6/9/14
The Daily Beast - Victims No More: Congo’s Badass Women Mechanics
Girls in the devastated city of Goma, “the rape capital of the world,” are breaking stereotypes to find work—and independence—as car mechanics and carpenters.
What About Men & Boys?
We’re Engaging Men and Boys in the Fight Against Poverty
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Check out CARE's cutting-edge research and training materials on engaging men and boys in development projects and women’s empowerment.
Preventing Violence Against Women
Hear Fidѐle Bucyanayandi's testimony of the abuse he inflicted on his wife, and learn how CARE is helping Fidѐle break the cycle of violence in his own marriage and in his rural Rwandan community.
A Story of Progress
“I don’t want my girls locked in a house. I don’t want them to be dependent on a man.”
Champions of Change
Our efforts include working with men and boys as champions of change, and facilitating debates to challenge gender norms and renegotiate more equitable relationships.
What about men and boys?
CARE fights poverty around the world by empowering girls and women. Girls and women are disproportionately affected by poverty, so fighting poverty effectively requires focus on them. But boys and men are and will always remain central to CARE’s work.
Our community-based efforts to improve education, health and economic opportunity for girls and women don’t just benefit those girls and women. They benefit the boys and men around them – their husbands, sons, brothers and fathers.
Poverty is directly connected to gender inequality. Men and boys in the communities where we work increasingly understand this and are vital partners in our programs to empower girls and women. The communities where men and boys are most actively engaged in our work, real and lasting change is more likely to take hold; change that benefits everyone.
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Steal These Stats30-50% of women have been physically abused by a male partner. #stealthesestats w/@CARE
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We’re training men to help bring an end to violence against women.
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CARE Approved Dads
Help us celebrate all the fathers who are making a difference.
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DID YOU KNOW?
We advocate for gender equality in U.S. foreign assistance programs.
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TECHNICAL RESOURCES ON ENGAGING MEN AND BOYS
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“Be a man!”
We’re changing the culture of violence and what it means to be a man.
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CARE staff talk about why it's critical to engage men and boys to end poverty and reach equality.
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CARE Answers your questions about working with men and boys.
CARE IN THE NEWS
The Huffington Post – Men and Boys Are Key to Empowering Women and Girls
In the news
5/30/14
Helene Gayle, #78 on Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women
When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November 2013 CARE was on the ground within days providing food, shelter and supplies.
5/12/14
Houston Chronicle: Gayle - Progress Continues in Fight Against AIDS
"When I started my career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the mid-1980s, AIDS was a newly discovered virus and people counseled me to stay away. They...
5/7/14
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry - Fort Report: Two Pathways
Rep. Fortenberry of Nebraska, who recently traveled with CARE, writes about the importance of foreign aid after visiting programs in Guatemala and Honduras. “We benefit...
4/29/14
AJC: Lessons From Live Below the Line Week
This week is “Live Below the Line” week – a challenge which people around the world pledge to eat on just $1.50 per day.
4/29/14
Southern Foodways Alliance - Sustainable South: Asha Gomez in Peru
Asha Gomez of Cardamom Hill in Atlanta, Georgia, treated guests at the 16th Southern Foodways Symposium last October to a Country Captain Thali Tray Lunch, a meal embracing...
4/17/14
The Huffington Post - Somali Refugees Tell Syrian Children: You Are Not Alone
Three years into the conflict in Syria, more than 5 million of the country's children are living as refugees -- often in the most dire of circumstances. This week, however,...
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RESOURCES
This 32 page guidance document is a practical guide for thinking about GBV in non-GBV programs.
This 12 page brief lays out lessons learned from CARE's learning initiative on Engaging Men and Boys.
This ten page brief lays out CARE's framework for engaging men and boys and presents stories of change using this methodology.
This 88 page manual describes CARE's work in Rwanda on engaging men as allies in women's economic empowerment.
This 5 page brief discusses what we know about GBV in education and how childhood exposure to GBV impacts behavior later in life. It...
This 28 page report describes a literature review of what we know about preventing GBV in educational settings, as well as key...
See the brief summary of our findings from engaging men and boys in the Balkans.
Read about the Young Men's Initiative in the Balkans and what we're learning about how working with men and boys can lead to women's...
CARE calls for action during the Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London, June 2014.
CARE's work on Food Security in the Ultra Poor in Bangladesh (FSUP) indicates that the changes for women can only happen if there are...
CARE International Sri Lanka’s ‘Empowering Men to Engage and Redefine Gender Equality’ (EMERGE) project is a pioneering effort that...
Our Gender Equity and Diversity 501 curriculum is a practionners' training manual for working with staff on how to engage men and boys...
Report on findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) work, including the Croatia findings, where CARE was...
Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) study that CARE Mali conducted to explore masculinities in Mali...
Bangladesh faces one of the highest rates of domestic violence worldwide.
Engaging Men for Women’s Empowerment in Burundi
Exploring Gender Dynamics of CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan Programming