hi fabio - just wanted to write and let you know how much i appreciate your idea. it brilliantly seeks to work w/ a beneficiary that so many social efforts write off. this idea *has* to work, if only because the benefits to the participants and their families could be enormous. to that end, i was wondering if you could articulate - even on a anecdotal basis - how your program has contributed to a lessing of violence/anger in the household. are there other studies/projects that might allow you to project outcomes and benefits for women and children? keep up the fantastic work!
Oi, Fábio!
Muito interessante a ideia do projeto de vocês. Parabéns por tentar enfrentar a questão das relações de gênero e violência utilizando o futebol.
Temos aqui na plataforma um projeto que tem causas e objetivos muito afins com a ideia de vocês. É o projeto "O Esporte Transformando a Vida das Meninas – 1ª Escolinha de Futebol Feminino de Natal/RN", dê uma olhada. Vocês podem usar este espaço para trocar dados, pensar em parcerias e progredir nas ações dos projetos de vocês!
Hi Tim,
Thanks for your comments and support! This project includes a quantitative and qualitative evaluation, but we are still in the middle of the intervention so we do not have any results to share. Anecdotally, I have heard men who participate in the workshops mention that they have begun to talk and think about things that they never did before (such as gender equality, expessing their emotions, and violence around them). Also, most of the men had no idea what to expect in terms of the workshops and needed plenty of convincing to participate. Now, most of them actually like the workshops and some have said they take part in the championship now so they can go to the workshops! The men have also mentioned that as a side benefit, this football championship has been the most peaceful one they have ever had in the community, due to the workshops and the discussions. In other words, they have seen a decrease of male-male violence. In terms other studies, we have definately seen change in attitudes and reported behaviour amongst men who have taken part in Program H (a Promundo project which is the basis for the activities in this project), as well as in other programs that seek to transform attitudes around gender norms. Promundo put out a publication with WHO that reviews similar programming strategies with men and boys which you can download here: http://www.who.int/gender/documents/Engaging_men_boys.pdf
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hi fabio - just wanted to write and let you know how much i appreciate your idea. it brilliantly seeks to work w/ a beneficiary that so many social efforts write off. this idea *has* to work, if only because the benefits to the participants and their families could be enormous. to that end, i was wondering if you could articulate - even on a anecdotal basis - how your program has contributed to a lessing of violence/anger in the household. are there other studies/projects that might allow you to project outcomes and benefits for women and children? keep up the fantastic work!
Oi, Fábio!
Muito interessante a ideia do projeto de vocês. Parabéns por tentar enfrentar a questão das relações de gênero e violência utilizando o futebol.
Temos aqui na plataforma um projeto que tem causas e objetivos muito afins com a ideia de vocês. É o projeto "O Esporte Transformando a Vida das Meninas – 1ª Escolinha de Futebol Feminino de Natal/RN", dê uma olhada. Vocês podem usar este espaço para trocar dados, pensar em parcerias e progredir nas ações dos projetos de vocês!
Atenciosamente,
Vanuza Ramos
Hi Tim,
Thanks for your comments and support! This project includes a quantitative and qualitative evaluation, but we are still in the middle of the intervention so we do not have any results to share. Anecdotally, I have heard men who participate in the workshops mention that they have begun to talk and think about things that they never did before (such as gender equality, expessing their emotions, and violence around them). Also, most of the men had no idea what to expect in terms of the workshops and needed plenty of convincing to participate. Now, most of them actually like the workshops and some have said they take part in the championship now so they can go to the workshops! The men have also mentioned that as a side benefit, this football championship has been the most peaceful one they have ever had in the community, due to the workshops and the discussions. In other words, they have seen a decrease of male-male violence. In terms other studies, we have definately seen change in attitudes and reported behaviour amongst men who have taken part in Program H (a Promundo project which is the basis for the activities in this project), as well as in other programs that seek to transform attitudes around gender norms. Promundo put out a publication with WHO that reviews similar programming strategies with men and boys which you can download here: http://www.who.int/gender/documents/Engaging_men_boys.pdf
Thanks!
Fabio
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