In an expedited vote, Guatemala raised the minimum legal age of marriage last week to 18 years old for both girls and boys, reports MenCare partner ECPAT Guatemala. Before the country’s Congress passed this measure to prevent child marriage, the legal age to marry was 14 years old for girls and 16 years old for …
MenCare Brazil partner Equimundo, together with the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro, conducted training workshops on the methodology of Program P: A Manual for Engaging Men in Fatherhood, Caregiving, and Maternal and Child Health between July and September. Program P provides a direct and targeted response to the need for concrete strategies to …
MenCare launched the State of the World’s Fathers (SOWF) report in June 2015 in 10 cities around the world, and the report as a global advocacy tool has already begun to see results. In addition to its translations into over seven languages, in the Netherlands advocacy around SOWF led to the increase of paternity leave …
In 2011, Equimundo and its partners committed to launching MenCare, a global fatherhood campaign, at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. Four years later, the campaign has grown into a global movement active in more than 35 countries around the world. Highlighting the campaign’s success, Equimundo’s International Director Gary Barker represented MenCare at this …
In recent years, communities and countries around the world have begun to perceive fatherhood differently. They are leaving behind the stereotype of “fathers as breadwinners” and emphasizing the active involvement of fathers and other male caregivers – like stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles, and old brothers – in the lives of children. Fatherhood campaigns, like MenCare, are …
This year, Brazil celebrated Father’s Day (Dia dos Pais, in Portuguese) on August 9. MenCare partners in Brazil dedicated “Father’s Month” to providing education about the importance of men’s active engagement in their children’s lives – from pregnancy and beyond – and to advocating for national policies and programs that support this involvement. Below are …
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