4. Selected UN Agencies with Initiatives 
    about Men and Boys against Gender Violence   

DAW  (NY - USA) 
INSTRAW  (Dominican Republic) 
UNAIDS  (Switzerland) 
UNDP   (USA)
UNESCO   (Paris-France)
UNICEF   (USA)
UNIFEM   (NY-USA) 
UNFPA    (NY-USA)  
World Health Organization (WHO) 
 
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1.    Redefining Masculinity and Gender Relationships

1.1: A Broad Concern

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Aakar

Contact: Rahul Roy
A-19, Gulmohar Park
New Delhi 110049
India
Tel:         91-11-6515161 Fax:         91-11- 6960947
Email:     aakar(AT)del3.vsnl.net.in

Documentary film maker, Rahul Roy is part of the organization Aakar, meaning something taking form.  For the last few years, Aakar has been working in the area of masculinities by producing documentaries and conducting research as well as workshops to understand and challenge traditional notions of masculinity and patriarchy.  Aakar utilizes the research material and the films to generate discussions on these issues with young men and other community members.  The films are being used to initiate a dialogue between men and women to initiate actions on issues like violence against women.  Theatre is another element which Aakar has integrated into its workshops with men where groups examine their own lives and discover the changes that need to be initiated both at a personal as well as the community level. Rahul Roy is currently working on a MacArthur Foundation fellowship to research and produce documentaries on men, sexuality and politics.

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Cantera

Contact: Anabel Torres
Apartado Postal A-52
Managua, Nicaragua
Email:     cantera(AT)nicarao.org.ni
Web:      http://www.canteranicaragua.org/eng.htm

Established in 1988, Cantera began to work in popular education.  Over the years, the oranization’s work expanded to include training of community leaders, health, education and development workers in the State and NGO sectors.  In 1994, Cantera developed a course on masculinity and popular education, to fit into its work on exploring the concept of gender.  Its purpose is to contribute to the construction of equal rights between men and women, with improved opportunities, greater participation, and a new vision of gender relations.  Topics explored during the course include: Male Identity; Gender, Power and Violence; and Unlearning Machismo.

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Colectivo de Hombres por Relaciones Igualitarias, A.C. (CORIAC)

Diego Arenas Guzmán N° 189
Col. Iztaccihuatl, a una cuadra del metro Villa de Cortés
C.P. 03520, México D.F.
Telfax:    (52-5) 696 3498
Email:     colectivo(AT)coriac.org.mx
Web:     http://www.coriac.org.mx/

CORIAC, the Mexican Collective of Men for Equal Relations, encourages equal relationships between women and men along with an end to domestic violence.  Violence, competitiveness, and dominance are seen as culturally rooted in masculinity.  CORIAC is trying to redefine masculinity through its program.

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Council of Europe

F-67075 Strasbourg
France
Tel:         (33-3) 88412339 Fax:         (33-3) 88412793
Web:  

Together with the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Council of Europe organized a conference in September 1997 in Norway exploring male roles and masculinity, including its relationship to gender violence.

Responses to violence in everyday life in a democratic society (2002-2004)
The project was set up to respond to the acute concerns about violence and its effects in Europe by mobilising the resources and considerable experience of the Council of Europe related to the theme. In partnership with other international organisations and NGOs, its primary objective was to help decision-makers and other protagonists involved to implement comprehensive policies for combating violence while respecting human rights and the rule of law. The focus was on transversal efforts to prepare and disseminate useful implementation
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Integrated_Projects/violence/

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European Profeminist Men’s Network

Contact: Daniel Welzer-Lang

Les Traboules
7 rue Lakanal
F–31000 Toulouse
France
Web:   http://www.traboules.org

The aims of the European Profeminist Men’s Network are to: deconstruct the male gender; analyze male domination; and understand how macho, homophobic societies create dominating men.  The network’s desire is for societies to live in peace without violence, without war between men, and without oppression of women.

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The Initiative Group for a UN Conference on Male Gender and Society

Sweden Contact: Eva Moberg
Heleneborgsgatan 5 A
S-117 31 Stockholm
Sweden

Tel:         (46-8) 849989 Fax:         (46-8) 849579

Norway Contact: Jorgen Lorentzen

Nedre Silkestra 21
N-0375 Oslo
Norway

The Initiative Group for a UN Conference on Male Gender and Society exchanges and distributes papers among its members on the issue of male gender, including its relationship to violence towards women.  The goal is to hold a UN Conference on Male Gender, similar to the Conferences on Women held in Beijing and Cairo.

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Men for Change (MFC) (Canada)

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Web:     http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/CommunitySupport/Men4Change/

Men For Change is an organization whose mission is to promote gender equality and end sexism and violence.  The organization formed in 1989 after the Montreal Massacre of women engineering students, singled out for being feminists.  The group then began to meet regularly to discuss and better understand men’s controlling behavior and violence that often characterize male-female relationships.  Men For Change wants to reform the traditional definition of masculinity.  This group maintains links with other violence related web sites.

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Nordic Council of Ministers

Store Strandstraede 18
DK-1255 Kobenhavn
Denmark

Tel:         (45-33) 960200  Fax:         (45-33) 960202

Together with the Council of Europe, the Nordic Council of Ministers organized a conference in September 1997 in Norway exploring male roles and masculinity, including its relationship to gender violence.

Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers - Violence and young people
http://www.norden.org/web/2-3-aarsb/2002/EN/07.htm

Final report: Gender & Violence. A Nordic Research Programme 2000-2004 - Date of publication: 06.10.2006 To create increased opportunities for Nordic co-operation in the field of research on gendered violence as well as possibilities for researchers to work together, exchange ideas and results, the Nordic Council of Ministers decided (in 1999) to fund a five-year research programme on gender and violence. This final report accounts for the projects supported by the programme and for other forms of support to research and research education, as well as for some of the conclusions as regards knowledge, research policy and social policy that can be drawn now that the programme period has ended. Order here: http://wo.uio.no/as/WebObjects/avis.woa/wa/visArtikkel?id=32326&del=nikkeng

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1.2: Toward Responsible and Non-Sexist Fatherhood

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Dads and Daughters (DADs)

P.O. Box 3458
Duluth, MN 55803  U.S.A.
E-mail:    joe(AT)dadsanddaughters.org
Web:      http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/

This organization was founded in 1999 to fortify fathers’ relationships with daughters and put forward positive ideas to value daughters for who they are rather than how they look.  The group actively campaigns against negative media stereotypes portraying women as subordinate and sexual objects. Dads were concerned with the degrading way in which women were represented in the media and the damaging impact it was having on their daughters. The group has undertaken letter writing campaigns, some of which have proven highly successful, to eradicate offensive advertisements and products.

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Fathers Incorporated

Contact: Barry Chevannes

Fathers Incorporated
Department of Sociology and Social Work
University of West Indies, Mona
Kingston, Jamaica

Started in 1991, Fathers Incorporated was an outgrowth of the Caribbean Child Development Center’s (CCDC) inaugural parenting symposium.  One of the seminars at this symposium, Fathers Only, was developed in response to women stereotyping men as irresponsible fathers.  Fathers Incorporated assists men who want to help their children.  The group points out that in the past, men have been portrayed solely as providers of goods for their children.  To alter that image, group members are holding workshops to promote men in roles as care-givers, also.

http://menagainstviolence.tripod.com/

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Manliga Natverket (Male Network)

Contact: Gunnar Sandell
Box 3018
161 03 Bromma
Sweden
E-mail:    infor(AT)man-net.nu
Web:      http://www.man-net.nu/

This network’s purpose is to unite men to accentuate the positive in manliness and inspire men to take the initiative in combating violence and abuse by men, for their sake as well as for women and children.  Among its various activities, the Male Network has conducted training classes for men in fatherhood and published materials about violence.

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MensNet

133 avenue des Plages,
Pontiac (Luskville), QC, J0X 2G0
Canada
E-mail:    mensnet(AT)magi.com
Web:      http://conscoop.ottawa.on.ca/mensnet/

MensNet is a network of men working to end sexism, homophobia, and patriarchy.  It is opposed to the many forms of violence that exist in the community.  The organization also has activities in support of fathers  making efforts to be responsible, loving parents, whether in committed relationships or as single dads.

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1.3: For Reproductive Health  
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AVSC International new name = engenderhealth

440 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Tel:         (212) 561-8000   Fax:         (212) 561-8067
Email:    
Web:      http://www.engenderhealth.org /

Since reproductive health services have typically focused exclusively on women in their childbearing role, AVSC developed the initiative, Men As Partners (MAP).  MAP’s objectives are to identify how to involve men in reproductive health and how to meet the needs of both male and female partners.  MAP's work to educate and provide services for men is part of a larger initiative to increase the number of women and men who receive quality reproductive health care.  The MAP Initiative, implemented through research activities, workshops, and on-site technical assistance, has the following four goals:  1. To increase men's awareness and support of the family planning and reproductive health choices of their partners; 2. To increase men's awareness of the need to safeguard the reproductive health of their partners and themselves, especially through the prevention of sexually transmitted infections; 3. To improve access to men's contraceptive methods for couples who are interested in using them; and 4. To improve men's access to comprehensive reproductive health services.

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Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)

Contact: Jodi Jacobson
6930 Carroll Ave., Suite 910
Takoma Park, MD 20912  USA

Tel:         (301) 270-1182   Fax:         (301) 270-2052
Email:     change(AT)genderhealth.org
Web:      http://www.genderhealth.org/

The Center for Health and Gender Equity is a research and advocacy organization that seeks to integrate gender equity and social justice issues into international health policy and practice.  The December 1999 issue of the Population Report, “Ending Violence Against Women,” was published by the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Communication Programs, in collaboration with CHANGE.  The report calls for more attention to men's responsibilities and roles for ending gender-based violence.  CHANGE is currently working on a review of efforts to involve men in reproductive health programs.  This research will identify the frameworks for programme design that will motivate men to take more responsibility in family planning, whereas earlier women were the ones usually addressed.  CHANGE’s work on violence includes hosting the International Network of Researchers on Violence Against Women.  This network’s aim is to address key methodological and ethical issues related to gender violence research, and to facilitate research collaboration internationally.

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ECOS (Estudos e Comunicaçao em Sexualidade e Reproducao Humana)

Contact: Silvani Arruda or Margareth Arilha
Brazil
Email:    
Web:     http://www.ecos.org.br

Since it was founded in 1989, ECOS (Estudos e Comunicaçao em Sexualidade e Reproduçao Humana) has been addressing male sexuality and reproductive health.  Recently, ECOS has begun to develop educational methodologies and strategies to work with men on the issues of sexuality, reproductive health, safe sex, and fatherhood.  While ECOS has provided workshops to teachers, health educators, and students for a long time, it extended its work in conducting participatory workshops with young women and youth to include young and adult men.  Recently, ECOS published a manual on its work with men specifically on the topics of sexuality and reproductive health.  Also included in the manual is a description of the methodology used, activities implemented, and conclusions reached.

