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“We Can Do Better Than #MentorHer”: A Response by MenEngage Alliance Members, Partners, and Allies

The launch of #MentorHer, a campaign by LeanIn.org that aims to get more male CEOs and managers to mentor women in the workplace, has sparked significant discussion

Masculinities and Male Trauma: Making the Connections

Apart from what it means in their own lives, men’s exposure to violence, trauma and adversity are key risk factors for men’s self-inflicted harm and their use

“What’s Up With Manhood?” In the #MeToo Moment, This Program is Redefining Masculinity for Teens in Chicago

Equimundo’s President and CEO Gary Barker appeared on Chicago’s WGN-TV news program on February 21 to talk about the #MeToo movement and the need to redefine masculinity

Watch the Webinar on “Raising Caring Men: How Can #MeToo Bring a Revolution in Masculinities?”

The #MeToo movement has been an opportunity for profound awakening for some, and for increased visibility of a pervasive reality for others, but where do we go

Equimundo Shares Findings on Child Marriage and Adolescent Relationship Violence at Expert Panel Event

Child marriage and early unions are far more prevalent in Latin America than is generally understood: almost 30% of girls in Latin America and the Caribbean are

Program H: A Review of the Evidence

This review on Program H – a gender-transformative approach designed to engage young men in changing gender norms related to masculinities that perpetuate gender inequality – brings

Equimundo and Partners Host “Men and the #MeToo Movement: How Can We Move From Silence to Solidarity?”

Equimundo, Vital Voices Global Partnership, and New America are hosting a panel event on “Men and the #MeToo Movement: How Can We Move From Silence to Solidarity?”

Equimundo Launches New Analysis on Toxic Masculinities and Sexual Abuse, and What We Can Do to End it

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos, Switzerland, Equimundo revealed new analysis on the drivers of harassment in the research brief, Unmasking Sexual Harassment: How

Changing Male Attitudes in the Middle East and the World: What Does It Take?

Social expectations about masculinity both shape and are shaped by conflict. A program being run in Lebanon creates safe spaces where young men can think critically to challenge harmful ideas and redefine masculinity in order to create a more socially just and equal world.

Promoting Men’s Engagement in Early Childhood Development: A Programming and Influencing Package

This programming and influencing package includes resources developed for programs that aim to increase male engagement in nurturing care and early childhood development (ECD), as well as

Equimundo and ABAAD Adapt Program P in Beirut to Promote Men’s Caregiving, Prevention of Violence Against Women, and Early Childhood Development

In 2017, Equimundo and Lebanese NGO ABAAD launched a project to adapt and implement Program P – a gender-transformative fatherhood methodology – with Lebanese and Syrian fathers

Findings and Lessons Learned From an Evaluation of a Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Young Men

Findings and Lessons Learned From an Evaluation of a Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Young Men provides a brief introduction to the Manhood 2.0 intervention, describes Child

Fatherhood 2.0 engages Bhutanese, Burmese, and Nepalese fathers in the United States

In December 2017, MenCare global co-coordinator Equimundo and Steering Committee member MenEngage Alliance conducted a training of facilitators on engaging Bhutanese, Burmese, and Nepalese refugee and immigrant fathers in the United States through a new program called Fatherhood 2.0.

What’s Family Planning Got To Do With Intimate Partner Violence? Exchanging With Experts at the 2017 SVRI Forum

In September 2017, Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH), Tearfund, and Equimundo co-led a satellite event titled, Exploring the Links between Intimate Partner Violence and Family Planning Use: Building Knowledge for Normative Change to Promote Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health, at the Sexual Violence Research Institute (SVRI) Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

First-Ever Regional Training Initiative (RTI) Works To Strengthen Capacity, Build Network of Gender Justice Advocates in Central America

Over the past 20 years, Equimundo’s work in research and program implementation has shown that meaningful, transformative engagement with men and boys can have a significant impact

Care, Coping, and Connection under COVID-19: Insights on couple relationships from a follow-up to the Bandebereho randomized controlled trial in Rwanda

The Care, Coping and Connection under COVID-19 report presents findings from a phone survey with 500 couples in Rwanda, examining the impact of the pandemic on stress,

16 Days of Activism, 16 Pledges to Advance Equality and End Gender-Based Violence

Starting on November 25, organizations around the world will join a movement to spread awareness and take action during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

IPPF, UNFPA, and Equimundo Launch Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Package for Men and Adolescent Boys

Launched today, The Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Package for Men and Adolescent Boys – developed by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and United Nations Population

Adolescent Relationships in Rwanda: Dating, Couple Conflict, and Sexuality

Adolescent Relationships in Rwanda: Dating, Couple Conflict, and Sexuality, produced by Promundo and Health Development Initiative (HDI), presents findings from qualitative research in Kigali and Rutsiro. This

Join Equimundo Online During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign

Starting on November 25, organizations around the world join a movement to spread awareness and take action during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Campaign.

What Puts Adolescents at Risk of Experiencing Relationship Violence?

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.

Key Takeaways/Lessons Learned from Prevention+

In 2016, Rutgers and partners Sonke Gender Justice, Promundo-US, and MenEngage Alliance started Prevention+: a five-year, multi-country program in Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan, Rwanda, and Uganda that sought

Learning Brief: Lessons Learned From the Very Young Adolescence 2.0 program in Malawi

Though interrupted by COVID-19, the implementation of the Very Young Adolescence (VYA) 2.0 program in Malawi presented valuable insights into adapting and introducing an intervention focused on

Youth Living Peace Project Addresses Gender in Rio de Janeiro Schools

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.