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The information in the toolkit is a collection of rich experiences and contributions from a dedicated team. They include general members serving in all the Men to Men country programmes who include men and boys, women and girls of diverse socio economic backgrounds and have been actively involved in the Men to Men project activities.
The toolkit is a compilation of experiences in programmeming by FEMNET for more than 8 years and this has been made possible through consistent and steady support from local and international donors. The actual production of the toolkit has been made possible through financial support from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, East and Horn of Africa Office in Nairobi
The overall goal of FEMNET’s Men to Men Programme is to create a critical mass of African men who are able to influence communities, organizations, and the public to embrace gender equality and women’s human rights as a norm. The toolkit is aimed at providing men with easy to apply practical guidelines on how to work with fellow men to combat gender based violence - GBV as part of their contribution to achieving gender equality.
The Men to Men Strategy Toolkit shares information, tools, activities, and skills building ideas and methods to support organisations and individuals to better understand the needs of working with men to address gender based violence in collaboration with women’s rights organisations in Africa. The Toolkit provides a means to understand the dynamics of working with men on gender based violence issues. It explores, the myths and misconceptions of working with men, men’s fears and strengths, and suggests some of the tested and working ideas that can be adopted, domesticated or improved for a greater impact.
It specifically addresses how to engage men to change negative socio cultural attitudes that make them look down on women and girls as lesser human beings. The toolkit can also be used to build a constituency of men to address other social issues that relate to human development and more specifically the intersection between gender based violence and the spread of HIV in Africa.
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