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International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

IPPF Public Affairs Department

Regent’s College, Inner Circle
Regent’s Park, London NW1 4NS
United Kingdom
Tel:         (44-171) 487-7900   Fax:         (44-171) 487-7950
Email:     info(AT)ippf.org
Web:      http://www.ippf.org/

IPPF Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR)

120 Wall Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10005
U.S.A.
Tel:         (212) 248-6400   Fax:         (212) 248-4221
Email:     info(AT)ippfwhr.org
Web:      http://www.ippfwhr.org/

IPPF links national autonomous family planning association from over 180 countries world-wide.  IPPF and its member associations are committed to promoting the rights of women and men to reproductive health education and services.   IPPF recognizes that men's needs are often overlooked, and that men have critical responsibilities in promoting sexual and reproductive health.  In the context of gender equity and male responsibility, gender-based violence is increasingly becoming a specific focus in IPPF's work.  IPPF/WHR publishes a newsletter on integrating gender-based violence into sexual and reproductive health entitled !Basta!.  It is available online through IPPF/WHR’s website in both english and spanish.
The IPPF partner in Brazil, BEMFAM, uses small workshops with men to addresses their resistance to condom-use, and to explore traditional roles and masculinity.  In 1999 BEMFAM'S project reached more than 1,000 men and distributed more than 7,000 condoms in four of the six clinics where the project is being implemented.

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Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4024
U.S.A.
Tel:         (410) 659-6300   Fax:         (410) 659-6266
Email:     mmc(AT)jhuccp.org
Web:      http://www.jhuccp.org/

The Center for Communication Programs (CCP) offers a wide range of materials pertinent to working with men and boys for reproductive health, equality, and ending gender-based violence.   In 1986, CCP published a Population Report on the theme, Men -- New Focus for Family Planning Programs, a review of programs and policies designed to increase male involvement in family-planning, decision-making and action.  The August 1995 issue of What's New in the Media/Materials Clearinghouse focused on male motivation materials, with examples featured from Bolivia, Columbia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Zaire, and Zimbabwe -- everything from t-shirts with the theme, Be a Man before You're a Father: Family Planning, It's Your Choice, (Zimbabwe) and banners and badges proclaiming Plan Together with Your Wife, (Ghana) to a waiting room video, Let's Talk Together, (Boliva).  In collaboration with CHANGE, CCP published in December 1999 its Population Report: Ending Violence Against Women.  The report calls for more attention to men's responsibilities and roles for ending gender-based violence.  CCP also supports POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE); it is the world's largest bibliographic database on population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE provides citations with abstracts from over 275,000 records representing published and unpublished literature in the field, with many entries on working with men.  POPLINE is available in a variety of formats: online, CD-ROM, or hard copy,  through contacting the Center. Also on CD-ROM is the title HIM (Helping Involve Men), which provides documents addressing the involvement of men in reproductive health programs.

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Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA)

P.O. Box 1008
Melville 2109
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel:         (27-011) 482-4601 Fax:         (27-011) 482-4602
Email:     ppasa(AT)ppasa.org.za
Web:     http://www.ppasa.org.za/

PPASA recently developed a male involvement program.  In collaboration with AVSC International’s Men as Partners program, PPASA educates men about their reproductive health needs.  The program also creates an awareness of the important role that men play in contraceptive use and reproductive health issues, and encourages them to realize that reproductive health is their responsibility, too.  This program also addresses gender and gender-related violence issues that exist in communities.

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PROCOSI

Av. 20 de Octubre 2164
Sopocachi
La Paz
Bolivia
Tel:         (591-2) 416-054   Fax:         (591-2) 374-188
Email:     procosi(AT)caoba.entelnet.bo
Web:    http://www.procosi.org.bo

In Latin America, PROCOSI acts a consortium for organizations working with men on a multitude of issues, including addressing reproductive health and violence against women.

Manual for Evaluating Quality of Care From a Gender Perspective
http://www.ippfwhr.org/publications/download/monographs/qoc_gender_e.asp

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Promundo

Contact: Gary Barker, Director
Instituto Promundo
Rua Francisco Serrador, 2/702
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20031-060
Brazil

Tels:       (5521) 544-3114, 3115
E-mail:    g.barker(AT)promundo.org.br 
Web:   http://www.promundo.org.br

Promundo is a non-governmental organization based in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil.  Promundo carries out evaluation and baseline studies; develops strategy plans for improving the well-being of children, youth and families; carries out policy analysis related to children, youth and families; offers training activities for organizations working in areas related to the well-being of children, youth and families; and, works with partner organizations to develop innovative services and interventions for children, youth and families.  Promundo works directly with young men in low income communities in Rio de Janeiro on dating violence prevention and reproductive health education.  Promundo is developing materials on violence prevention, including gender-based violence.  In collaboration with the IPPF/WHR, and other regional NGOs, Promundo coordinates a Latin American regional initiative on the health of adolescent boys, with a focus on sexual/reproductive health.  This initiative includes the development of training materials for health educators and service providers on how to reach adolescent boys with reproductive health promotion.

