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El Iniciativa Global de la Ni\u00f1ez<\/a> (GBI), founded by Equimundo and the Kering Foundation in partnership with Plan International with the support of Gucci\u2019s Chime For Change, launches today in the United States and will expand internationally in 2021. The Global Boyhood Initiative aims to equip adults with the tools and resources to raise, teach, and coach boys (aged 4-13) to share emotions in healthy ways, accept and connect with others, stand up and speak out against inequality, and break free from stereotypes.<\/strong> The initiative is focused on long-term systems change and aims to impact every level of the child\u2019s environment \u2013 at home, school, in the media \u2013 to support boys to be healthy, emotionally connected, and nonviolent; it ultimately aims to prevent violence and achieve gender equality.<\/p>\n The Global Boyhood Initiative launches with:<\/strong><\/p>\n Every day, boys encounter messages about what it means to \u201cact like a boy\u201d \u2013 in families, schools, sports programs, neighborhoods, media, and digital worlds \u2013\u00a0and embracing these messages has long-term consequences.<\/p>\n The new, Estado de los muchachos de Estados Unidos <\/em><\/strong>informe<\/a> presents research and expert perspectives and investigates what it is about boyhood that too often plants the seed for such destructive and self-defeating behavior <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0why open and authentic boys may become more guarded, cynical, and disconnected as they grow. The report points to the need for adults to support boys\u2019 relational and emotional skills and their ability to build and maintain a network of strong, caring relationships as keys to raising a more connected, emotionally healthy, gender-equal generation.<\/p>\n While most parents want<\/a> healthy masculinity \u2013 honesty, respect, and emotional health \u2013 for their sons, they worry that if their sons show vulnerability, talk about love, show fear, imagine anything other than heterosexual identities, they will be bullied by their peer groups. Nearly 2\/3 of survey respondents<\/a> agreed with the statement, \u201cMy parents taught me that a \u201creal man\u201d should act strong even if he feels nervous or scared.\u201d The report calls on parents to model and help their sons affirm a healthier vision of manhood, critically consume media, and resist harmful pressures.<\/strong><\/p>\n In schools, the Estado de los muchachos de Estados Unidos<\/em> affirms that boys receive accolades, acceptance, and respect from being rigidly heterosexual, demonstrably athletic, and dominating (of girls and of other boys), emotionally stoic, bold and aggressive, and anti-academic \u2013 and that those who deviate are corrected, threatened, even bullied. This reinforcement of stereotypes can teach boys to separate their private thoughts and feelings from their public selves; and one cost of this may be a long-standing gender achievement gap in schools, where boys fall behind \u2013\u00a0with their soft skills lacking even before kindergarten. The report, however, affirms that when teachers and educators are engaged, paying attention to, seeing, and understanding boys, it can support boys to reconnect to their studies in authentic and successful ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n Cultural and social norms about masculinity, particularly those that restrict emotional expression and cause social isolation, undermine boys\u2019 and men\u2019s mental and physical health and are a root cause of violence against women and other men. <\/strong>In the name of greater emotional connection, violence prevention, gender equality, and public health, these norms must be changed.<\/p>\n Una iniciativa \u00fanica en su tipo, respaldada por investigaciones y centrada en la ni\u00f1ez, fundada por Equimundo y la Fundaci\u00f3n Kering en asociaci\u00f3n con Plan International, se lanza hoy en los Estados Unidos (EE. 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Why an Initiative on Boyhood:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Visit: www.BoyhoodInitiative.org<\/a><\/h3>\n
Follow: @iniciativaboyhood<\/a> on Instagram<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"