AFRO-NETS> The Drum Beat - 104 - Communication to Prevent Gender Violence

["Warren Feek" <wfeek@comminit.com>]

The Drum Beat - 104 - Communication to Prevent Gender Violence
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July 30 2001

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Internationally, gender-based violence is a topic individuals, commu-
nities, organisations and governments struggle to discuss. Issues 
relating to masculinity, male socialization, racism and violence and 
how men can assume responsibility for their own behaviour and 
"unlearn" the sexism entrenched in males in many societies are essen-
tial themes in these conversations.

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On Oct 8-12 2001, 24 men and women, from all regions of the world, 
who are in the forefront of work with men in ending gender-based vio-
lence, will come together at the Rockefeller Bellagio Study & Confer-
ence Center for a conference  on "Working with Men to End Gender Vio-
lence: Towards a Global Interchange."   
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/132-event.html

The organisers of this event are calling for development communities 
to: "Make the room as big as the world: organize accompanying events 
at the same time, on the same theme, and always with media, to at-
tract international media and widely promote new gender roles and re-
lationships. That way, we will simultaneously be launching, recogniz-
ing and rewarding an even stronger global movement of women and men 
in partnership against gender violence, for equality and gender 
peace." Unfortunately, there is no funding for this 'accompanying 
events' initiative. The idea is for committed people to do what they 
can within the institutions, groups, initiatives that they already 
have, adding from small to large components. See:
http://www.mapev.org 
Contact mailto:info@mapev.org

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ORGANISATIONS

The below items are from "Some Organisations Working with Men & Boys 
to End Violence Against Women & Girls" - 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld- 2010.html 
There are 69 profiled. 
Click on URLs to view the full text.


1. From the Introduction - "More and more organizations around the 
world emphasize and support the role of men and boys as partners 
against gender violence and in favour of equal rights. This approach 
provides benefits not only for women and girls, but also for men and 
boys - for families, communities and development itself. A broader 
exchange of lessons learned by organizations working with men and 
boys against gender violence could strengthen the work of those in-
volved, and lead to the creation of even more such organizations..." 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2010.html

2. Cambodian Men's Network - Cambodia - a network of men who want to 
end violence against women. Aims are to encourage men to be good mod-
els for youth, to campaign against social trends that give impunity 
to violence against women and to advocate for positive change.  
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld- 2052.html 
Contact Chhay Kim Sore 
mailto:gad@bigpond.com.kh

3. No To Violence (NTV), the Male Family Violence Prevention Associa-
tion Inc. - Australia - individuals and agencies working for the pre-
vention of male family violence through counselling and referral ser-
vices, advocacy, and development of men's behaviour change pro-
grammes. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2067.html
Contact mailto:ntv@ntv.net.au

4. ECOS (Estudos e ComunicaOao em Sexualidade e Reproducao Humana) - 
Brazil - ECOS has begun to develop educational methodologies and 
strategies to work with men on issues of sexuality, reproductive 
health, safe sex and fatherhood.
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2042.html 
Contact Silvani Arruda or Margareth Arilha 
mailto:ecos@uol.com.br

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DB Classifieds: Training, Materials & Consultants - will be issued 
Aug 1. To include yours, contact Warren Feek 
mailto:wfeek@comminit.com

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5.Legal Assistance Centre - Namibia - In Feb 2000, the Centre organ-
ised a national conference, Namibian Men Against Violence Against 
Women. One conference outcome is the development of regional strate-
gies and an implementation plan for these.
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2055.html 
Contact Clement Daniels 
mailto:legal@iafrica.com.na

6. Family Planning Association (FAMPLAN) - Jamaica - In June 1999, 
FAMPLAN launched the Brothers for Change programme in collaboration 
with the Ministry of Justice, to provide counselling to male perpe-
trators of violence against women. In the 1st year, 25 men were re-
ferred by the courts. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2074.html 
Contact Peggy Scott
mailto:famplan@cwjamaica.com

  7. National Centre Against Violence (NCAV) - Mongolia - fights all 
forms of violence against women and children through lobbying and ad-
vocating for gender equality. With NCAV, Australian psychologist Dale 
Hurst conducted courses for working with male perpetrators. Together 
they also published 'The Man Cries,' directed at violent men. It in-
cludes conversations with violent men and de- scribes their psycho-
logical makeup. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2078.html 
Contact Solongo Sharkhuu or Dale Hurst 
mailto:st@compuserve.com

