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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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Call for Papers - 5th Christina Conference on Gender Studies - Helsinki 23-25 May 2013

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 12.07.2012 | The 5th Christina Conference on Gender Studies focuses on the role of concepts in feminist thought. Concepts are crucial in all research, and also often deeply political, as feminist scholarship creates and circulates conceptual innovations which transform social realities... | [read more]

Growing boys into men: Results of a three-year programme with coaches and athletes to foster gender equity demonstrate a positive shift in attitudes

Posted by RaymondBrandes | 10.07.2012 | Sensitising young boys and their sports coaches to gender issues can go a long way in changing gender stereotypes, and addressing gender based violence in our society. This fact was revealed in an evaluation study undertaken by International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)... | [read more]

"Driving on Empty" - A Truck Art Based HIV and AIDS Prevention and Advocacy Initiative

Posted by zaheer | 24.06.2012 | HIV & AIDS – The Leading Development Threat for our Future HIV and AIDS remains a major development priority. The pandemic affects all races, cultures and socio-economic groups directly and indirectly. Fuelled by poverty, illiteracy, demographics, (disproportionately... | [read more]

Vote & View Nominations for the N-Peace Awards 2012

Posted by Caroline | 22.06.2012 | We have over 100 nominations for peace builders from your 6 countries to showcase. Now it’s your turn to show your support for them. Vote today for an N-Peace award winner for Role Models for Peace: http://www.n-peace.net/n-p-vote/vote.php The other two category... | [read more]

New book about Spanish men's 'live stories' -Vidas de hombre(s)-, coordinated by Oscar Guasch

Posted by Joaquimmontaner | 21.06.2012 | My friend Jose Maria Espada-Calpe says: Dear all, Leading scholar Oscar Guasch, Professor of Sociology at the University of Barcelona (Spain) is the editor of 'Vidas de hombre(s)', a new volume built on men’s life stories. Twelve... | [read more]

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