{"id":28766,"date":"2026-05-26T21:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/?p=28766"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:18:18","slug":"report-launch-what-if-we-lead-with-compassion-care-and-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/report-launch-what-if-we-lead-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Report launch: What If We Lead with Compassion, Care and Accountability?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Equimundo report calls for a care-centered approach to preventing men\u2019s violence against women and girls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para consultas de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, comun\u00edquese con: <a href=\"mailto:press@equimundo.org\">press@equimundo.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>May 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/resources\/what-if-we-led-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/\">informe<\/a> from Equimundo argues that preventing men\u2019s violence against women and girls requires a fundamental shift in how societies engage men and boys, moving beyond punishment and blame alone toward approaches rooted in care, compassion, empathy, and accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/changemakers.equimundo.org\/mencare-changemaker-summit-2026-rio\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MenCare Changemaker Summit 2026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/resources\/what-if-we-led-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/\"><b>What If We Lead with Compassion, Care and Accountability?<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> examines how \u201ccaring masculinities\u201d can help prevent violence, strengthen relationships, and advance gender equality. Written by Professor Michael Flood with Gary Barker, Giovanna Lauro, and Taveeshi Gupta, the report draws on decades of global research on violence prevention, masculinity, fatherhood, and care work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/resources\/what-if-we-led-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/\">informe<\/a> highlights the scale of violence globally, noting that close to one billion women have experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate male partner or sexual violence by a non-partner. It argues that while men and boys must be central to prevention efforts because they overwhelmingly perpetrate this violence, they must also be engaged as caregivers, allies, community members, and stakeholders in creating safer societies.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A caring masculinities lens offers powerful tools for this work, foregrounding care, empathy, relationality, and interdependence as core to how men understand themselves and engage with others,\u201d the report states.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The report advances what it describes as a \u201cdual call to action\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men must actively reject violence and practice empathy, accountability, and respect<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communities and institutions must also care for men and boys by creating the emotional, social, and structural supports that enable non-violent lives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The report also argues that care itself should be understood as a violence prevention strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Applying a care lens to violence prevention produces four practical orientations,\u201d the authors write, including building empathy, strengthening relational accountability, centering survivor wellbeing, and addressing structural inequalities that normalize harm and dominance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGiven the extent of men\u2019s experiences of and use of violence, it is easy to believe that violence is the default for manhood,\u201d the report concludes. \u201cA care lens applied to violence prevention allows us to see the ways men and boys already care, the care they need and the care they can and want to provide.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>About the report:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/resources\/what-if-we-led-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/\"><b>What If We Lead with Compassion, Care and Accountability?<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was produced by Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice as part of the MenCare Changemaker Journey. The report was written by Professor Michael Flood with Gary Barker, Giovanna Lauro, and Taveeshi Gupta and launched during the MenCare Changemaker Summit 2026 in Rio de Janeiro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report explores how care-centered approaches can strengthen global efforts to prevent gender-based violence and foster healthier, more equitable forms of masculinity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lea el informe completo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equimundo.org\/es\/resources\/what-if-we-led-with-compassion-care-and-accountability\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfTienes preguntas o quieres cubrir esta historia?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cont\u00e1ctenos en <a href=\"mailto:press@equimundo.org\">press@equimundo.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Equimundo report calls for a care-centered approach to preventing men\u2019s violence against women and girls. 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