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��Ending Men’s Violence �and�Promoting Positive Masculinity

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�OUR VISION���A global network �of women and men �working together for �peaceful and healthy families and communities.

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OUR MISSION

to mobilize networks of men allied with women for violence prevention and positive masculinity

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For All Men Involved in the Lives of Youth (The FAMILY)

Springfield, Massachusetts

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All around the world there are men �eager to learn how to support women and end violence.

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And all around the world there are women �who are welcoming men �as partners �in the struggle �for gender equality �and non-violence.

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In Zambia …

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… men learn to stand with women

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… and form the Zambia Men’s Network

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Ugo Nnachi is a local chief and women’s activist from rural Nigeria.

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Inspired and trained by MRI

Chief Nnachi creates a men’s resource centre

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And men step up.

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Community leaders

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And traditional rulers take a stand.

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In Liberia, the International Rescue Committee

creates the Male Involvement Project.

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Complementing women’s action groups

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with men’s action groups…

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holding meetings

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…all around the country.

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The Liberian Ministry of Gender & Development

embraces male involvement.

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New awareness materials are created.

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Men learn to listen to women,

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and discover the power in being allies.

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A national campaign is launched.

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Hundreds march and gather.

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Over 5000 Liberians participate in campaign activities.

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Men join the annual Women’s Day march in Ebonyi, Nigeria for the first time .

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Women’s Action Groups describe program impacts.

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Liberian men are stepping out of the box

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Reciting a Men’s Pledge to women

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And women respond with a Women’s Pledge to men.

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Youth gender clubs are formed

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In Rwanda, MRI helps

the Rwanda Men’s Resource Centre form.

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MRI trainings are conducted for coffee farmers in Rwanda

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Action plans are created for community awareness

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Community members…

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…gather to listen

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as women and men from the training demonstrate

gender equality

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and men apologize to women on behalf of men.

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The Rwanda Men’s Resource Centre

organizes a national network

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Meetings with chiefs in Cote d’Ivoire

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And women community leaders

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Generates an enthusiastic response.

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Representatives of men and women action groups from 9 communities in Liberia gather.

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And in the United States as well.

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Men As Allies Trainings

Springfield, Massachusetts, 2007, 2008, 2009

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Springfield hosts Chief Ugo Nnachi

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Male Peacemakers Training

Women’s Peacemakers Program

December 2009

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Commission on the Status of Women Conference Girl Scouts “Boy-Girl Dialogue”

March 2010

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Rwanda Men’s Resource Centre

Training of Trainers – May 2010

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Men of Color Health Awareness (MOCHA) Initiative

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, June 2010

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Elements of An Effective Approach to Male Involvement�

Foundational Beliefs and Values

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  • Men are naturally loving, caring and sensitive with women, children and other men. Men are not born violent and abusive.

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  • Men are trained to be masculine in ways that lead to violence against women and children.

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  • Men’s perpetration of violence is caused by the combination of trauma and privilege.

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  • Men can play a critical role as partners with women and agents of social change. �

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Elements of An Effective Approach to Male Involvement�

Educational Methodologies

  • Speak to the head, the heart and the spirit.

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  • Help men recognize the full range of violent behavior.

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  • Teach men to break the silence about their own experiences with violence.

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  • Teach men to listen to women.

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  • Actively engage men and women in dialogue with each other about their own experiences.

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Elements of An Effective Approach to Male Involvement�

Key Considerations in Program Development

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    • Engage the help of an experienced consultant in the early stages of planning.

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    • Engage women from the beginning as advisors, participants, and monitors for the male involvement initiative.

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    • Develop men’s engagement initiatives in communities where women’s groups are already strong.

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    • Form community-based men’s action groups.

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Elements of An Effective Approach to Male Involvement�

Key Considerations (continued)

    • Provide ongoing training, supervision and technical assistance for a core group of community-based men and women.

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    • Plan collective actions

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    • Develop awareness and campaign materials that reflect relevant images of positive masculinity and men’s engagement as partners with women.

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    • Establish monitoring and evaluation systems.

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Elements of An Effective Approach to Male Involvement�

Challenges

  • Balancing support and challenge to men

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  • Women’s misgivings about the process of engaging men

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  • Re-playing traditional gender roles in meetings of women and men

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  • Dealing with perpetrators

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  • Maintaining and sustaining motivation and engagement

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By connecting with other men and with women about our experiences with violence and with privilege, men can challenge violence and become role models for change.

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STAGES OF MALE INVOLVEMENT

Personal change

Role model for family and friends

Speak out in community

Organize for social change

Inspiration & training

Develop support groups

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Positive masculinity is possible.

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Social change

is possible!

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A global network is being created.

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www.MensResourcesInternational.org�

Thank you!