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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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An open letter from the Women of Afghanistan on the women's shelters issue
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 16.02.2011 | To The Gatekeepers of Women’s Honor: an open letter from the Women of Afghanistan1 1 Afghan Women’s Network is an umbrella organization of women organizations, activists and human rights defenders in Afghanistan, with membership of over 5,000 individual women and... | [read more]
Les femmes leaders de la RDC, du Rwanda et du Burundi peaufinent une action concertée de mise en œuvre de la Résolution 1325 !
Posted by frutayisire | 15.02.2011 |   Les femmes leaders de la RDC, du Rwanda et du Burundi peaufinent une action concertée de mise en œuvre de la Résolution 1325 ! Kinshasa, 15/02/2011 / AfriqueKinshasa abrite le lundi 14 et le mardi 15 février les travaux de la 2ème consultation régionale sur la mise... | [read more]
Afghan Official Says Women’s Shelters Are Corrupt
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 15.02.2011 | By ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s top female official began a sustained verbal assault on women’s shelters on Tuesday, accusing them of corruption and mismanagement, and insisting that the government was determined to take control of them,... | [read more]
Southern Africa: What about tweeting for gender justice?
Posted by frutayisire | 14.02.2011 |     Written by Saeanna Chingamuka | 14 February 11 Source: http://www.genderlinks.org.za A few weeks ago there was a revolution in Tunisia. Some sources say the revolution was not televised, but rather twitterised. On 14 January, Tunisian President Zine El... | [read more]
Incentives can reduce Asia gender gap: UN
Posted by RaymondBrandes | 11.02.2011 | WASHINGTON — A growing number of developing Asian nations are looking at using economic incentives to keep girls in school and tackle a gender inequality that stunts growth, a UN official said Friday. South Asia fared worst on gender equality in figures released last year... | [read more]

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