Promising Practices: Engaging Men And Boys To Respond And Prevent Gender-Based Violence
Publisher: White Ribbon and the nine Community of Practice Partners.
Date Published: 2016
Languages: English
The toolkit offers resources for program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation related to gender, healthy masculinity, and gender-based violence prevention. It includes case studies and encourages feedback.
Main Contribution
Promising Practices: Engaging Men and Boys to Respond and Prevent Gender-Based Violence.The toolkit provides violence prevention programmatic case studies, key results, lessons learned, tools, and activities to end gender-based violence. It showcases innovations and models engaging men and boys to promote gender equality, healthy masculinities, and non-violent relationships.
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People of all genders, organizations, practitioners, youth leaders, and anyone interested in promoting healthy masculinities and preventing gender-based violence.
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It can be used by practitioners, youth leaders, and those interested in promoting healthy masculinities and preventing gender-based violence. The toolkit provides resources for various experience levels and allows users to explore case studies for a deeper understanding.
GBV Prevention
The toolkit aims to prevent gender-based violence by profiling engaging men and boys programming, exploring ways for individuals and communities to work together, providing practical guidance for program development, and adding to the evidence base for gender-based violence prevention.
Creating Normative Change
The toolkit emphasizes strength-based and positive messaging to engage men and boys in gender-focused dialogue. It explores the benefits of gender equality, encourages allyship, and incorporates arts-based methods to challenge gender stereotypes.
How it could be adapted to the communities
The toolkit suggests incorporating local male role models, creating safe spaces for dialogue, considering diverse gender identities, and using arts-based methods tailored to the community. It emphasizes accountability to women’s organizations.
Keywords
Healthy masculinities, Arts-based methods, Male role models, Safe spaces, Youth leaders, Service providers, Community leaders
