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MenCare Guatemala trains health care providers in promoting active fatherhood

Healthcare providers at a training workshop in Guatemala

In March, MenCare Guatemala’s coordinator ECPAT co-organized eight workshops for health care providers around themes of active fatherhood and caregiving, providing training for a total of 55 health professionals. The goal of the workshops was to train health providers on how to get men involved in maternal and child health, how to coordinate group education 

Interview with Márcio Chagas da Paz

Marcio's son plants a kiss on his father's cheek

Read an interview with Márcio Chagas da Paz, a participant in MenCare workshops in Brazil, as part of the International Museum of Women’s “Mama: Motherhood Around the Globe” online exhibition. The International Museum of Women chose Márcio as one of its heroes because he “knows from personal experience that men who have had troubled relationships 

On International Women’s Day, MenCare Chile receives award for Fatherhood Campaign

MenCare Chile's staff members accept awards for their fatherhood campaign from Comunidad Mujer in honor of International Women's Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Comunidad Mujer recognized MenCare Chile with an award for its Fatherhood Campaign (Campaña Paternidad) on March 7, emphasizing the campaign’s work in promoting shared family responsibilities. The ceremony acknowledged six initiatives by civil society organizations and institutions that work to promote women’s rights and leadership in Chile. Participants in