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Salud y Genero

Contact: Benno de Keijzer
Mexico
Email:     salygen(AT)edg.net.mx
Web:   http://www.generoysaludreproductiva.gob.mx/

Salud y Género has a long history working in the areas of community development, health, and mental health, which has extended into the areas of masculinity and male involvement. Salud y Género initiated workshops on various topics, such as fatherhood, that are related to concepts of masculinity and provide an easier point of entry into discussion.  With funding from AVSC International, Salud y Género has begun to institutionalize its workshops and make them more sustainable by offering them in organizational settings where participants may replicate them.   These workshops have a three-part strategy:

1.     Participants reflect on their own personal values related to gender, and masculinity in particular, and think about applying new concepts in their immediate, personal circle (i.e. within their families);

2.     Participants replicate the workshop experience or some portions of it, in their institutions;

3.     Their institutions replicate the workshop process, or incorporate new attention to gender and male involvement within their work (Steps 2 and 3 can be done with support from Salud y Género).

Salud y Género’s next step will be to evaluate the larger impact of its work, and to systematize the dissemination process of new messages concerning masculinity and male involvement in reproductive health.

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2. Calling on Men to End Violence
    Against Women and Girls
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2.1: Regarding Violence in General

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Asociacion de Hombres Contra la Violencia (Association of Men Against Violence)

Contact: Ruben Reyes

De la Farmacia Salazar
2 Cuadras al sur, Casa #51
Residencial El Dorado
Managua, Nicaragua
tel:          (505) 249 4697
email:      ahcv(AT)ibw.com.ni 
Web:  

The Asociacion de Hombres Contra la Violencia, was founded in May 2000 to contribute to the reduction of violence against women by developing and implementing ways of working with men on issues of masculinity and violence.  Their aim is to sensitize and raise men’s awareness on issues of gender equity, masculinity, power, gender-based violence, and procure changes in patriarchal attitudes, values, and behavior assimilated by men as part of their individual and collective male gender identity.  This association organized and promoted the National Network of Men Against Violence.  It has also conducted training workshops and courses for males youth, adolescents, and adults, to explore and redefine the idea of machismo and violence.  The association has also participated in TV and radio programs on issues related to masculinities and violence, as well as published articles for local, national, and international publications on these same issues.  The association is currently developing a program of support and therapy for men who use violence against their partners.

Puntos de Encuentro (Meeting Points) is a Nicaraguan Feminist NGO that combines cutting edge media (television, radio, web and print), leadership training, community education, and alliance building as tools for strengthening the social movements of women and young people.
http://www.puntos.org.ni/english/ 

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Aurat Foundation

Contact: Nigar Ahmad
6-B, LDA Garden View Apartments
Lawrence Road, Lahore 54000
Pakistan
Tel:         (92-42) 6306534, 6314382, 6372839  Fax:         (92-42) 6278817
E-mail:    apisf(AT)brain.net.pk
Web:  

This NGO works at the district level through networking with local NGOs.  Most of the people working at the local level are male.  The foundation has found that when men who resort to violence are confronted by men from their own communities, in defense of the women who are being harassed or battered, the impact of the message for change is much stronger and lasting than when it comes from women only.

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Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

Contact: Karin Heissler

UNICEF Bangladesh

GPO Box - 58
BSL Complex
1 Minto Road, Sheraton Annex
Shahbagh, Dhaka
Bangaldesh

Tel:         (8802) 933-670118   Fax:         (8802) 933-564142
Email:     kheissler(AT)unicef.org 
Web:     http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/

With support from UNICEF-Bangladesh’s Child Protection Section, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs created a video called "Alor Pathir Jatry" (Travel Towards the Light) documenting case studies of men helping female survivors of violence to seek justice.  This video project grew out of the UNICEF-funded Steps Towards Development report documenting ten case stories of men who stood up and took action against the violence perpetrated against girls and women.  The examples are meant as models for new masculinities and to build new norms and solidarity for them, particularly among youth. Related advocacy materials, including a video and pamphlets, were developed.  The video presents four case studies of male activists.  It highlights the role of assistance and support from community members, men and women alike, to these activists in their effort to assist survivors.  Both the video and pamphlet aim to inspire more people, men, women, boys and girls, to have the courage to stand up to all forms of violence, and to de-couple violence from masculinity. 

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Cambodian Men's Network

Contact: Chhay Kim Sore
c/o Gender and Development for Cambodia
P.O. Box 885
Phnom Penhm
Cambodia
Tel:         (855-023) 215-137
E-mail:    gad(AT)bigpond.com.kh
Web:  

This is a network of men who want to end violence against women.  Partners are selected from among the most active, truly grassroots non-government organizations working in ten provinces and two municipalities of Cambodia.  They have all received preliminary training in concept development and ways to incorporate gender policies into their projects.  The network’s aims are: to encourage men to be good models for young men in the society; to campaign against social trends that give impunity to violence against women; and to advocate for positive change.