8. Asociaci>n de Hombres Contra la Violencia (Association of Men 
Against Violence) - Nicaragua - offers training workshops and courses 
for male youths, adolescents and adults, to explore the ideas of ma-
chismo and violence. They have also participated in TV and radio pro-
grammes on issues related to masculinities and violence, and have 
published articles for local, national and international publications 
on these same issues. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2049.html 
Contact Ruben Reyes 
mailto:w.com.ni

9. Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention & Training (ADAPT) - South Af-
rica - In  1997, ADAPT organised a men's march against rape in South 
Africa. They provide a forum for young men to express themselves 
freely and discuss issues affecting their lives, as well as counsel-
ing, support and rehabilitation to imprisoned perpetrators of vio-
lence against women. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2072.html 
Contact Mmasthilo Motsei, 
Tel: +27-11-885-3305

10. Men Against Violence Against Women (MAVAW) - Trinidad & Tobago - 
MAVAW uses a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on changing be-
haviour and belief systems. MAVAW is currently implementing a train-
ing of trainers project. Some topics addressed include definition of 
gender; self-esteem; conflict resolution & anger-management; parent-
ing; and re-evaluation counselling. 
http://www.comminit.com/genderviolence/sld-2058.html 
Contact Donald Berment 
mailto:mavaw@usa.net

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La Iniciativa de Comunicación quiere traducir para la red de habla 
hispana, lo mejor de la página en inglés.  
Consulte http://www.comminit.com y dénos su opinión.  
Escriba a Adelaida Trujillo  
mailto:atrujillo@comminit.com
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EVENTS, INITIATIVES, LINKS & PUBLICATIONS

11. Project Hope International (PHIN) conference on gender-based vio-
lence will be Nov 15-16 2001 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 
Contact Dr. Chidi V. Nweneka 
mailto:projectshope@yahoo.com 
OR mailto:Chidele@eudoramail.com

12. Breakthrough - India & USA - an organisation working to increase 
public dialogue and awareness about human rights and social justice 
issues through education and popular culture. 
http://www.letsbreakthrough.org/index.htm Contact 
mailto:letsbreakthrough@yahoo.com OR 
mailto:contact@letsbreakthrough.org

13. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination 
against Women (CEDAW) - an international "bill of rights" for women. 
Sets up an agenda for national action. See especially Article 5. 
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/

14. The Convention on the Rights of the Child - See especially arti-
cles 2, 18, 19, 34. 
http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm

15. INSTRAW's Men's Roles & Responsibilities in Ending Gender Based 
Violence:  envisioning men as part of the solution. 
http://uninstraw.org/mens-roles.html 

16. The Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence 
against Women. http://www.undp.org/unifem/trustfund/ 

17.The International Network for the Rights of Female Victims of 
Violence in Pakistan (INRFVVP) 
http://www.inrfvvp.org 
Contact mailto:inrfvvp@inrfvvp.org

18. The Child Trauma Academy 
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cta/

19. UNICEF - Gender, Partnerships & Participation (see especially 
Masculinities & Gender Equality). 
http://www.unicef.org/programme/gpp/profiles/focus.html

20. "Breaking the Earthenware Jar - Lessons from South Asia to End 
Violence against Women & Girls", by Ruth Finney Hayward. 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2371.html

21. "The State of World Population 2000: Lives Together, Worlds 
Apart: Men & Women in a Time of Change", UNFPA. 
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2000/english/index.html

22. "Partnering: A New Approach to Sexual & Reproductive Health" - 
takes stock of recent research findings and policy debates and sheds 
light on new priori- ties. 
http://www.unfpa.org/publications/technical.htm 

  23. "Changing Community Norms on Partner Abuse: A Project in Izta-
calco, Mexico," Instituto Mexicano de Investigacion de Familiay Po-
blacion. 
http://www.icrw.org/ribs/IMIFAP.pdf

24. "Domestic Violence in India II: Exploring Strategies, Promoting 
Dialogue" - International Center for Research on Women. 
http://www.icrw.org/pdf/indiainfobulletin.pdf

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This issue developed in collaboration with Ruth Finney Hayward 
mailto:rhayward@unicef.org & 
Sarah Bordas Eddy mailto:sbordaseddy@unicef.org

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