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Dolls for dads in Rwanda

Rwandan woman with a doll from Dolls for Dads

By: Kate Doyle About 150 hand-made dolls are on their way to being used in the MenCare+ program, a four-country initiative to engage men as caregiving partners in sexual and reproductive health, especially maternal and child health. In Rwanda, Equimundo and the Rwanda Men’s Resource Center (RWAMREC) aim to involve more than 2,000 Rwanda men 

MenCare featured at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

Bill Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Click through to minute 13:23 to hear about MenCare. At the closing session of this year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, a yearly opportunity for global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, Chelsea Clinton took the stage to highlight a few partners, especially those who had reached goals above and 

Celebrating Fathers in Ambagamuwa, Sri Lanka

“In the past my father was only a driver and businessman. But today he is a loving and present father, this change was brought by the MenCare program conducted by World Vision” said 12 year old Hakash sharing the transformation that has taken place in his family as a result of his father who actively 

Parenting extended family in a post-conflict country

An extended family in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Tamba David Mackieu In many countries the world over, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of families constitute many adults, both male and female, and children who are related to the father or wife (wives) in various ways. It can also be a combination of children from previous homes or from people, who were 

Bringing in the love – Engaging men as fathers to end child marriage

A father in Brazil smiles and holds his baby

Originally Posted by 2Y2W (Too Young To Wed) By Jane Kato-Wallace, Equimundo & Karoline Davis, World Vision—India A core and enduring aspect of gender inequality globally is the fact that men are generally expected to be providers and decision-makers, and women and girls areexpected to be responsible for caregiving and domestic tasks. Fathers, or other