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Coaching Boys into Men - a Proven Strategy to Prevent Violence
By RaymondBrandes.
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North America : Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Futures Without Violence (formerly known as Family Violence Prevention Fund) shared a feature story on their website (www.futureswithoutviolence.org/content/features/detail/2487 ) that a study published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that their programme Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes who have participated in the programme.

Link to the attached Study: http://www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_3795-stamped-043013.pdf

The Randomized Controlled Trial of Coaching Boys into Men conducted from 2009-2011 had a 12-month follow-up to examine the longer-term effectiveness of the programme meant to prevent dating violence targeting high school male...

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Posted by Caroline | 02.02.2013 | By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times NEW DELHI I ENCOUNTERED something on this trip to India that I had never met before: a whole new political community — India’s “virtual middle class.” Its emergence explains a lot about the rise of social... | [read more]
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Posted by RaymondBrandes | 23.12.2012 | Violence against women is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Women, being a part of our society are made victims to different sorts of violence, may it be in their homes or outside, every day. A recent survey by the National Human Rights Commission revealed a striking 62 percent... | [read more]
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Posted by satishchsj | 22.12.2012 | Members of Forum to Engage Men for gender equality (FEM) are deeply shocked and condemn the recent gang rape in a Delhi bus. However, we would also like to express our concern about how we address the issues of violence. Many of the measures being suggested in the media... | [read more]
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