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Supporting Best Practices: Guidelines for Funding Programs That Engage and Mobilize Men and Boys in Violence Prevention

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In collaboration with ACWS and the Government of Alberta, Shift created a practical set of guidelines to support funders and policymakers investing in programs that engage and mobilize men and boys in preventing violence against women and advancing gender justice. The guidelines aim to inform funding decisions and help advance effective practices in engaging and mobilizing men and boys in violence prevention.Read More

Gender, Power, and Violence: Measures and Their Association with Male Perpetration of IPV

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Harmful gender norms, views on the acceptability of violence against women, and power inequities in relationships have been explored as key drivers of male perpetration of IPV. Yet such antecedents have been inconsistently measured in the empirical literature. This journal article aims to identify which measures of gender inequitable norms, views, relations, and practices are currently used in the field and which are most closely...Read More

Male Engagement and Couples Communication

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This report features findings from MCSP’s quantitative baseline assessment used to refine gender interventions during two years of project implementation and findings from endline studies conducted by MCSP Mozambique. Key findings include clients’, health providers’, and facilities managers’ perspectives regarding male participation in family planning, antenatal care, and labor and delivery services; decisionmaking about having children; and decisionmaking about care-seeking.Read More

The Future of Manhood

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Promundo has produced a set of resources that identify steps you can take, directly with young men and in your setting, to realize a feminist future of manhood. These resources include new research on masculinity, guidance on conversations, a curriculum to promote a gender-equitable future of manhood, and more.Read More