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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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Understanding Masculinities: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey- Middle East and North Africa
The first study of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it explores masculinities and gender equality through qualitative and quantitative exploration of men: ...as sons and husbands and fathers, at home and at work, in p
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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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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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Engendering Men: A collaborative review of evidence on men and boys in social change and gender equality, Evidence Report
This evidence review is part of a two year project called EMERGE – or ‘Engendering Men: Evidence on Routes to Gender Equality.’ It attempts to answer the question, ‘what works best when it comes to engaging men and boys for gender equality?’ Trends, shift
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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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"She Goes With Me in My Boat": Child marriage and adolescent marriage in Brazil
Despite the high numbers in Brazil of women married or cohabitating by the age of 15, little to no research on the topic exists. From 2013 to 2015, Promundo conducted exploratory research in two states in Brazil with funding from the Ford Foundation. The
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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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When Men Change: A Promundo Film
"When Men Change" tells the story of four men who changed the way they think about gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, and violence. In recent years, there has been increased interest in exploring how men can contribute to promoting gender eq
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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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MenCare in the Public Health Sector in Central America: Engaging health providers to reach men for gender equality in maternal, sexual, and reproductive health
MenCare partners ECPAT in Guatemala and Puntos de Encuentro and REDMAS in Nicaragua worked within their countries’ existing health systems to promote men’s engagement in active fatherhood and maternal, newborn, and child health. In both countries, the wor
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The Making of Sexual Violence: How does a boy grow up to commit rape?
This report adds to current research on physical and/or sexual violence by a partner or non/partner in a woman's life time. This report investigates the prevalence of sexual violence perpetration, risk and protective factors among men in five studies of t