Join Equimundo at Women Deliver’s 2016 Global Conference
The largest global convening on girls’ and women’s health, rights, and well-being, Women Deliver’s 2016 conference will take place May 16-19 in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the conference, we will
Living Peace Institute Promotes Peace and Equality in Democratic Republic of the Congo on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, celebrated each year on March 8, is an opportunity to highlight the achievements of all women and girls globally, while calling for greater equality.
Reframing Gender Equality and Sustainable Change: Should Men Be in the Picture?
Recent research from the EMERGE project highlights that men and boys can be important allies and agents of change in working with women and girls to drive momentum on their empowerment. The project has learned that men working together with women to challenge problematic gender roles and expectations can strengthen accountability claims and provide space for mutual learning and redefinition of gender norms.
TIME’s “The Secret War Crime” Highlights Equimundo’s Living Peace Initiative as Part of the Effort to Prevent Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
We’re humbled to be mentioned in TIME’s cover story “The Secret War Crime,” written by Aryn Baker. Against a background of horrific and widespread sexual violence in conflict, Baker narrates the stories of victims and survivors of this violence – and of others who are working for change.
Transforming Gender Relations Within an Existing Project: The Mozambique Experience
Concern Worldwide is collaborating with Equimundo to shift its “Linking Agribusiness and Nutrition” (LAN) project in Mozambique from a gender-sensitive approach to one that is gender-transformative, and to increase the project’s capacity to engage men in order to improve mother and child nutrition.
The Truth About Adolescent Boys
New publication by Equimundo and UNFPA highlights importance of engaging young men in gender equality and in sexual and reproductive health and rights Reaching gender equality must,
Adolescent Boys and Young Men: Engaging Them as Supporters of Gender Equality and Health and Understanding their Vulnerabilities
This report highlights the importance of engaging adolescent boys and young men in sexual and reproductive health and rights and in gender equality. It reviews current research
Living Peace: EMERGE Story of Change
This story of change pulls out the main findings and recommendations from Living Peace: EMERGE Case Study, which focuses on the work of Living Peace in DRC. This
Living Peace: EMERGE Case Study
Conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has caused millions of people to lose their lives, suffer displacement or become the victims or perpetrators of violence.
Prevention+, a Multi-Country Program Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment and Preventing Gender-Based Violence, Launches in 2016
Equimundo, together with Rutgers and Sonke Gender Justice, is beginning a multi-country, multi-year program in 2016 to engage men and boys in reducing gender-based violence and promoting
Harassment In Tech: Why Men Need To Speak Out Now
Author and Equimundo Senior Fellow Michael Kaufman explains why why it is critical for men in the tech field to start taking real leadership, working alongside women, to create workplace environments that are gender-equitable and welcoming to all.
Thousands Celebrate Nonviolence in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Second Round of Living Peace Groups
Equimundo’s team in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Living Peace Institute, held three celebrations to conclude its second round of Living Peace groups in North
Can Success in DRC be Replicated? Commonalities Across Conflict
Although state-based conflicts have declined globally over the past 20 years, approximately 1.5 billion people continue to live in areas that are fragile, in conflict, or subject to large-scale organized violence. For communities in DRC, Living Peace has been well received and successfully scaled up. The program’s positive results lead to the question: What are the lessons learned that can be replicated and adapted in other post-conflict settings around the world?
Living Peace: Healing After Conflict in DRC
Living Peace is reaching thousands of men and women, including military, police, health workers, and religious leaders, to prevent violence and create sustainable peace in North and
Living Peace: The Story of Abby and Kyalu
Abby and Kyalu were abducted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2008. Abby was forced into hard labor and Kyalu, his wife,
Living Peace: Scaling Up Healing After Conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Starting in 2015, Equimundo and partners began implementing a four-year expansion of the innovative Living Peace program throughout the North and South Kivu provinces in eastern Democratic
When Men Change: A Equimundo Film
When Men Change tells the story of four men who changed the way they think about gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, and violence. In recent years,
“She goes with me in my boat”: Child and Adolescent Marriage in Brazil
This study, the first of its kind in Brazil, explores attitudes and practices around child and adolescent marriage in Pará and Maranhão, two Brazilian states with highest prevalence of the practice. The results confirm the mostly informal and consensual nature of unions involving girls under the age of 18 in the settings studied.
“She goes with me in my boat”: Child and Adolescent Marriage in Brazil: Executive Summary
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
“This isn’t the life for you”: Masculinities and Nonviolence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Executive Summary
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
Engaging Men and Boys to End the Practice of Child Marriage
Engaging Men and Boys to End the Practice of Child Marriage explores how unequal gender norms uphold this practice and through program examples identifies the ways men
MenCare in the Public Health Sector in Central America
MenCare partners ECPAT in Guatemala and Puntos de Encuentro and REDMAS in Nicaragua worked within their countries’ existing health systems to promote men’s engagement in active fatherhood
Caring for Equality
Prenatal sex selection—choosing to continue or terminate a pregnancy based on the baby’s sex—is a blatant form of gender-based violence. This manual, developed by World Vision Armenia,
Understanding Young Men and Masculinities in the Balkans: Implications for Health, Development, and Peace
This literature review examines the health behaviors and livelihood challenges faced by young men aged 15 to 25 in Southeastern Europe. It provides an analysis of gender equality,