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Work with men but continue to work for the improvement of the position of women and girls. This was the main theme of the Dutch presentation on the book “Feminism and Men” by the English feminist and gender specialist Nikki van der Gaag. During a meeting co-organized by Rutgers in the Ida hall in The Hague, a mixed group of professionals discussed gender relations and sexual violence.

The Cypriot Ministry of Education intends to develop policy on the issue of the sexual resilience of young people with a learning disability. Various parties in Cyprus are currently engaged in debate on the matter. This is one of the results of Keep Me Safe, a European exchange project in which Rutgers has been participating for the past two years. Its objective was to empower young Europeans with a learning disability to protect themselves against sexual abuse and violence. In addition, however, it was designed to assist their environment, including parents, institutions and schools, in offering these vulnerable young people support in this area.

The conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH), entitled “Transgender Health Care in Europe” will take place in Ghent, Belgium, from 12-14 March 2015. 350 conference participants from 31 different countries will attend the first biennial conference. Several Rutgers colleagues will contribute by holding a presentation.

3- 6 November, the 3rd International Conference on Women’s Shelters took place in The Hague. More than a thousand delegates from across the globe gathered to share experiences, increase awareness, and exchange effective approaches for improving safety and support to survivors, and ultimately, ending violence against women and children. 4 members of the MenEngage Europe Alliance who attended the conference were inspired, but an important question remained: Why did so few men attend the conference while most of the violence is perpetrated by men enacting false notions of manhood, power and control? This blog is an open invitiation for further dialogue.

Today the Heads of State and other Ministers of the EU and African countries will present a final declaration on the European refugee crisis. This declaration is the result of the Valletta Summit on Migration (11/12 November) in Malta with the political ambition to offer a concrete solution to the refugee crisis. The final declaration contains the Plan of Action as well as financial resources from the EU Emergency Trust fund. In Rutgers view sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) cannot be absent in the elaboration of the Plan of Action. SRHR must be part of the EU Emergency Trust fund.

This brochure gives a detailed overview of the MenCare+ interventions to engage men and boys in gender equality, violence prevention and in SRHR and MNCH, which have been implemented within the targeted communities.

This MenCare+ brochure focuses on the importance of gender-transformative approaches in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and well-being of women and girls, men and boys. This brochure ends with clear policy recommendations.

The MenCare+ programme aimed to engage men as equitable partners in maternal, newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), caregiving, and violence prevention in Brazil, Indonesia, Rwanda and South Africa. This sheet gives an overview of the key findings of the MenCare+ programme across all four countries.

This brochure gives a detailed description of the benefits and added value of implementing multiple interventions to engage men and boys in gender equality, violence prevention and in SRHR and MNCH within a single, comprehensive program.

Most Dutch people are happy with their sex lives according to a large-scale study carried out by Rutgers. That more men than women enjoy sex is one of the main results shown in the study Sexual Health in The Netherlands 2017 which was published January 15th 2018. In particular, men over 70 and women below 25 experience sexual problems. The results also confirm that sexual coercion occurs frequently. A substantial number of homosexual and bisexual men have ever been verbally abused due to their sexual orientation. Furthermore, almost everyone agrees that sexual education should be obligatory in school.