| Take her to a midwife |
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Make sure she sees a midwife |
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Pre-birth: Mens roles in maternal health |
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| Take her to a midwife poster.
African men are important holders of financial and other resources for women's access to health support and guidance throughout their pregnancy and delivery. In addition to their role as breadwinner nurturing, caring, responsibility and strength are essential attributes for good relationships and parenting. Respect for your partners changing body and concern for the well-being of her throughout her pregnancy and the delivery of your child pays off in the quality of life shared by the family after the birth. Visits to the midwife can regularly check on your partners health and that of your baby. [more] |
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| Listen to your baby |
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Listen to your baby |
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Pre-birth: Mens roles in maternal health |
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| A poster to encourage men's engagement and involvement in their partners pregnancy. In their landmark book, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, Verny & Kelly (1981) were some of the first to bring to light preliminary research that suggested that infants in the womb are influenced by their parents – mothers and fathers – and that the context of nurturing (or lack thereof) has a lasting impact on the infant and young child’s development. Infants in the womb responded positively to father's voices, laughter and vocalised anger and tenderness. [more] |
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| It's Magic |
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It's Magic |
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Fathers Presence at Birth |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Yours for life |
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Yours for life |
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Father's Bonding |
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| A poster encouraging the bonding between fathers and their very young babies. The earlier father involvement takes place the stronger the chances are of the relationship continuing. [more] |
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| Don't hurt them! |
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Don't hurt them! |
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Gender based violence |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Men's strength is given them to care, protect and nurture not to hurt [more] |
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| Don't be a ? mark |
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Don't be a ? Mark |
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Birth registration by dads |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| It takes a man to be a dad |
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It takes a man to be a Dad |
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Responsibility |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Poster promoting nurturing and bonding as essential masculine attributes in the care of children. [more] |
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| Call to African Fatherhood |
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Call to African Fatherhood |
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Advocacy |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Across the African continent and across the political spectrum, we are all dedicated to ending the curse of fatherlessness that is maiming our children and coarsening our society. We call for an African fatherhood movement.
As men and women, black and white, rich and poor, we are all committed to restoring the institution of loving fatherhood as the birthright of every child, the sure expectation of every mother, and the joyful obligation of every man who helps to bring a baby into this world.
Whatever its other advantages, a society in which large and growing numbers of adult males cease to nurture their offspring is a failing society. [more] |
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| Convention on The Rights of The Child |
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Convention on The Rights of The Child |
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Human Rights - Child Agency and Voice |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| An easy language, child friendly poster on the CRC from UNICEF and others.
Article 7 specifically gives children he right to know who their parents are. Fathers registering their names at the birth of their children is an important right for the child. [more] |
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| Baba - Fatherhood in South Africa |
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Baba |
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Research sharing |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa (published by the Fatherhood Project of the Human Sciences Research Council - South Africa) provides answers to some of the most difficult questions about fatherhood in South Africa:
* Who is a father?
* What does it mean to be a father?
* Is it important for fathers to do more for children in a world that assumes that mothers take the primary parenting role?
* Do different people understand fatherhood in different ways?
* What evidence is there of new fatherhood styles emerging in South Africa? [more] |
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| Fathers World |
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Fathers World |
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Advocacy - Global |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| The first and only edition of this magazine presentation of some of the issues and debates at the First International Conference on Fatherhood.
The International Fatherhood Summit 2003 brought together practitioners and academics from twenty countries, including African fatherhood researchers and activists to discuss practical work, policy issues, the state of current research, and areas of international concern around fathers. They discussed issues such as: What are the current economic, social, cultural and political factors and trends that affect what fathers do? What does research tell us about the effects of fathering on child development? What lessons can be learned from existing experiences in addressing fatherhood issues? Supporting fathers provides a basis for further discussion and exploration on providing the best possible environment for the development of children by explicitly placing fathers within the concept of 'parenthood'.
The conference and magazine were sponsored by the Bernard Van Leer Foundation. [more] |
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| Fatherhood & Health Outcomes in Europe |
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Fatherhood and Health Outcomes in Europe |
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Health Research |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Written by Lars Plantin, Malmo University, Sweden, this report has a fantastic international dimension, since it results from collaboration between the World Health Organisation’s Department of Gender, Women and Health and the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Gender and Health Programme. Chapters focus on:
• fatherhood and reproductive health, focusing on the relationship between fathers’ experiences in the perinatal period and the health outcomes of mother, child – and the men themselves. Highlighted are groups of fathers needing special support and concern from a health perspective.
• fatherhood and health in everyday life
• fathers balancing earning and caring
• fathers’ impact on children’s well-being, health and development
The report is definitely worth a read: the arguments are well mounted, and some of the references were entirely new to people at the Fatherhood Institute. [more] |
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| Supporting Fathers |
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Supporting Fathers |
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Policy |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| The International Fatherhood Summit 2003 brought together practitioners and academics from twenty countries to discuss practical work, policy issues, the state of current research, and areas of international concern around fathers. They discussed issues such as: What are the current economic, social, cultural and political factors and trends that affect what fathers do? What does research tell us about the effects of fathering on child development? What lessons can be learned from existing experiences in addressing fatherhood issues? Supporting fathers provides a basis for further discussion and exploration on providing the best possible environment for the development of children by explicitly placing fathers within the concept of 'parenthood'.
