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New video series highlights diverse Brazilian families with one thing in common

Carol and Kika holding their infant daughter Tereza in Rio de Janeiro.

As part of the Homens Cuidam (“Men Care”) campaign in Brazil, MenCare partner Equimundo has launched a new video series called Família Brasileira (“Brazilian Family”) that highlights a diversity of Brazilian families with one thing in common: the recognition that men’s participation in caregiving is important for children’s development and gender equality. The first episode 

Join MenCare at the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

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The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on March 14–24, 2016. The annual conference engages government representatives, UN entities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in addressing progress toward achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, discussing challenges and opportunities, and 

MenCare applauds law to expand paternity leave from 5 to 20 days for many Brazilians

A health worker takes the blood pressure of a pregnant women who is accompanied by her partner.

MenCare’s partner in Brazil, Equimundo, recently carried out a social media campaign to urge President Dilma Rousseff to approve new legislation within the country’s “Legal Framework for Early Childhood.” Among other relevant measures to protect children’s rights, this legal framework now provides for an expansion of paternity leave from 5 to 20 days for employees 

Does facing resistance around men’s caregiving mean we’re making progress in Latin America?

Depending on context, efforts to encourage men to be involved, nonviolent fathers who share caregiving responsibilities can receive warmer or cooler receptions. These mixed reactions lead to the question: how have efforts to involve fathers played out in Latin American countries, which have been historically associated with stereotypes of “machismo” and entrenched patriarchy? 

Three years of MenCare+ engage tens of thousands in Brazil

A father learns how to carry a baby in a sling, using a doll, in a MenCare+ workshop in Brazil.

MenCare+, an initiative of the global MenCare campaign, completed its third year of activities in Brazil in January 2016. MenCare partner Equimundo coordinates the initiative in Brazil, where it is known as +Pai, along with Instituto Papai, Instituto Noos, Rio de Janeiro’s Secretariat of Health, and the Brazilian Ministry of Health. A three-year, four-country collaboration