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 …
In March, the Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) – MenCare Vietnam’s coordinator – focused its efforts on engaging local religious leaders. Throughout the month, CSAGA conducted trainings with priests, nuns and other clergy on how to integrate gender equality and domestic violence prevention into their premarital programs. …
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. …
MenCare Latvia’s coordinator Center Dardedze launched a national campaign in Latvia called “It is an Art to Be a Father” as part of its ongoing activities to promote fathers’ engagement in caregiving. The aim of the campaign, held from December 2014 to March 2015, was to promote active fatherhood by showing its impact on a child’s life. The campaign included posters and a video that illustrate positive father-child relationships and their impact. …
On March 8, International Women’s Day, MenCare Peru coordinator Red Peruana de Masculinidades launched a manifesto entitled Men for a Society with Justice for Women. “We believe that it is impossible to envision a society that grows and progresses without equally including all women with the full ability to exercise their rights,” it declares. The …
MenCare Uruguay celebrated Women’s History Month in March by launching new campaign materials to promote men as equitable, nonviolent partners and caregivers. The two posters were created in collaboration with the White Ribbon Campaign Uruguay, MenEngage, and the Centro de Estudios sobre Masculinidades y Género. …
