MenEngage is a global alliance of NGOs and UN agencies, including UNFPA, UN Women, CHSJ and Beijing +20, which act in order to engage boys and men in achieving gender equality.
A meeting of partner organizations from regional Young Men Initiative project (Boys and Men as Allies in Violence Prevention and Gender Transformation in the Western Balkans) was held in Zagreb on 20 September, 2014.
A crisis of masculinity needs to be addressed in order to see a reduction in sexual violence against women.
Perpetuum mobile – Centre for Youth and Community Development and RS Government Gender Centre organized Regional conference „Violence prevention among youth” on June 19th 2014 in Administrative centre of RS Government in Banja Luka.
Angelina Jolie, Hollywood star and special UN ambassador, hostess of the event, looked on as Saša Ostojić, representative of Banja Luka NGO Perpetuum Mobile spoke at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held last night in London.
Navigating adolescence is a challenging period in all cultures. It’s a time when young people begin to find their identity, develop their values and confront the problems of the world around them on a personal level.
Saša Ostojić, a participant in the Young Men Initiative, asks: Who is a “real man” in the Balkans? The global image of Balkan men is not a good one. Decades of war and conflict have created a picture of us as very violent and aggressive.
Zvonko’s quiz has received a reward for the best project of primary prevention, within the preventing project “Living Life without Violence”.
Implemented over 700 activities in 30 cities across the region, and the program has included over 14 000 young people.
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