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Harnessing Self-Reliant Initiatives and Knowledge (HASIK)

Contact: Rebecca Demetillo-Abraham
9 Don Rafael Street, Don Enrique Heights
Commonwealth Avenue, Barangay Holy Spirit
1127 Quezon City
Philippines

Tel:         (632) 931-4335  Fax:         (632) 932-6026
Email:     hasik(AT)surfshop.net.ph
Web:      http://www.salidumay.org/about/hasik.htm

Established in 1986, HASIK provides services to communities, emphasizing the communities’ ability to map out its future through making their own decisions for which problems to tackle and which solutions to implement.  HASIK collaborated with other NGOs to develop a model of gender sensitivity training for men.  HASIK conducts workshops on subordination, gender stereotyping, violence against women, and other related issues.  HASIK works with men to discuss these problems, their causes, and possible actions to eliminate these problems.  HASIK has also published a training manual on its gender seminars.

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Jagori

Contact: Kalpana Viswanath
C-54 South Extension, Part II
New Delhi, Delhi 110 049
India

Tel:         (91-11) 625-7015   Fax:         (91-11) 625-3629
email:      jagori@del3.vsnl.net.in
Web:  

Founded in 1984, Jagori works on a wide range of issues affecting women, including: violence: trafficking: reproductive health and HIV/AIDS; gender sensitization.  Jagori has conducted media campaigns against violence, including a campaign to make travelling safer for women riding in trains, and a campaign against dowry deaths.  A Single Women's Group was formed to counter the negative stereotypes of single women and to challenge marriage as their only option.  Recently, the Single Women's Group confronted men who are abusive to their wives, using peer pressure and shame to initiate behavior change. Co-founder Kamla Bhasin has organized many training sessions for men as well as women on gender roles and relationships, also in connection with her work with NGOs through FAO.  She has written and spoken widely, and organized and facilitated training groups, on related issues, such as patriarchy, feminism, non-sexist socialization, theory and analysis of gender roles and relationships, and the impact of globalization. 

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Legal Assistance Centre

Contact: Clement Daniels

P.O. Box 604
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel:         (264-61) 223356    Fax:         (264-61) 234953
E-mail:    legal(AT)iafrica.com.na
Web:  

Established in 1988, the Legal Assistance Centre worked mainly on issues relevant to the liberation war, access to the legal system, relief to security victims (especially in Northern Namibia), and the persecution of persons accused of hosting guerrillas.  Since independence, the goals and needs of the Centre have been modified to emphasize legal education.  The Centre’s work has been extended to: human rights, including women and children's rights; legal work and litigation, regarding unlawful police action; police education and training; the status of refugees; cooperative unions; housing; AIDS; reform of criminal law and justice; test case litigation; and networking.  In February 2000, the Centre organized the Namibian Men Against Violence Against Women national conference; it was the first of its kind in Namibia.  The 300+ participants came not only from Namibia, but also from South Africa and Zimbabwe.  One conference outcome is the development of regional strategies and an implementation plan for these strategies; for example, one strategy is to use the media to stimulate discussion of the issue (violence against women) within communities.  

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Mainely Men Against Violence and Sexism (MMAVS)

Maine,  U.S.A.
Web:      http://www.mmavs.org/

MMAVS aims to help men help each other to end violence, sexual assault and other forms of abuse.  The organization also wants to redefine masculinity since traditional definitions make men feel like they need to express themselves through domination of others.  Instead, masculinity should include traits such as love, patience and caring.

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Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA)

Contact: Harish Sadani

12-A Parishram Building, 1st Floor, Bhandar Lane
Lady Jamshedji Road, Mahim
Mumbia, Maharashtra 400 016
India
Tel:         (91-22) 4360631
Web:  

MAVA’s mission is to bring about attitude changes in men, to help prevent violence and abuse of women.  MAVA provides counseling and guidance to couples facing marital conflict.

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Men Against Violence Against Women (MAVAW)

Contact: Donald Berment
32 New Street
Port of Spain
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Tel:         (868) 637-0924, (868) 668-5133  Fax :       (868) 623-0193      

Email :    mavaw(AT)usa.net
Web:      http://www.mavaw.org/

At a forum to address the rising crime rates in 1994, one idea create a crime committee, made up of concerned men in society, focussing on violent male behavior and developing strategies to reduce and eventually stop this unacceptable violent male behavior.  The Men Against Violence Against Women organization naturally grew out of this idea.  Its mission is to reduce, and eventually eradicate, violence against women in society.  MAVAW uses a multidisciplinary approach which focuses on changing behavior and belief systems.  MAVAW is currently implementing a training of trainer project, in collaboration with other NGOs.  The first part of the project is to train fifteen men, who are active and influential on a grassroots level in their communities, to sensitize other male residents on gender issues.   The second part of the project is to establish male outreach groups (by these 15 trained men) to maintain the sensitization activities, and to disseminate information on gender issues, including techniques taught during the workshops.  Some topics addressed during the training workshops include: definition of gender; self-esteem; conflict resolution & anger-management; parenting and re-evaluation counseling.  The other executing agency is: 

Women and Development Studies Group
Centre for Gender Development Studies
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Contact Person : Vanessa Martina
Tel. : (868) 622-2735 or (868) 645-3232 Ext. 354

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Men Against Violence Group

Central America Women's Network
Nicaragua

E-mail:    cawn(AT)gn.apc.org
Web:     

This group aims to invent new ways to tackle male violence and machismo. A film entitled “Macho” has been released about the innovative men's group, which looks at the Nicaraguan men's efforts on how to change violent men's attitudes and behavior in one of the  poorest countries in Latin America.

