The Indonesian Ministry of Women’s Empowerment has expressed the desire to engage men in the prevention of violence against women in the country. They are working on the development of a new project that would use Equimundo’s Program H – an integrated group education and a community outreach model to engage young and adult men in health promotion, gender equality and violence prevention.
The Ministry also acknowledged the Indonesian MenCare + program (Laki Laki Baru) as a new men’s alliance for gender equality. Partners on MenCare+ in Indonesia are working with couples and fathers as caregiving partners; with young men and women to increase communication and sexual and reproductive health outcomes; and with men and families in reducing and preventing violence, by expanding access to violence counseling.