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This month across the Alliance
LATIN AMERICA - After issuing a statement in solidarity with the people of Nicaragua in April, MenEngage Alliance co-organized a discussion panel at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council In Geneva, Switzerland on 20 June 2018 alongside Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos and the Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights. A video recording of the panel discussion is available here (in Spanish). MenEngage Global Secretariat continues to follow the situation and explore options to extend support to various groups, especially the RedMas network and women’s rights networks in the country.
AFRICA - A high-level meeting on engaging men and boys to advance peace and security was held in Kigali, Rwanda on 24-25 May. Co-organized by Sonke Gender Justice and Men Engage Africa (MEA) in collaboration with Rwanda Men Engage Network, represented by Rwanda Men’s Resources Center (RWAMREC), the meeting discussed recommendations for the implementation of UN Resolution 1325.
AFRICA - A roundtable discussion on ‘Challenging the constructions of masculinity that exacerbate the marginalisation of women and girls’ was held on 31 May 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The half-day event was co-organized by the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with SAfAIDS and MenEngage Zimbabwe. The discussion aimed to deepen the 'men and masculinities' discourses in the region, explore theoretical frameworks underpinning positive masculinities, and to begin to suggest further steps for engaging men in work on gender norms transformation.
AFRICA - For the first time, MenEngage Africa, with support from the MenEngage Global Secretariat, conducted a joint induction session for new members. Countries represented included Madagascar, Togo, Liberia and another potential new member. The session took new members through MenEngage Core Principles, Code of Conduct, Accountability and the steps on developing and strengthening country networks.
EUROPE - A toolkit of good practices for working with groups of boys and young men towards gender equality was launched at the IMAGINE conference in Amsterdam on 13 June, by MenEngage Europe members MÄN, Emancipator and the Good Lad Initiative.
CARIBBEAN - CariMAN members in Trinidad and Tobago are partnering on several projects including the development of a video for new fathers with the Mamatoto birthing centre, a project to train men and women to prevent gender-based violence and promote gender equality with the Institute for Gender Development Studies and CAISO.
CARIBBEAN - CariMAN continues to provide consultative support to several projects in Trinidad and Tobago, including reviewing the possibility of implementing Promundo’s Program H, the Barbershop Project that creates spaces where men and young men can openly discuss and understand attitudes, behaviors and gender stereotypes, and the Lunchtime Forum to facilitate discussions with men employed in multiple government ministries.
NORTH AMERICA - An online Community of Practice Series, 'Men Supporting #MeToo: Taking Action to the Next Level' took place over four successive sessions between April and June. The series, hosted by NAMEN, explored ways to strengthen work of members to address the issues brought up by #MeToo. The series of webinars included participants from North America and Sweden who presented about work in their own communities and contexts.
NORTH AMERICA - NAMEN and MenEngage Global Alliance issued an Open Letter repudiating the ‘gag rule’ imposed on US health providers under Title X, and particularly on Planned Parenthood. The rule violates women's rights and unfairly targets Planned Parenthood, a health provider trusted by millions of women across the US. This letter/initiative aims to call on the US government to defend for gender equality in access to health care that is federally funded, as well as voicing support for women's right to receive complete, accurate, science-based information from health providers.
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