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Men For Change (MFC) (South Africa)

Contact: Thulani Nkosi
Gauteng Province 
South Africa

Tel:         (011) 440 2176 Fax:         (011) 786 2444
Web:  

Men for Change approaches the problem of violence against women through encouraging men to be part of the solution.  In identifying the root causes of violence, MFC integrates men as partners, without judging and seeking to prosecute abusers.  MFC’s objectives are to: educate men about the negative aspects of gender socialization; raise their awareness of the work of community-based organizations; provide counseling and support for men who have been violent towards women and/or children (sexually, physically and emotionally) and who are prepared to change; and train men in leadership positions, schools, and organizations on gender-sensitivity.

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Men for Equality with Women (MEW)

Contact: Reverend Timothy Njoya
Presbyterian Church of Eastern Africa
Kenya

Web:  

This group advises men to stop using institutions like the family, school, church and state to perpetuate male dominance over women and to maintain unequal relationships. They hope to take the campaign to grassroots level through the church and other viable channels to gain maximum impact against the problem of violence.

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Men Overcoming Violence (MOVE)

1385 Mission Street,
Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94103  U.S.A.
E-mail:    move(AT)slip.net
Web:      http://www.menovercomingviolence.org/

An innovative 'pro-feminist, social change non-profit organization,' devoted toward putting an end to men's violence in their relationships. Through support for social change, educational programs, training and counseling, MOVE works to prevent teen dating violence and domestic violence.

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Men Stopping Violence

1020 DeKalb Avenue
Suite 25
Atlanta, GA  30307  U.S.A.

tel:          (404) 688-1376  fax:          (404) 688-4021
E-mail:    msv(AT)menstoppingviolence.org
Web:     http://www.menstoppingviolence.org/index.php

An organization geared towards social change to end men's violence against women.  Working at both local and a national levels, the group aims to redefine existing social structures and overcome sexist beliefs that oppress women and children. This organization runs programs to train health, religious, corporate, legal, military and other leaders locally and nationally. They also educate through schools, universities and workplaces, as well as other organizations to influence both legislative and non-legislative public policy about ending violence against women.

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Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Strategies

Contact: Jackson Katz
3871 Marron Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90807
U.S.A.
Tel:        (562) 997-3953  Fax:         (562) 997-7804

Email:     MVPstrat(AT)aol.com
Web:      http://www.jacksonkatz.com/

MVP Strategies provides gender violence prevention training and materials to high schools, colleges, fraternities, athletic organizations, the U.S. military services, law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and small and large corporations.  Its mission is to empower men who are not abusive toward women to confront men who are.  The MVP Strategies training program is shaped by the idea that men who have status with other men are in a particularly powerful position to influence the way men and boys view and treat women and girls.  The program also challenges men who have credibility with other men to use their status and power to repudiate any definition of masculinity that equates being a man with being sexist, disrespectful or violent toward women, or bullying toward other males.  MVP’s interactive training sessions and educational materials are based on the acclaimed Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Model, which requires that racially diverse training teams work with men as empowered bystanders, not against them as potential perpetrators.  MVP's innovative bystander approach helps reduce the defensiveness men often feel around discussions of rape, battering, sexual harassment, and gay-bashing, creating new possibilities for men's leadership on these issues. 

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Musasa Project

Contact: Augustine Mututu
P.O. Box A712
Avondale, Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel:         (263-4) 734381
Web:  

The Musasa Project was established in 1988 to address the problem of violence against women.  Bringing groups of men together, the Musasa Project advocates ending violence against women.  The organization has also conducted research and formulated statistics on the incidence and causes of domestic violence in Zimbabwe.  The organization also offers a temporary shelter to women and children who need security while exploring their options.

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National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)

PO Box 455
Louisville, CO 80027-0455
U.S.A.
Tel:         (303) 666-7043
E-mail:    info(AT)nomas.org
Web:      http://www.nomas.org/

This organization was started in the early 1970s and developed throughout the following years as a men's movement geared to enhance men's lives through pro-feminist, gay-affirmative and anti-racist action. This activist organization comprises men and women who support positive changes for men. The group strives to create change not only in themselves and other men, but also in organizations that foster and promote inequality.

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No To Violence (NTV), the Male Family Violence Prevention Association Inc.

PO Box 417, Richmond,
Victoria, Australia 3121
Phone:   (61-3) 94283536  Fax:         (61-3) 94287513
E-mail:    ntv(AT)ntv.net.au
Web:      http://www.ntv.net.au/ntv_one.htm

No To Violence (NTV), the Male Family Violence Prevention Association Inc., is comprised of both individuals and agencies working for the prevention of male family violence.  The mission is to work with men to assist them to change and end their violent behavior through providing direct and indirect services to men who have used violence towards their family members.  This contributes to the prevention of male family violence

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Oakland Men's Project (OMP)

1203 Preservation Park Way, Suite 200
Oaklan, CA  94612
U.S.A.
Tel:         (510) 835-2433 Fax:         (510) 835-2466
Web:  

Founded in 1979, the Oakland Men’s Project is a community-based violence prevention program.  Its mission is to eliminate men’s violence and promote cross-gender and cross-racial alliances.  In order to break the cycle of violence through behavior change, OMP conducts workshops on male violence.  During the workshop, participants explore the causes of such violence, including racism, sexism, sexual harassment, and heterosexism.  OMP’s participants learn the strategies they need to resist, prevent, and change violent and abusive situations.  Youth programs include: violence prevention skills training; cultural awareness; and in-school and community violence educator programs.

