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    Video / DVD: 'Once Upon a Boy' and 'Once Upon a Girl'

    Promundo, 2006
    To accompany the training manuals produced by Instituto Promundo, two no-words cartoon video/DVDs have been developed. ?Once Upon a Boy? is a story about the challenges faced by a boy in the process of ?learning to be a man?, including issues related to fatherhood. The scenes do not contain any spoken dialogue - just sound effects - so the video can be used in a variety of contexts.
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    Fatherhood and Caregiving

    Promundo, 1999
    Program H works in group educational settings and at the community level to promote reflection on the costs of 'traditional masculinity', and to encourage more gender-equitable behaviours. As part of the initiative, a training manual series has been developed, including a manual on fatherhood and care-giving.
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    Pilot in Harlow: An Intranet for Fathers Employed by the City Council and a Booklet for Young Dads Living in Harlow

    Co-responsibility, 2006
    In 2006, the organisation Working With Men carried out research with fathers living in Harlow in the UK about their experiences of balancing work and family responsibilities. They talked to two groups of men: one made up of fathers employed by Harlow Council, the other made up of young fathers.
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    Final Report of the International Conference on ?Men and Work Life Balance?, Brussels, 22-23 February 2007

    Co-responsibility, 2007
    The Europena Union (EU) is playing a major role in driving work-life balance policies, especially in relation to paternity leave. For instance, it has funded a number of projects which have evaluated the situation of work-life balance in Europe. A set of regulations have also been defined at the European level and all Member States have established standards in accordance with them.
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    Comparative Perspective of Work Life Balance in France, Spain, UK and Belgium

    Co-responsibility, 2009
    This inventory provides an overview of local and regional policies relating to fatherhood and work-life balance in Europe, including initiatives to educate fathers about their parental responsibilities, private-sector initiatives, provision of childcare facilities in the workplace, and flexible working hours policies.
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    Gender and Care: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Providing care can be both a source of fulfilment and a terrible burden. For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices - posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being.
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    Change and Continuity in Social Protection in Latin America: Mothers at the Service of the State?

    2007
    Far from 'empowering' women, social protection programmes in Latin America often increase women's unpaid responsibilities and reinforce the gender division of labour. This is the central argument put forward in this paper, which critically analyses two social protection programmes in Latin America. The first is the well-known Mexican-based Oportunidades programme (formerly Progresa).
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    Marriage, Motherhood and Masculinity in the Global Economy: Reconfiguration of Personal and Economic Life

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    How are women and men dealing with the 'feminisation' of the global labour force in the face of the widespread prevalence of male 'breadwinner' ideologies and the apparent threat to male authority represented by women's earnings?
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    From Margins to Mainstream: From Gender Statistics to Engendering Statistical Systems

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003
    Engendering national statistical systems requires an approach that goes beyond merely disaggregating data from conventional censuses and surveys by sex. This paper argues that this traditional approach is insufficient because the data collection framework and instruments themselves are gender biased.
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    Men's Participation as Fathers in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A Critical Literature Review with Policy Considerations

    Promundo, 2008
    If men's involvement as fathers is generally positive - for children, women, and men themselves - how can we promote this through policies and programmes? This comprehensive document provides a literature overview and analysis of men's participation as fathers in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

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