Boyhood and Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions: An Evidence Review
The purpose of this paper, Boyhood and Child, Early, and Forced Marriages and Unions: An Evidence Review, is to lay out the case for including boys in
This is Us? How TV Does and Doesn’t Get Men’s Caregiving
Television has the power to shape our culture. Our report, This Is Us? How TV Does and Doesn’t Get Men’s Caregiving, hopes to inspire new stories and reimagine what caregiving can look like on television for the next generation.
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
Manual for Replicating the International Men and Gender Equality Survey
This resource for adapting and replicating the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) was developed by Promundo-US drawing from the Toolkit for Replicating the UN Multi-Country Study
Research to Action Toolkit: How to Activate IMAGES Data to Improve Your Programs, Advocacy, and Campaigns
So you’d like to put IMAGES data to use to improve your programs, advocacy, or campaigns? You’ve come to the right place! This toolkit provides a clear,
Annual Report 2021
In this Annual Report, we share our major achievements and spotlight the work of our amazing staff and partners who – despite living through a global pandemic
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
The Double-Edged Sword of Online Gaming: An Analysis of Masculinity in Video Games and the Gaming Community
This groundbreaking study examines masculinity and representations of different identities (gender, race, LGBTQIA+ individuals, disability, age, and body size) in the most popular video games and in
Care Leads to Care
In March 2021, Equimundo and Dove Men+Care carried out a nationally-representative survey in the United States focused on the links between men’s care for themselves (physical, emotional
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
Bandebereho Facilitator’s Manual (2021)
This manual was developed by RWAMREC and Equimundo to support the scale-up of the Bandebereho couples’ intervention through the health system in Rwanda. The manual is adapted
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,
State of the World’s Fathers 2021: Structural Solutions to Achieve Equality in Care Work
The State of the World’s Fathers 2021 report – the fourth in the series – presents research on care work during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on structural
Virtual Programs to Advance Gender Equality: A Checklist for Adaptation
The current global pandemic is causing a dramatic shift in the way practitioners design programs – motivated by the desire to deliver services even amidst restrictions on
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
COVID-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective: Reflections From Equimundo’s Research and Activism
COVID-19 has affected individuals and communities in gendered ways. A spike in men’s violence against women has been documented in multiple settings. Women have faced disproportionate job
Annual Report 2020
In this Annual Report, we focus on how in the past year, we spoke truth to power; generated new research on masculinities; evaluated what works to engage
Paid Leave and the Pandemic: Effective Workplace Policies and Practices for a Time of Crisis and Beyond
Promundo and Paid Leave for the United States (PL+US), in collaboration with the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force (PLCTF), surveyed and interviewed 40 companies across the US
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
Putting Fathers’ Care to Work: Landscape Report on Working Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave (2020)
This landscape report, produced by the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force, reviews current research on access to and uptake of parental leave by working fathers—and identifies barriers
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
The State of America’s Boys: An Urgent Case for a More Connected Boyhood
The State of America’s Boys: An Urgent Case for a More Connected Boyhood presents research and expert perspectives and investigates what it is about boyhood that too
Masculinities and COVID-19: Making the Connections
Masculinities and COVID-19: Making the Connections provides an evidence-based overview of key issues in relation to men, masculinities, and COVID-19, setting these within a gendered approach. It
The Role of Fathers in Parenting for Gender Equality
This paper presents an emerging body of evidence, which affirms that positive father engagement in the lives of their children – much like positive involvement of mothers