ECPAT, the coordinator of MenCare Guatemala, has released a series of posters, flyers and key chains for fathers, which will be distributed in clinics, hospitals and health centers around the country and used in trainings for health educators and promoters. The new materials aim to educate fathers about the importance of participating in pre-natal visits, …
In March, MenCare Guatemala’s coordinator ECPAT co-organized eight workshops for health care providers around themes of active fatherhood and caregiving, providing training for a total of 55 health professionals. The goal of the workshops was to train health providers on how to get men involved in maternal and child health, how to coordinate group education …
Read an interview with Márcio Chagas da Paz, a participant in MenCare workshops in Brazil, as part of the International Museum of Women’s “Mama: Motherhood Around the Globe” online exhibition. The International Museum of Women chose Márcio as one of its heroes because he “knows from personal experience that men who have had troubled relationships …
On May 8th, NYU Washington DC is holding the “Weissberg Forum for Discourse in the Public Square” to discuss young men, fatherhood and non-violence. …
The Avon Foundation recognized Equimundo, MenCare’s co-coordinator, as the winner of its 2014 Community Change Award, and REDMAS, the coordinator of MenCare Nicaragua, as a top finalist. …
EME-CulturaSalud, a coordinator of MenCare Chile, has published an “Active Fatherhood” guide with information for new fathers and male caregivers to be distributed at public health centers across Chile. …
