This year, MOSAIC, a MenCare+ South Africa partner, has led three door-to-door campaigns, called “Knock and Drop,” in the Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Lavender Hill townships in Cape Town to raise awareness about the MenCare+ program and its activities with men and women in these communities. Door-to-door communication is an important tool to increase awareness, start conversations …
Group education for young and expecting fathers is one of the cornerstones of the MenCare+ program in Rwanda. Since 2014, more than 1,000 men and their partners have participated in 15 weekly sessions to promote men’s greater involvement in caregiving and in maternal, newborn, and child health. Fathers' group participants, their partners, and community members report many positive outcomes, including men’s increased participation in antenatal care and delivery, and in sharing care work within the home. …
This MenCare+ CSW parallel event will focus on the root causes of gender inequality and will showcase opportunities for achieving gender equality through engaging men. We will share the impact that our work with men has had in four countries across three continents: South Africa, Rwanda, Indonesia, and Brazil. …
In March, MenCare+ Rwanda, known locally as “Bandebereho” (“role model”), will launch its men’s group therapy program “Pillars of Peace.” The Pillars of Peace groups will work with men to end cycles of violence and promote peace at home and in the community. The approach has been adapted from Living Peace, a program developed and …
January 2015 has seen a large-scale distribution of new MenCare+ South Africa posters to partner organizations and stakeholders in the country, including health care facilities, psychosocial care providers, local government service providers, community-based organizations, and NGOs in support of the MenCare+ focus areas. The MenCare+ South Africa poster series is made up of six posters …
From November 25 to December 10, thousands of organizations and individuals around the world united in support of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign to raise awareness and gain wider support to end gender-based violence. We participated by highlighting 16 of the MenCare countries that are working to prevent gender-based violence around the world. …
