WUNRN
MEN & BOYS -OVERCOMING VIOLENCE,
EXPLORING MASCULINITIES,
GENDER EQUALITY, PEACEBUILDING - TRAINING
REPORT & VIDEO - WPP
The Women Peacemakers Program - 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.
As a response to women’s voices in the
field, the WPP initiated a pilot Training of Trainers (ToT) cycle, entitled
“Overcoming Violence – Exploring Masculinities, Violence and Peacebuilding” for
19 male peace activists from 17 different countries, taking place in 2009/2010.
The WPP online VIDEO of the
ToT - www.ifor.org/WPP
.Scroll down website link page and click arrow to start video.
Direct link to the TOT TRAINING REPORT
of the first training sessions -http://www.ifor.org/WPP/Report_ToT2009_web.pdf
José de Vries
WPP Information Officer
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Women Peacemakers Program
j.devries@ifor.org
www.ifor.org/WPP
WPP is a program of the International
Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). Founded in 1919, IFOR is an inter-faith
movement committed to active nonviolence, with branches and affiliates in 43
countries. IFOR has consultative status at the United Nations (ECOSOC) and has
included six Nobel Peace Prize Laureates among its members.