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State of the World's Fathers 2017
The second State of the World’s Fathers report, 2017 Time for Action, focuses on the actions needed to make progress towards fathers’ equal participation in unpaid care work. At the current rate of progress, it will take 75 years to achieve global equalit
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Adolescent Boys and Young Men: Engaging them as supporters of gender equality and health and understanding their vulnerabilities
Produced by UNFPA and Promundo, this report highlights the importance of engaging adolescent boys and young men in sexual and reproductive health and rights and in gender equality. It reviews current research on boys’ and young men’s specific risks and re
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"This Isn't the Life for You": Masculinities and nonviolence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Low-income, young, black men are overwhelmingly affected by various forms of violence in Rio de Janeiro. This research report, published by Promundo, examines the often under-researched relationship between this violence and gender norms. In particular, t
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State of the World's Fathers 2015
Approximately 80 percent of men will become biological fathers at some point in their lives, and virtually all men have some connection to children – as relatives, as teachers, as coaches, or simply as community members. Whether they are biological father
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State of Africa's Fathers 2015
This report is an adaptation of the global State of the World's Fathers report, which was produced by MenCare, a global campaign to promote men and boys’ involvement as equitable, non-violent caregivers. This regional report focuses on men’s caregiving pr
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A Good Start: Advances in early childhood development. Early Childhood Matters
Celebrating nearly 50 years of operations, the Bernard van Leer Foundation publishes this issue of Early Childhood Matters as a reflection on the advances made over those past five decades on early education care and development. The first half of this is
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State of the World's Fathers 2015- Child rights perspective
This report is based on the State of the World’s Fathers report, which captures data, policies, programmes, and research related to boys and men’s participation in caregiving and fatherhood, maternal, new-born, and child health, and violence prevention. T
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Men, Gender Equality and Gender Relations in Mali: Findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey
Care Mali and Promundo have launched a research study on men, gender equality and gender relations in Mali, in collaboration with UN Women and the National Institute for Statistics (INSTAT). This report provides a summary of key findings using the Interna
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A MenCare Fathers' Group Manual for Sri Lanka
This manual contains group education modules intended for fathers and their partners, more often spouses, in the plantation region (tea estates) of Sri Lanka. The purpose is to promote gender equality within the home and children’s healthy development and
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Gender Relations, Sexual Violence and the Effects of Conflict on Women and Men in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Preliminary Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
A new study by Promundo and the Sonke Gender Justice Network conducted in Goma, eastern Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC) finds that more than a third of men surveyed have carried out some form of sexual violence and more than three quarters hold deeply