular Base (Base Nacional Comum Curricular, or BNCC) for elementary schools – the guideline for classroom content in Brazil.
This year, Equimundo is co-hosting the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 18–21. Held for the first time in
Investigaciones previas de Equimundo sobre prácticas de explotación sexual de niños, niñas y adolescentes (SECA) en cuatro ciudades brasileñas –y temas más amplios sobre género, violencia y masculinidades con niños, niñas y adolescentes– indican
Men’s involvement in domestic chores and caregiving matters, as revealed by the growing body of studies emerging from around the world over the last two decades. There
The political events of 2016 have shown that Brazil still has a long way to go in challenging a culture that excludes women while conflating masculinity with domination, power, control and aggression. Ending child marriage would be one place to start.
“This isn’t the life for you.” These words helped a man who worked in the drug trade to become a community activist, and they capture the aims
MenCare+, an initiative of the global MenCare campaign, completed its third year of activities in Brazil in January 2016. MenCare partner Equimundo coordinates the initiative in Brazil,
What puts adolescents at risk of experiencing relationship violence? In 2015, Equimundo and the Inter-American Development Bank carried out a qualitative study to examine risk and protective
Dependiendo del contexto, los esfuerzos para fomentar la participación masculina, como padres no violentos que comparten las responsabilidades del cuidado, pueden recibir una acogida más o menos favorable. Estas reacciones encontradas nos llevan a preguntarnos: ¿cómo han funcionado los esfuerzos para involucrar a los padres en los países latinoamericanos?
The State of Brazil’s Fathers report presents the state of fatherhood in Brazil, focusing on areas including sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, men’s health, violence against
The report “This isn’t the life for you”: Masculinities and Nonviolence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil presents the results of the adaptation of the International Men and
Esta historia de cambio extrae los principales hallazgos y recomendaciones de MenCare en América Latina: Estudio de caso EMERGE, que destaca la campaña MenCare en América Latina.
Este estudio detalla la implementación y el impacto de MenCare, una campaña mundial de paternidad y cuidado, en su compromiso de involucrar a los hombres como padres involucrados y no violentos.
Este estudio, el primero de su tipo en Brasil, explora las actitudes y prácticas en torno al matrimonio infantil y adolescente en Pará y Maranhão, dos estados brasileños con la mayor prevalencia de esta práctica. Los resultados confirman la naturaleza mayoritariamente informal y consensual de las uniones de niñas menores de 18 años en los entornos estudiados.
Brazil – like the rest of Latin America – has been absent from many global discussions and actions around child and adolescent marriage, which largely focus on
The report “This isn’t the life for you”: Masculinities and Nonviolence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil presents the results of the adaptation of the International Men and Gender Equality
Utilizando datos de la Encuesta Internacional sobre Hombres e Igualdad de Género (IMAGES), este documento examina la violencia física de pareja (VPI) perpetrada por hombres a lo largo de su vida en ocho países de ingresos bajos y medios.