Discussion Guide
The stories in this discussion guide are the product of a week-long workshop conducted by MenEngage African Youth Alliance and Sonke Gender Justice, in partnership with UNFPA. The seminar allowed a platform for youth activists from several different countries in Africa to share their personal stories, document their work and experiences and learn how to […]
Men and Masculinities in South Africa – Volume 1
Almost twenty years into South Africa’s democratic era, the process of transformation to social justice has only just begun. The Bill of Rights in our celebrated Constitution includes gender rights as an essential part of our shared vision for racial, class and gender equality and justice. And yet, prejudice and violence against women, children and […]
Men and Masculinities in South Africa – Volume 2
Almost twenty years into South Africa’s democratic era, the process of transformation to social justice has only just begun. The Bill of Rights in our celebrated Constitution includes gender rights as an essential part of our shared vision for racial, class and gender equality and justice. And yet, prejudice and violence against women, children and […]
Men and Masculinities in South Africa – Volume 3
Almost twenty years into South Africa’s democratic era, the process of transformation to social justice has only just begun. The Bill of Rights in our celebrated Constitution includes gender rights as an essential part of our shared vision for racial, class and gender equality and justice. And yet, prejudice and violence against women, children and […]
Addressing HIV and Sexual Violence in Department of Correctional Services Facilities
This guide was primarily developed to build the capacity of DCS members to address inmate vulnerabilities to HIV and sexual abuse in South Africa’s prisons. It is intended to be used in workshop settings as a resource and facilitation guide for those working on issues of gender, HIV, sexual violence, and prisons. The guide aims […]
The Bushbuckridge One Man Can Community Mobilisation Programme
The Swa Koteka Project is a 3-year research programme being implemented in the Bushbuckridge area in Mpumalanga. Swa Koteka means: ‘It is possible!’ The programme has two components. The first component aims to reduce girls risk of HIV by keeping them in school by providing a cash transfer paid to the young women and their […]
Gender Mainstreaming for Health Managers
Work with men has demonstrated significant potential in contributing to building gender equality and improving the health of women and men. However, most work with men has tended to be local in scale and limited in scope. Being more widely effective in transforming the pervasive gender inequality that characterizes many societies globally requires significantly scaling […]
Men-Streaming in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV
This toolkit has been prepared to help organizations create affirmative policies which promote the positive roles that men can play in improving their own sexual and reproductive health – and those of women and children. The toolkit explains why this is important and how to achieve it. It also highlights how engaging men in sexual […]
Men and Women in Partnership
Men and Women in Partnership is based on the premise that men are deeply concerned about the high rates of violence against women and girls in Ivory Coast, and the recognition that men are in a critical position to stop violence against women, girls, boys and other men, as well as influence norms, attitudes, gender roles […]
An Action Oriented Training Manual
Within southern Africa, livelihoods are increasingly based on mobility, with the search for income opportunities in different locations and sectors seen by many as a sound risk management strategy. Poverty and exploitation, separation from regular partners and social norms, and a lack of access to HIV prevention and care programmes make migrants and mobile workers […]
One Man Can Posters
One Man Can Toolkit (Xhosa)
One Man Can Toolkit (Zulu)
One Man Can Toolkit (French)
La campagne au nom de One Man Can (Un Homme Peut) promeut l’idée qui dit que chacun de nous a un rôle à jouer, que chacun d’entre nous peut créer un monde meilleur, plus équitable et plus juste. En même temps, la campagne encourage les hommes à travailler ensemble avec d’autres hommes et les femmes […]
One Man Can Toolkit (Arabic)
One Man Can Toolkit (Afrikaans)
One Man Can Toolkit (English)
The One Man Can Campaign promotes the idea that each one of us has a role to play, that each one of us can create a better, more equitable and more just world. At the same time, the campaign encourages men to work together with other men and with women to take action – to build […]
One Man Can: Working with Men and Boys to Reduce the Spread and Impact of HIV and AIDS
This manual is intended to be a resource for those working with men and boys on issues of citizenship, human rights, gender, health, sexuality and violence. The content of the activities is informed by a commitment to social justice, gender equality and engaged citizen activism. The activities are intended to encourage men to reflect on […]
Workshop Activities: Talking to men about gender, domestic and sexual violence and HIV/AIDS
This mini-manual is intended to be a resource for those working with men and boys on issues of citizenship, human rights, gender, health, sexuality and violence. The content of the activities are informed by a commitment to social justice, gender equality and engaged citizen activism. Each activity is interactive and gives people an opportunity to […]
Investing When It Counts
Very young adolescents, children aged 10-14, undergo tremendous physical, emotional, social, and intellectual changes. During this period, many very young adolescents experience puberty, their first sexual experiences, and in the case of girls, premature marriage. For a majority of children, early adolescence is marked by good health and stable family circumstances, but it can also […]
