We live in a world of profound inequalities and unbalanced power relations, where rigid norms and values about how people should behave fuel and exacerbate injustices.
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 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.
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.
The conference Young Men as Allies in Ending Violence: Activism for Transforming Masculinities will be held on Jahorina mountain from 13th to 15th of November 2013 at the Hotel Termag and organised by CARE International NW Balkans and partner organisations.
Since March of 2013 partner organization Center E8 from Belgrade started with the implementation of Program M workshops in Svratište, drop in center for street children. Read more.
After success with it last year, Center E8 – partner organization from Belgrade has started in July 2013 another season of Program M workshops with young rugby players of Red Star rugby club.
“Ĺ uplja stena” resort on Avala has hosted 23 participants of the National Youth Leadership Camp in Serbia, which was organized by Center E8 – partner organization from Belgrade, and held from 1st to 5th August 2013.
CARE and its partners attended the strategic review meeting for the Young Men Initiative project, held on the island of Krk in Croatia.
Another semi-year partnership meeting within the „Young men initiative“ project was held from 24th to 28th June 2013. The project is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway.
In June 2012, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Promundo-US and the Institute for Mental Health of Goma implemented the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Goma, North Kivu, DRC[1].
Initial findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) reveal that sexual violence is just as prevalent in homes as it is in conflict in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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