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Happy Mother’s Day from MenCare!

A mother and father hold their newborn baby in Brazil.

This Sunday marks Mother’s Day for many of us around the world. On Mother’s Day – and every day – we celebrate the invaluable role that mothers play in their children’s lives, and we want to do our part to support moms worldwide. We know that although women make up about half of the work force, they’re 

UN Women’s Executive Director visits MenCare partner AÇEV’s Father Support Program

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mambo-Ngcuka with members of the Father Support Program in Istanbul. Photo: UN Women/Ventua Formicone.

In honor of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visited a group of fathers participating in MenCare partner AÇEV’s Father Support Program in Istanbul, Turkey in December. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said during her visit that fathers “are a vital part of the solution that has been missing” to prevent 

In Sri Lanka, MenCare programming engages hundreds of fathers

Group photo of participants in MenCare Sri Lanka family retreat.

World Vision Lanka, MenCare’s partner in Sri Lanka, engaged hundreds of men in fatherhood programming in the Ambagamuwa Area Development Program (ADP) in 2015. The Ambagamuwa ADP worked to involve men in Sri Lanka’s plantation communities in active fatherhood and caregiving by conducting 109 MenCare classes for 309 participants. As part of the program, fathers and