Promundo
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Headquarters Location: Washington, DC
Founded: 1997
Mission: Promundo’s mission is to promote gender equality and prevent violence against women, children and youth in Brazil and around the world.
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violence against women, fathers, challenge gender norms, promoting reflections, research, cultural changes
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Leadership
Gary Barker.
Gary Barker is director of the gender, violence and rights team for the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and leads the organization’s research and program portfolio on engaging men and boys in gender equality. Before joining ICRW, Mr. Barker served 10 years as founding executive director of Instituto Promundo, a Brazilian non-governmental organization that works to promote gender…
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Financial Data
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Total Revenue:
$335,299,793
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Contact Info
Website:
E-Mail:
contactdc AT promundo.org.br
Phone:
202-588-0061
Facebook:
Address:
2121 Decatur Place
Washington, DC 20008, USA
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Story:
Global Symposium 2009
First Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality
Diversity – this was the tone of the 1st Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality, which took place from March 30th to April 3rd. Activists, researchers and other professionals, a total of 439 men and women from 77 countries, gathered in Rio de Janeiro to share experiences, views, and commitments for a constructing a more equal world.
The Symposium was the first global event dedicated specifically to the engagement of men and boys and brought together representatives from NGOs, government/public agencies, UN agencies and universities, among others. It offered the opportunity for these different actors to reflect about past and current initiatives and challenges as well as to collectively define lines of action to increase the scope of efforts to reach men and boys.
Expert Reviews of Promundo
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Promundo works toward gender equality to bring about a variety of global changes including violence against women. Their impact comes from working directly with boys and men as a means of preventing violence. The organization has also lead the way in evaluation and analysis of programs targeting males to reduce violence. Promundo translates this research into evidence-based studies as well as policy analysis.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Many experts pointed to Promundo's strong network as an obvious strength. Through it they are able to share resources and information. Promundo also has a keen ability to connect with urban boys and men, a very hard to reach population.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
Experts pointed out that Promundo could improve by addressing some structural an strategic elements such as the governance structure and the program sustainability. Promudo could also work on increasing the profile of its partner organizations.See expert comments.
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Their impact is a significant contribution to the field of working with men and boys for gender equality. They make a huge contribution to evidence base, policy analysis, global development, and the establishment of the MenEngage Alliance. | ||
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It is champion in working with men and boys to prevent violence against women. | ||
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Promundo is a pioneer in the work on gender equity in general and violence prevention, in particular. It is one of the leading organizations working with boys and men to promote gender equity for multiple purposes, including for violence prevention. | ||
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Their studies are all over the web. They are best known for evaluating the implementation of the strategies for violent behaviors of men and boys in urban settings in Rio. They pioneered the evaluation metrics and are trend setters in that way. | ||
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Their strength is in their wide network of partners across the globe. This makes Promundo able to share lessons learned and export good models across borders. | ||
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Promundo is strong in research, networking, and resource mobilization. | ||
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They have figured out how to work in a very difficult, violent environment with people who are tough to reach: urban slum boys. They are smart to use their culture in a meaningful way for those young men. One way the young men identified themselves was the music they like. You can redefine themselves through hip-hop, jazz, and samba, and used those musical venues to reach those men and redefine identity of manliness. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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Promudo could improve its advocacy and work on increasing the profile of its partner organizations in the global south. | ||
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Because Promundo recently opened an office in DC, it could use some support in terms of re-thinking its governance structure based on this new change. | ||
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It needs to create sustainability for its programs. | ||
Leadership
Gary Barker
International Director
International Director
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