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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

Study urges revitalizing volunteerism traditions to combat GBV in Indonesia

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 26.11.2012 | Aceh, Indonesia: There is a long history of social-cultural practices in Aceh that encourage volunteerism and are expressed through the traditions of meuseuraya (mutual cooperation between a few people) or gotong royong (mutual aid that is usually identified with the planting... | [read more]

UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to EVAW - grants open

Posted by Caroline | 21.11.2012 | The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 17th grant cycle (2012) from government authorities, civil society organizations and networks — including non-governmental, women’s and community... | [read more]

Slow Progress in Closing Global Economic Gender Gap, New Major Study Finds

Posted by lbelbase | 24.10.2012 | News Release Oliver Cann, Associate Director, Media, Tel.: +41 (0)79 799 3405 oliver.cann@weforum.org Source: www.weforum.org/news/slow-progress-closing-global-economic-gender-gap-ne... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eighty-two out of 132... | [read more]

Online discussion on engaging men and boys in transforming discriminatory social norms 22 - 31 October, 2012

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 22.10.2012 | Sonke Gender Justice Network, Men for Gender Equality Sweden, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Wikigender invite you to participate in a new online discussion on the topic of "Engaging Men and Boys in Transforming Discriminatory Social Norms. The inputs from... | [read more]

Future Masculinity online course

Posted by gelfer | 16.10.2012 | Coming soon: Future Masculinity online course Masculinity, as shaped by both men and women, has a profound impact upon the world in which we live. Yet few people stop to question the forms of masculinity that have been passed to them, let alone construct a more conscious... | [read more]

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