Report from Bernard Van Leer Foundation. [more] |
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| Fathering Indicators Framework:Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses |
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Fathering Indicators Framework: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses |
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| Annie E. Casey Foundation; National Center on Fathers and Families
2000
The Fathering Indicators Framework is designed to help researchers and policymakers conceptualize, examine, and measure change in fathering behaviors in relation to child and family well-being. [more] |
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| Effects of Father Involvement: Guelph Study |
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Effects of Father Involvement: Guelph Study |
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Research sharing |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| This document presents an updated overview of the key trends in the father involvement literature. While we are unable to provide methodological detail in such a succinct summary, we endeavoured to compile as accurately as possible, reliable research results that support these trends. It is clear from the research that father involvement has enormous implications for men on their own path of adult development, for their wives and partners in the coparenting relationship and, most importantly, for their children in terms of
social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. [more] |
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| Early Childhood in Focus: Developing Positive Identities: Young Children and Diversity, BVL |
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Early Childhood in Focus: Developing Positive Identities: Young Children and Diversity, BVL |
| Theme |
Research - Forming Identities |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| A new edition of Early Childhood in Focus, a collaboration between the Bernard Van Leer Foundation and the Open University, surveys the theory and evidence surrounding what makes for positive identity and how it can be affected by diversity, adversity and discrimination. Developing Positive Identities: Young Children and Diversity or download the pdf here for free.
22 April 2008
From Bernard Van Leer Foundation.
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| Respect for Diversity in young children |
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Respect for Diversity in young children |
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Child Education - Early Years |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| An overview on ways of thinking about young children’s respect for diversity - cultural and racial, developmental, gender diversity and socio-economic. It looks at theory, research and methodologies, including regional nuances, and identifies and maps out five broad schools of thought - the "laissez-faire" school; the "special provisions" school; the "cultural understandings" school; the "equal opportunities" school; and the "anti-discrimination" school. For ECD.
From the Bernard Van Leer Foundation. [more] |
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| Not too young to grieve: Supporting children through bereavement |
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Not to young to grieve: UK |
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Child support |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| The death of a close family member has a profound effect on the life of a young child. Every adult who has contact with that child can help them, but many people feel unsure of what to do or say. We hope this training package will raise people’s awareness and increase their confidence in this area of work.
The professional skills and understanding developed by this training have also proven useful for those working with children affected by other losses (for example, children going into care, or affected by divorce or separation) and across all ages. [more] |
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| Masculinity in Nigeria |
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Masculinity in Nigeria |
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Research sharing |
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| This paper examines social construction of masculinity and manhood and gender socialisation among the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, with the aid of a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. The sample included male and female, young and old respondents, representing the Yoruba of the Southwest, the Igbo of the Southeast and the Hausa of the North. The study
found that, in general, manhood is usually strongly associated with the social position in the family and the physical capability to satisfy the sexual needs of the female partner(s) and to produce children. Decision-making authority, including decision on reproduction, is largely vested in the man. Gender socialising for developing boys into men, including their sexual behaviour, is largely affected by instruction from the mother and the example of the father, while role enactment is closely monitored by the society. Even though significant socio-cultural differences between ethnic groups were found in gender socialising and the resultant roles, male dominance is pervasive and affects reproductive behaviour and health status of both males and females. Change in gender roles, including sexual relationships, will require enlightenment on the need for greater male responsibility in their relationship with females. [more] |
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| Pops Culture - America |
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Pops Culture - America |
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Research sharing |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Pop's Culture: A National Survey of Dads' Attitudes on Fathering
Findings from a national telephone survey of 701 American men selected to be representative of American fathers age 18 and older with at least one biological or adopted child (not a stepchild) under the age of 18. [more] |
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| Business Response to HIV/AIDS - Impact and Lessons Learned (UNAIDS) |
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Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Impact and Lessons Learned |
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Health Research |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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Free |
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| This report aims to provide assistance to business and associated partners in recognising the business case for further action against HIV/AIDS in the workplace and beyond. This is achieved through providing evidence of the impact that HIV/AIDS has on business activities and by highlighting the lessons learned from past and current responses. Guidance is provided in the form of policy tools, case studies and an examination of how to undertake successful partnerships in response to HIV/AIDS. This publication does not seek to provide standard models but tools to guide effective, efficient and needs-specific responses to HIV/AIDS. [[from introduction]
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| Counting the Organizational Cost of HIV/AIDS to Civil Society Organizations |
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Counting the Organizational Cost of HIV/AIDS to Civil Society Organizations |
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Health Research |
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Portable Document Format (pdf) |
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| Authors: James R, Katundu B
Publisher: International NGO Training and Research Center
Series/Journal Title: Praxis Paper
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 36
HIV/AIDS mainstreaming has traditionally been equated with adjusting programs to be more relevant to beneficiaries affected by HIV/AIDS. Bitter experience is demonstrating, however, that civil society organizations (CSOs) are not immune to the impacts of AIDS within their own organizations. Few local CSOs are responding adequately to this threat, partly because they simply do not know the extent of these costs. This paper suggests how CSOs in sub-Saharan Africa can build organizational resilience in order to survive the loss of valuable staff, time and money that HIV/AIDS will cause. It also concludes with practical recommendations for their donors in how they can move beyond being concerned bystanders. [publisher’s description]
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