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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 lbelbase | 23.11.2011 | The UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women has launched its annual Call for Proposals (2011). Applicants are invited to submit proposals in the following areas of action: i. Closing the Gap on the Implementation of National and Local Laws,... | [read more]
Protecting women’s rights
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 17.11.2011 | At long last, the National Assembly unanimously passed, on Tuesday, a landmark legislation prohibiting certain customs against women, like badla-e-sulh, wanni and swara, which are prevalent in certain parts of the country, particularly the rural areas. Under these centuries-old... | [read more]
Microcredit - Women Demand More Than Incomes
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 16.11.2011 | Microcredit can help a woman to have an income. It can, for better or worse, also transform gender equations in the public and private spheres. Making microfinance more meaningful for women in terms of real empowerment occupies much of the deliberations at the Fifth Global... | [read more]
Wanted: A Revolution For Girls
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 08.11.2011 | By Zofeen Ebrahim KHAIRPUR, Nov 8 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Noor Bano believes nothing short of a revolution will convince the men in Malangabad – her remote village in the Khairpur district of the Sindh province, some 460 kilometres from the southern port city of Karachi... | [read more]

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