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Puntos de Encuentro  

Contact: Irela Solorzano
Rotonda del Güegüense 4c abajo 1c al lago
Apdo. RP-39
Managua, Nicaragua

tel:          (505) 268 1227   fax:          (505) 266 630        
email:      puntos(AT)puntos.org.ni
web:       http://www.puntos.org.ni 

Puntos de Encuentro, a women’s rights organization based in Nicaragua, conducts research on issues affecting women.  In 1997, Puntos de Encuentro conducted a research project, aiming to better understand the relationship between violence and male identity, and to identify methods for changing behavior (to create a different masculinity).  In 1998, as a result of Hurricane Mitch, the incidences domestic violence grew.  In response, Puntos de Encuentro began a media campaign in the seven worst-hit cities.  During the span of five months, messages via posters, pamphlets, educational materials, and training for activists (mostly men), were conveyed to the public.  Among those included were: men can avoid violent behavior, and violence against women hinders reconstruction of communities and the nation.   Both pre- and post-campaign surveys were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the media campaign.  The data collected proved the campaign was successful in its exposure to men and in its encouragement of men to discuss these messages and begin the process of behavior change.

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Real Men

Contact: Tom Hanlon-Wilde
P.O. Box 1769
Brookline, MA 02146  U.S.A.
Tel:         (617) 782-7838 or (617) 327-1093
E-mail:    conejomeil(AT)aol.com
Web:      http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/other/realMen.html

Real Men aims to encourage more men to accept responsibility for personal sexism and to end violence towards women.  To raise men's awareness of the need to end sexual inequality and violence, Real Men sponsors and organizes forums, speakers, and distributes media packages for radio and television.

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White Ribbon Campaign (WRC)

365 Bloor St. East
Suite 203, Toronto
Ontario, M4W 3L4 Canada
Tel:         (416) 920-6684 or 1-800-328-2228
Fax:         (416) 920 - 1678
E-mail:    info(AT)whiteribbon.ca
Web:      http://www.whiteribbon.com/

Formed in 1991, after a group of men realized they had a duty to impel other men to speak up against violence against women, the White Ribbon Campaign is now the largest endeavor worldwide involving men working to end men's violence against women.  The campaign aims to promote collective action among men through education.  It also works with education programs for boys.  WRC relies on volunteer support and donations from individuals and organizations.

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2.2 Rape,  Prevention and Rehabilitation
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Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (ADAPT)

Contact: Mmasthilo Motsei
128 2nd Street  Wynberg
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Tel:         (011) 885-3305
E-mail: mmatshi(AT)mweb.co.za
Web:  

Founded in 1994, ADAPT is an innovative women’s rights clinic.  The organization also brings men together to address the problem of violence against women.  In 1997, ADAPT organized the first men’s march against rape in South Africa.  ADAPT also provides a forum for young men to express themselves freely and discuss issues affecting their lives. Working with imprisoned perpetrators of violence against women, ADAPT has tried to provide counseling, support, and rehabilitation to these men so that when released from prison, their behavior in society will be altered.  Another project involves challenging the male church leadership, which has affected the continuing problem of violence against women and children due to the preaching of traditional values.

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EMERGE: Counseling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence

2380 Massachusetts Avenue
Suite 101
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
U.S.A.

Tel:         (617) 547-9879
E-mail:    info(AT)emergedv.com 
Web:      http://www.emergedv.com/

EMERGE challenges men to take responsibility  for stopping male violence against women. Violence against women and children is a social problem that to be quelled, requires action at an individual, cultural and institutional level. EMERGE aims to do this not only by education and counseling  of abusive men but also through support of  different efforts that aspire to end domestic violence, rape and other degrading treatment of women and children.

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Jamaican Family Planning Association (FAMPLAN)

Contact: Peggy Scott

St. Ann’s Bay P.O.
St. Ann
Jamaica, West Indies
Tel:         (876) 972-2515 / 0260
Fax:         (876) 972-2224
Email:     famplan(AT)cwjamaica.com
Web:  

Founded in 1957, FAMPLAN is a major force in the field of family planning in Jamaica.  Its program includes rehabilitation of male perpetrators.  In June 1999, it launched the Brothers for Change program in collaboration with Jamaica’s Ministry of Justice, to provide counseling to male perpetrators of violence against women.  As a health care provider, FAMPLAN had increasingly noticed the negative effects of gender-based violence on the sexual and reproductive health of its female clientele, including a high risk of sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies and gynecological disorders.  FAMPLAN felt that intervening with the abusers might improve the well being of its women clients and their families.  In the first year of the programme, 25 men, ranging in age from their teens to mid-50s, have been referred to Brothers for Change by the courts.  While behavioral change is difficult to achieve, FAMPLAN notes promising results so far.

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Men Against Violence Webring

E-mail:    alpropes(AT)bitstream.net 
Web:      http://www.interactivetheatre.org/mav/

This site provides information and links that give examples of how men can be active in the effort to end rape and sexual assault. The site aims to highlight the fact that violence against women is not just a 'woman's issue,' but a shared issue between women and men alike.

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Men Can Stop Rape

P.O. Box 57144
Washington, D.C. 20037-7144
U.S.A.
Tel:         (202) 265-6530
E-mail:   
Web:      http://www.mencanstoprape.org/

The project began in 1997 and is a product of  D.C. Men Against Rape. This program strives to empower  young males and  the institutions that assist them, to work in partnership with women to prevent rape and other forms of gender violence. The programs call for men to re-think and define what it means to be a man and take action to challenge the attitudes and behaviors that currently make excuses for rape and other forms of men's violence.

