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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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National Assembly unanimously approves bill to control acid crimes
Posted by lbelbase | 10.05.2011 | QUETTA: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill 2010. The bill was introduced last year by MNAs Marvi Memon, Begum Shahnaz Sheikh and Advocate Anusha Rehman in a bid to prevent growing incidents of violence... | [read more]
Children's books are 'sexist and enforce gender inequality'
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 06.05.2011 | Kids' books are almost twice as likely to feature a male hero than a female heroine and could be reinforcing gender inequality, new research warns. Large-scale study of children's books published between 1900 and 2000 revealed that they were almost twice as likely to... | [read more]
Aggression - best way for men to cling onto manhood
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 03.05.2011 | Experiments by University of South Florida psychologists suggest that manhood is difficult to earn and easy to lose, and also showed that aggression as the preferred way for men to hold onto this precarious status. "Gender is social. Men know this. They are powerfully... | [read more]
Tunisian Gender-parity 'revolution' Hailed
Posted by frutayisire | 27.04.2011 |   In a regional breakthrough, parties must present equal numbers of male and female candidates in Tunisia's July vote. Tunisia's ruling that men and women must feature in equal numbers as candidates in July polls is an Arab world first that builds on this year's... | [read more]
Pakistani case shows limits of women’s rights
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 25.04.2011 | By Pamela Constable, Monday, April 25, 10:50 PM LAHORE, Pakistan — The amazing thing is that she stayed. For the past nine years, Mukhtar Mai has lived in the same village where she was allegedly dragged into a house, raped and pushed out naked, while 200 higher-caste... | [read more]

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