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“Shameless” campaign will reach new public schools in Rio de Janeiro in 2014

MenCare+ Brazil’s “Shameless” campaign (“Campanha Sem Vergonha,” in Portuguese), which engages students to question gender norms and to develop their own awareness campaigns around sexual and reproductive health and rights, was launched in nine public schools in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 and is being expanded to new schools this year. In partnership with Rio 

MenCare Bulgaria launches national campaign “Being a Father”

A father and his daughter have a tea party while surrounded my stuffed animal friends in Bulgaria.

An alliance of 10 NGOs that have experience working with children, parents, and educational and social institutions recently announced the launch of a new campaign called "Being a Father" in Bulgaria. This initiative, which forms part of the global MenCare Campaign, focuses on the benefits of men’s active participation in childcare and family care. 

MenCare Guatemala holds caregiving workshops with fathers in armed forces

A group photo of fathers in the military detachment of the National Army in Guatemala at a MenCare workshop

MenCare Guatemala held four workshops around the theme of male involvement in caregiving. Two of these workshops were held with parents in the military detachment of the National Army in San Julián Chinautla, and the rest were with fathers in the National Civil police. These workshops have led participants to a newfound desire to change 

The first meeting of the MenEngage Europe network discusses men’s role in childcare

Participants at the MenEngage Europe workshop

From September 17-19 in Zagreb, MenEngage Europe, a network of organizations and individuals who work on the inclusion of men in achieving gender equality, held a three-day meeting of its regional networks. The meeting brought together more than 40 people from 16 European countries (Croatia, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Albania, United Kingdom, Serbia, Ireland,