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Coaching Boys into Men - a Proven Strategy to Prevent Violence

By RaymondBrandes.

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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Other News

Women Losing Ground in Economic, Political Equality

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 02.11.2011 | While gender equality ratios have improved in 85 percent of countries over the past six years, economic participation and political empowerment for women has failed to match the steady progress of health and education, says a new report by the World Economic Forum. The... | [read more]

Regional Capacity Development Workshop for Civil Society Organizations on Transforming Masculinities to Promote Gender Justice

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 27.10.2011 | Partners for Prevention (P4P), the UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women & UNV Regional Joint Programme for Asia and the Pacific on the Prevention of Gender-based Violence, convened in Vientiane, Laos, a four-day workshop on Transforming Masculinities and Gendered Power Relations to Promote... | [read more]

Soften Up, Men! OR How to Talk to Men About Gender Equality

Posted by MichaelKaufman | 03.10.2011 | Those who’d like to redefine manhood and engage men and boys in promoting gender equality have a very basic challenge. Ideas about gender are not simply disembodied thoughts or ideas that float around in our heads. If that were the case, then change would be simple: let... | [read more]

Engaging Boys and Men as Allies for Long-term Change - The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2011

Posted by Caroline | 25.09.2011 | Watch the webcast of The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2011 session on Engaging Boys and Men as Allies for Long-term Change at http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2011/meeting_annual_multimedia_player.asp?id=58 . CGI aims to inspire, connect, and... | [read more]

White Ribbon Campaign UK support increasing

Posted by WhiteRibbonCampaignUK | 19.09.2011 | Support for the White Ribbon Campaign UK is growing. Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham are the first three premiership teams this year to sign up for support on the UN International Day to End Violence against Women, November 25th. WRC... | [read more]

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