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Rwanda was the proud host of the second international MenCare+ partnermeeting in May 2014.

I really need to write down my thoughts and reflections, cause I’m afraid I will lose it if I don’t start to download and share it soon. To free some space on my hard drive and to inform you on what’s going on inside of me.

These weeks gender equality activists and advocates from all over the globe are coming together in New York city where from 9 to 20 March the 59th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is gathering. As Rutgers has ECOSOC status, we are allowed to speak in the plenary meeting.

Now is the time to imagine futures free from oppressions, injustice, war and violence and to develop concrete strategies for people and planet based on our shared humanity. The 2016 Forum is a process and space for re-imagining and co-creating these futures. “There is no such a thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” -Audre Lorde

The family should be the ideal environment for children to grow into confident adults, ready to have healthy relationships and families of their own. But it doesn’t always work like this. Rutgers helps boys and men in their roles as sons and brothers, husbands and fathers.

The chances of knowing someone who had experienced sexual violence are high if you live in a small country such as Honduras. Few laws protect our girls and women, and current events show increased levels of impunity that are likely to undermine our rights.

Sometimes, in the fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), we forget to look in our own backyard. The debate on paternity leave in the Netherlands continues to be a hot-button topic, especially with the upcoming elections. Whereas maternity leave is considered to be an inalienable right, many people are divided or even undecided about the same rights for fathers. In trying to maintain a dialogue about this subject, it’s clear that a political, cultural and economic shift is needed in our country.

Netherlands Minister of Social Affairs, Mr. Asscher, received the Dutch country report of State of the World’s Fathers at a daycare centre in Amsterdam on the morning of 17 June.

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 brochure contains a full detailed description of MenCare+ such as the programme objectives and used approach, programme components and interventions, and the Theory of Change.

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.

It is not easy to break away from gender norms, but it is not impossible. Listen to the reflections of the couple Sulaeman and Indah Lestari, as they look back on their journey in co-creating a household that is based on partnership and mutual respect.