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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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    Manual for Gender Mainstreaming: Social Inclusion and Social Protection Policies

    European Commission, 2007
    What do EU policy makers need to do to mainstream gender into social inclusion and social protection policies? This manual provides policy makers with a hands-on tool to aid this process. It suggests several factors to consider when designing social protection policies.
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    Mainstreaming Gender in Social Protection for the Informal Economy

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2008
    How can the money spent on social protection measures make more of a difference to the lives of women workers? This book explores the gendered dimensions of risk, vulnerability and insecurity, and the subsequent need for a gender perspective in the design of social protection measures.
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    Manual for Gender Mainstreaming of Employment Policies

    European Commission, 2007
    Gender equality is a fundamental right, a common value of the European Union (EU), and a necessary condition for the achievement of the EU objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion. So begins this manual outlining a gender mainstreaming approach.

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