After launching the Priyo Baba (“Dear Father”) campaign last year, MenCare’s partner in Bangladesh, the Center for Men and Masculinities Studies (CMMS), is working to adapt and pilot a new fatherhood program in the country. To learn from others who have already developed and tested programming in South Asia, CMMS staff recently visited MenCare partners in Sri Lanka on an exchange trip. …
World Vision Lanka, MenCare Sri Lanka’s coordinator, hosted a MenCare retreat for 18 families on December 4-6, 2015. Fifty-five participants took part in the two-day residential program for families from the Moray Estate in the Ambagamuwa Area Development Program (ADP). Fathers received graduation certificates and celebrated their successful completion of the MenCare program with their families, …
Building upon previous efforts to sustain fatherhood programming in the Ambagamuwa Area Development Program (ADP) in Sri Lanka, 70 participants from MenCare fathers’ groups have established an official body to continue MenCare community programming after current MenCare coordinator World Vision concludes its work in the area. In November, community members prepared a constitution, appointed officers, …
World Vision Lanka’s Nuwara Eliya Area Development Program (ADP) has been carrying out MenCare programming since January 2015, working with men and their families in the Sri Lankan plantation community to promote gender equality and family wellbeing. As part of the fathers’ group education, young fathers aged 25-40 participate in 11 group education sessions, and …
MenCare’s media campaigns, adapted around the world, inspire men, their families, and their communities to support men’s caregiving. As part of these campaigns, MenCare partners in more than 10 countries have produced short films that tell powerful stories of men rising above violence, overcoming childhood trauma, and combatting traditional gender norms to become involved fathers …
In September, the Center for Men and Masculinities Studies and Equimundo launched the Priyo Baba (“Dear Father”) campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The campaign, whose motto is “Responsible Father, Happy Family, Prosperous Country,” encourages men’s involvement as equitable and non-violent fathers and partners. The launch brought together more than 150 students, professors, and civil society representatives …
