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Changing Male Attitudes in the Middle East and the World: What Does It Take?
…a man,’ you don’t cry. If you want to ‘be a man,’ you have to be tough…You have to use violence. Whoever hits you, you should hit him back,” says…
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Equimundo News – 9th Edition
…(Uerj). Mattos discusses gender education for youth and adolescents, as well as the emergence of new technologies in schools – which will bring challenges to teachers. Furthermore, stay updated about…
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Promoting Positive Parenting and Strengthening Active Fatherβs Involvement in Early Childhood Development
…message of responsible and caring fatherhood, nurturing a more compassionate, equal world for all. Though Program Abb-ECD (early childhood development) is adaptable to almost any context, it was created with…
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Adapting Curricula for Community Impact
…and their communities. Potential with community/grassroots implementation: Although there are many benefits from having community-based facilitators, it’s imperative to adjust the language and methodologies in the activities, and augment the…
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Equimundo and University of Malawi Launch New Curriculum Promoting Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Very Young Adolescents
…attitudes, and behaviors to deal effectively and ethically with daily tasks and challenges. It includes five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. The manual, which…
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Navigating Identity, Feminism, and Masculinities in Latin America: A Portrait of Melissa Wong Oviedo, Senior Program Officer at Equimundo
…In addition, for another project I studied women’s participation and decision-making at different levels (political, local, home, grassroots, etc.), but to understand women’s participation, I needed to speak with men…
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Equimundo and UN Women Launch Thematic Briefs on Gender Equality and Ending Violence Based on Research in Middle East and North Africa
…of thriving societies, has far-reaching, positive economic effects, can boost a company’s profitability, and is also a beneficial for men in supporting everyone’s roles as both income-earners and caregivers, regardless…
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Many Ways of Being: Co-creating a healthier, more inclusive future with youth
…cultural backgrounds. It’s a program that promotes an environment of acceptance, understanding, and expansiveness. MWB: Designed for the Community, by the Community MWB was designed with the Washington, DC community…
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Young Menβs Experiences in a Pregnancy Prevention Program for Males
…George Garcia, Kelsey Norton, and Claudia Blanco. References: Engaging Adolescent Males in Prevention. 2016; https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/reproductive-health-and-teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-and-childbearing/engaging-adolescent-males-in-prevention/index.html. Manlove J, Cook E, Karpilow Q, Thomas A, Fish H. Male involvement in family planning:…
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Images of Fatherhood: Summary
This “Images of Fatherhood” summary highlights results from the Dutch research report ‘Visies op vaderschap’ – research conducted by Rutgers in partnership with Equimundo, as a part of MenCare, a…
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Books by Equimundo’s Staff, Board, and Fellows
…research, programming, and advocacy. These experts make up our board, our fellows, and our staff. Below, we’ve compiled a list of books by “Equimundians” – the people whose knowledge of…
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How we partnered with activists to engage men in violence prevention
…Caribbean], their way of working, their methodologies, especially Unit 3, which helped us to improve our work.” “[The most significant impact was] understanding that we need new masculinities and that…