Implementation period: February 2019 – February 2021
Project objectives:
1. To promote gender-transformative and synchronized approaches by engaging men in co-responsible parenting and caregiving and promoting the equal share of unpaid care work in 4 European countries (Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Austria).
2. Contribute to the prevention of domestic and intra-family gender based violence.
Project activities:
1. To design a guide for health sector workers to help engage with men in health sector and promote active fatherhood, especially paying attention to male refugees and migrants.
2. Organize group education activities for fathers and their partners, including refugees and migrants in order to promote questioning of traditional concepts on gender roles.
3. To mobilize the community and implement national campaigns with the goal to raise the awareness of the importance of men’s involvement in non-violence, caregiving, parental and maternal health, displaying the diversity of masculinities.
Project coordinator – Centre for Social Studies (Portugal)
Project partners:
- Institute for Masculinity Research and Gender Studies (Austria);
- Cerchio degli Uomini (Italy);
- The Nursing School of Coimbra (Portugal);
- Center for Equality Advancement (Lithuania)
The project is funded by:
