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Link to MenEngage Power Point
Discussing the
question of “Masculinity and ending Violence Against Women
in the Middle
East and Abroad”
Lebanon April
2013
Beirut, April 2013 ll ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality and the Swedish Institute hosted the Regional conference “Masculinity and ending Violence Against Women in the Middle East and Abroad” in Beirut, Lebanon on the 10th and 11th of April, 2013.
This conference centered the discussion of working on masculinities and engaging men and boys in ending Violence Against Women (VAW) around keynote speakers who are experts on this topic from around the globe: Mr. Dean Peacock- Co-director and Co-founder of the South African NGO Sonke Gender Justice Network, Mr. Gary Barker- International Director and Founder of the Brazilian NGO Promondo, and Mr. Oswaldo Montoya-MenEngage Network Global Coordinator. The experiences of ABAAD’s piloting work in working with men and boys to end VAW in Lebanon and the Middle East was also a pillar of discussions during the conference. Participants of this conference ranged from several countries in the Middle East: Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, and Lebanon.
The
conference asked the important questions, building off of the presentations of
ABAAD and the keynote speakers, of what can be done in terms of programs to
engage men and boys in the Middle East, what cultural considerations must
organizations who wish to work with men and boys on VAW be cautious of, what
components are still needed to build the capacities of NGO’s in the region who
wish to engage men and boys in their work towards Gender Equality, etc. The
participatory format of these discussions allowed for practical and important
dialogue between experts in the field of Masculinities and activists working on
programs toward women’s human rights from around the Middle East. The outputs
from these discussions will not only be the basis for strategic planning for
programs engaging men and boys in ending VAW in the Middle East, but will set
the foundations for future networking and follow-up alliance building in the
future.
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ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality
P.O.Box:
50-048 Beirut-Lebanon
Mob
(office): +961 (70) 28
38 20
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