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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,

Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Eight Countries

Using data from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), this paper examines men’s lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration across eight low- and middle-income

Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work: preliminary findings from engaging fathers in maternal, newborn, and child health in Rwanda

This article draws on Equimundo and RWAMREC’s programmatic experiences in Rwanda of implementing MenCare+, a gender transformative approach to engaging young and adult men (ages 15–35) in

Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-based Violence: Principles, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward

This article examines the rationale for working with men and boys for gender equality; describes key findings from multi-country studies – including IMAGES – about the relationship between

Living Peace Groups Implementation Manual and Final Project Report: GBV Prevention and Social Restoration in the DRC and Burundi

This manual provides the resources and tools for organizations and practitioners in post-conflict settings to sustainably engage men in gender-based violence prevention through Living Peace groups. The

A Study of Gender, Masculinities and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Rwanda: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)

This report presents results from IMAGES conducted in the Mutobo Demobilization and Reintegration Center in Rwanda by Equimundo and partners during October 2013 and January 2014.

The Making of Sexual Violence

This report presents an overview of five study sites of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), presents findings related to men’s self-reported perpetration of sexual

Gender Relations, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Effects of Conflict on Women and Men in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)

This report presents the complete results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) conducted by Equimundo, Sonke Gender Justice, and Institut Supérieur du Lac in

Sports and the Making of Men: Transforming Gender Norms on the Playing Field

This MenEngage-UNFPA advocacy brief explores ideas on how to transform sport – an important part of the lives of most boys and many men – to encourage gender equitable

Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict: Engaging Men and Boys

This MenEngage-UNFPA advocacy brief explores how to engage men and boys in preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Both the prevention of

The Other Side of Gender: Men as Critical Agents of Change

This report aims to complement and further the work of the women, peace, and security agenda through a discussion of the formation of male identities, drivers of

Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Men & Boys Module

In collaboration with the MenEngage Alliance and with support from UNIFEM, Equimundo produced a module for the virtual knowledge centre on how to work with men and

Gender Relations, Sexual Violence and the Effects of Conflict on Women and Men in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Preliminary Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)

This report presents the preliminary results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Understanding Men’s Violence Against Women: Findings from the IMAGES Survey in Brazil, Chile and Mexico

This publication features specific data from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) on violence against women in three countries in the Latin American region: Brazil,

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment in Rwanda

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be