This manual provides group education sessions for engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment. It emerges from learning, in Rwanda and elsewhere, that women’s economic empowerment works, but can be made to work better and to achieve even more movement toward equality when men are deliberately engaged as allies. Through participation in group educational activities, men are encouraged to reflect on rigid gender norms, to examine their personal attitudes and beliefs, and to question traditional ideas about household decision making and division of labor, caring for children and sharing household tasks. The activities also promote men’s acceptance of and support for their wives’ participation in groups for economic empowerment, and encourage men to see women in a different light and treat them with greater respect

This manual provides group education sessions for engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment. It emerges from learning, in Rwanda and elsewhere, that women’s economic empowerment works, but can be made to work better and to achieve even more movement toward equality when men are deliberately engaged as allies. Through participation in group educational activities, men are encouraged to reflect on rigid gender norms, to examine their personal attitudes and beliefs, and to question traditional ideas about household decision making and division of labor, caring for children and sharing household tasks. The activities also promote men’s acceptance of and support for their wives’ participation in groups for economic empowerment, and encourage men to see women in a different light and treat them with greater respect.

This is an educational manual for working with men to question and challenge harmful views about masculinity and to develop more positive attitudes to prevent unhealthy behaviours that put them and their partners and families at risk. It can also be used to train facilitators who will implement workshop activities with groups of men. Topics covered include ‘gender and power’, ‘sexuality’ and ‘substance use’.

This is a dynamic training manual for promoting equitable partnerships based on a theological and biblical framework that can be adapted to meet the needs of diverse communities and societies. The overall goal of the manual is to enable churches and social organisations to promote gender justice and partnership of women and men through the development of leaders, who model good examples. It is intended to make a significant contribution to justice and transformation in church and society.

This manual includes a conceptual framework, activities and a list of resources for working with adolescent and young men in the prevention of violence. The activities are based around three main topics: young men and their emotions, the socialization of gender and construction of masculinities, and types of gender violence and their effects for young men and their environment.  

Program P is an educational manual that provides concrete strategies for engaging men in active caregiving from the stage of their partner’s pregnancy through their child’s early years. It identifies best practices on engaging men in maternal and child health, caregiving, and preventing violence against women and children.

The manual is developed for health workers, social activists, NGOs, educators, and other individuals and institutions that aim to promote men’s roles as caregivers as a starting point for improving family well-being and achieving gender equality.

This manual has the aim of providing a safe and constructive space for men, their partners and daughters to critically reflect on the deeply imbedded cultural and gender norms that devaluate girls and hinder men’s participation as involved fathers. The manual was developed as part of a collaboration between World Vision and Promundo in response to the harmful norms and practices that underpin child marriage in India. 

This curriculum is a capacity development resource to support members of the Regional Learning Community for East and Southeast Asia and other practitioners to challenge and transform patriarchal masculinities, more effectively promote gender equality and human rights and prevent violence. The report consists of eight chapters that present various themes related to masculinities and gender justice and provides learning activities that can be used in workshop settings. 

Kicking Little Rocks is a children’s book that presents a father and his daughter, addressing how certain gender norms and expectations limit the daughter’s desires and dreams. Through dialogue and affection, the father and daughter challenge old concepts and build the foundations for an education based on equality and respect for individual personality. The story is a product of the collective work of a group of 17 girls who live in Rio de Janeiro and can be used by parents or teachers to talk about gender equality.