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Women Peacemakers Program - International Fellowship of Reconciliation http://www.ifor.org/WPP/
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As a response to women’s voices in the field, the WPP
initiated a pilot Training of Trainers cycle for 19 male peace activists from
17 different countries in 2009. The first block of this pilot ToT took place
from November 30 through December 11, 2009 in the
The WPP believes that training male peace activists in
gender-sensitive active nonviolence is important to increase the involvement of
men both in gender-sensitive peacebuilding and as allies with women in the
fight against gender-based violence and gender inequality.
Gender-sensitive male trainers can act as powerful
role models for gender equality and are in a good position to reach out to
other men.
The WPP also believes that awareness-raising about how
people’s ideas of masculinities and femininities play a role in war and
violence is crucial to bring about transformative change in peacebuilding.