Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 - 3 comments

8 ways you can coach boys into men and other links

Want to know more about violence against women? Here are some useful links and resources.

I read the blog-post “A call to action: Your views on men and domestic violence”. Here are links to several documents that offer a snapshot of violence against women from a global perspective as well as prevention guidelines:

• Violence Against Women Globally
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=682#789

• International/Global
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=19#735

• Community Mobilization
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=19#728

There are also  several pro-feminist organizations and programs for men working to end violence against women in the US and abroad:

• Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Organizations and Programs
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?docid=1043

And here is a collection of training tools and information for use in promoting men’s involvement in the movement to end violence against women. Also included are educational materials to support the teaching of non-violence to boys and young men:

• Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Training and Education
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?docid=1045

• Involving & Working with Men
• http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=19#729

• Coaching Boys into Men Goes Global
• http://www.endabuse.org/content/features/detail/826/

• 8 Ways You Can Coach Boys into Men
• http://www.endabuse.org/content/action_center/detail/806

This is a response to the blog-post “A call to action: Your views on men and domestic violence”.

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Farzana Safiullah

Operations Manager, NRCDV

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Employed at a non profit addressing violence against women nationally in the US. Graduate of Sweet Briar College, VA and now pursuing a Master's in Public Administration at Penn State University.