On Friday, August 28 Sonke Gender Justice through MenCare South Africa and MenEngage Africa will be launching the MenCare in Africa Media Kit: a toolkit aimed at promoting men as caregivers and fathers by offering guidelines on how to use the power of the media within advocacy initiatives, educational programs, and media campaigns. The Media …
The Babe Locotfo campaign is a social media and in-person awareness campaign on positive fatherhood. Kwakha Indvodza through this campaign positively engages Eswatini men by actively encouraging and emphasizing the importance of a father’s role in the family. …
MenCare partner Brighter Initiatives for Revitalization & Development (BIRD-Liberia) reminds us that “caregiving is not to be told, but must be seen as a vital responsibility.” BIRD-Liberia works to move communities from dependency to self-sufficiency through ecological sustainability and empowerment of youth and girls.
As of January 1, 2020 all parents in South Africa will now be entitled to 10 days paid parental leave when their children are born. The legislation does not apply to mothers who have given birth since they are already entitled to maternity leave. It does however increase the level of benefits due to mothers …
Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) decided to undertake a project to end FGM/C, with support from the global venture philanthropy fund, Rockflower, earlier this year. …
Promundo, as a co-coordinator of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign, launched the third State of the World’s Fathers report on June 5 at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Vancouver, Canada. The event was co-hosted by Promundo and Unilever, Dove Men+Care, in advance of Father’s Day in many countries around the world. Other international launches, …
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