7/13/15
The Atlantic: The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years Later
Elizabeth McLaughlin, a country director for CARE, credits Live Aid for influencing her to leave her former career as a stockbroker. “Whatever came out of Live Aid—millions...
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.
LS: Why Men Box 3
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
LS: Youth Empowerment Box 5 v2
“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
7/9/15
Atlanta Magazine: Michelle Nunn Officially Joins CARE as new CEO
Michelle Nunn comes to CARE after leading Points of Light, a volunteer organization, for seven years.
6/29/15
The Weather Channel: Helene Gayle on World’s Biggest Threat to Food Security
CARE’s CEO Helene D.
5/13/15
CNN I: Helene Gayle Talks Second Nepal Quake
Dr. Helene D. Gayle, CARE’s president and CEO, gave an update on the second Nepal earthquake to CNN International’s flagship Asia Pacific morning show.
5/12/15
MSNBC: CARE’s Response to Second Nepal Earthquake
CARE’s Lucy Beck spoke about Nepal’s second earthquake in a live phone interview on MSNBC’s “Live with Thomas Roberts.”
5/11/15
Huffington Post: Why 13-Years-Olds Shouldn't Be Married
Kiran Kochar McCabe offered a unique perspective on the problem of child marriage around the world in a Huffington Post blog.
4/30/15
The Takeaway: Amid Crisis, Nepalis Turn to Buddhist Culture
Lex Kassenberg, CARE Nepal’s country director, gave an on-the-ground update of CARE’s response to the Nepal Earthquake on The Takeaway.
4/27/15
Los Angeles Times: Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Tops 3,700
CARE’s Santosh Sharma tells The Los Angeles Times about the early impact of the Nepal earthquake: “People have been pooling their resources together, but there will soon be...
4/26/15
CNN: CARE CEO Helene Gayle Addresses Nepal Earthquake
Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, tells CNN what CARE teams are doing to assess the situation on the ground in Nepal.
4/25/15
CNN I: CARE Responds to Nepal Earthquake
Lex Kassenberg, CARE Nepal’s country director, details CARE’s response to the earthquake to CNN International.
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RESOURCES
This 3 page document is one of a series in the Feed the Future-funded GRAD program's learning breifs.
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