Regional Training of Trainers Building skills of young activists to engage in peer support to prevent violence against women

In 2013, the UN joint programme Partners for Prevention (P4P) launched a ground-breaking study that interviewed more than 10,000 men in six countries in Asia and the Pacific about their use and experiences of violence: “Why do some men use violence against women and how can we prevent it”. This unprecedented study provides unique insights around the deep-rooted patriarchal values and men’s sense of entitlement and control over women and their bodies that lie at the heart of violence against women (VAW). It found that the average age of VAW perpetration was earlier than previously thought, with half of men who admitted to perpetrating rape having done so for the first time as teenagers. The study thus confirmed the centrality of working with boys already from a younger age than had previously been understood, in order to effectively challenge the dominant, violent notions linked to being a man and promote new, healthy and respectful notions of masculinity... more

Resources

• Concept note (PDF)
• Agenda (PDF)

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