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Men Stopping Rape

306 N. Brooks St.
Madison, Wisconsin  53715-1090
U.S.A.

Tel:         (608) 257-4444
E-mail:    msr(AT)danenet.wicip.org
Web:      http://www.men-stopping-rape.org/

Men Stopping Rape aims to provide information and outreach to the whole community about how rape and gender violence profoundly affects not only women but men as well. They also work with men in small groups to discuss issues relating to masculinity, male socialization, racism and violence and how men can assume responsibility for their own behavior and 'unlearn' the sexism entrenched in  males in our society.

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National Center Against Violence (CAV)

Contact: Solongo Sharkhuu and Dale Hurst
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
E-mail:    dalehurst(AT)compuserve.com
Web:  

Established in 1995, the NGO National Centre Against Violence (NCAV), hopes to break the violence cycle through educating violent men and supporting the female survivors and their children.  NCAV fights all forms of violence against women and children through lobbying and advocating for gender equality in legislation, government policy and by improving existing legislation.  With the NCAV, Australian psychologist Dale Hurst conducted courses for working with male perpetrators.  Together they also published a book, “The Man Cries” for violent men.  It includes conversations with violent men  and shows their psychological makeup.  Incorporated into the Mongolian Family Law of 1999 were recommendations made by NCAV:  “The law now states that spouses should not use violence against one another. The court can declare loss of parental rights in the case of child abuse, and if a divorced spouse loses their ability to work as a direct result of domestic violence during the marriage, the other spouse is responsible for providing for them. Previous legislation did not take into account distribution of property if divorce occurred as a result of domestic violence. Current penalties for abusers are jail or a fine.”

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Volunteers for Humanity

Contact: Hilda Winarta
Jl. Arus Dalam No.1
Rt.001/Rw.012 Cawang
Dewi Sartika, Jakarta 13630
Indonesia

Tel/Fax:  (021) 8094531
E-mail:    galih(AT)indo.net.id
Web:  

The first organization to publicly report the tremendous violence, notably rape, committed against women during the recent turmoil.  The organization successfully lobbied the Indonesian government to acknowledge the incidents by agreeing to:

-         Launch an official investigation, with Volunteers for Humanity continuing to assist victims through counseling and advocacy.

-           Establish the National Commission on Anti -Violence Against Women

-           Establish a special service desk within the Jakarta Police Department to accommodate the needs of  women as victims of violence.
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2.3 Men’s Role Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting[1]

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Centre for Development and Population Activities-Egypt (CEDPA)

Contact: Romany Abadir

CEDPA-Egypt
53 Manial Street, Suite 500
Manial El Rodah
Cairo, 11451 Egypt

Tel:         2-02-365-4567  Fax:         2-02-365-4568
Email:     cedpa(AT)intouch.com
Web:      http://www.cedpa.org/

In collaboration with four community-based organizations (CBOs), CEDPA-Egypt works on women’s education, health, and human rights issues, including the practice of female genital cutting (FGC).  These CBOs identify positive role models in the community who have withstood social pressures and not had their daughters cut or who advocate against the practice.  Some of these positive role models include religious leaders, doctors, fathers, and mothers.  This approach has been critical in breaking the traditional silence surrounding FGC.  It has also resulted in new alliances and programs actively participating in efforts to end FGC.  Again, men have played vital roles in the changing of social attitudes towards this practice.

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The Foundation for Research on Women’s Health, Productivity and the Environment (BAFROW)

Contact: Fatou Waggeh
214 Tafsir Demba Mbye Road
Banjul, The Gambia
Tel:         220-225-270   Fax:         220-223-266 
Email:     bafrow(AT)gamtel.gm
Web:   http://www.hri.ca/organizations/viewOrg.asp?ID=6582

BAFROW works on various women’s health issues, including the practice of female genital cutting (FGC).  Working together with community members, circumcisers, religious and local leaders, BAFROW has designed an alternative rite of passage curriculum for the traditional girls’ initiation ceremonies.  Male members of the community have contributed significantly towards changing beliefs and practices surrounding FGC.

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Tostan

Contact: Molly Melching
BP 326
Thies, Senegal

Tel:         221-951-1051   Fax:         221-951-3427
Email:     info(AT)tostan.org 
Web:     http://www.tostan.org/

Tostan, primarily working in the areas of education, health and human rights, is prominent in leading the fight to end the practice of “female genital cutting” (FGC) in Senegal.  Over 100 villages have signed a declaration banning the practice, with the full support of community members, and religious and political leaders.  Men have played key roles in the transformation of public opinion about FGM. Ending the practice is also linked with the fulfillment of rights.  A young boy volunteered as an officer for one of the monitoring committees given the promotion of rights that ending FGC represents.  

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3. Men in Professional Roles and Associations
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Association of Teachers of Moldova

Moldova
Contact: Irina Martiniuc, President
c/o Women's Organization of Moldova "Civic Initiative"
Web:   http://www.zenskestudie.edu.yu/wgsact/moldova/md-wom.html

This innovative association, whose members are mostly men, is working to end violence against women. They are helping the Women's Organization of Moldova to develop their project, "Women's Rights = Human Rights," and a new project initiative for stopping trafficking in women and domestic workers.   They collaboration with NGOs, and law enforcement officials.

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