…to, for instance, be tough at all costs, demonstrate aggressiveness and self-sufficiency, and aspire to all the other macho, heteronormative, misogynistic characteristics that activists in our field often call “the…
…local street gangs, which are increasingly affecting the Kinshasan municipalities of Kintambo, Bumbu, and Makala. At the 10-day training, the Deputy Commissioner-General in charge of the judicial police (police judiciaire),…
…Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Atatiana Jefferson, Botham Jean, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, have been senselessly killed, and so many, many more. We say their names to remember them…
…of “What do you expect? It’s an alpha-male world. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the Valley.” Few women I’ve worked with over the years would be…
…and what we expect of them – that is, society’s masculine norms – are undeniably linked with violence. Indeed, boys and men are often raised, socialized, and encouraged to use…
…it manifests, its negative consequences, and how to change it (encouraging advocacy). Demonstrate the broad, harmful effects of sexual violence, including intergenerational effects, and insist that sexual violence is never…
…Permanent Missions to the HRC, civil society representatives/NGOs, women’s rights activists, UN agencies, and other stakeholders actively participated in the side event. It provided insights from feminist-informed and women’s rights-based…
…work, quoting Alexa Hassink of Equimundo, in “Advocating Paid Leave for New Dads.” News 24 Nigeria cites Equimundo’s research in “Rebounding after rape: will ‘freed’ Chibok girls face double victimization?”…
Brazil’s “Community of Practice” platform, in partnership with Equimundo and with the Ministry of Health’s National Coordinating Body on Men’s Health, launched the online course “Engaging Men: Health, Parenting, and…
…should engage not only women but also the brothers, fathers, uncles, and future husbands and fathers-in-law of the girls at risk of child marriage. Watch the recorded event here: https://youtu.be/NidX1OdywMI…