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  • Posted by Ravi Verma on Friday, March 15, 2013
    Ending Violence Against Women: Start Young Before It's Too Late
    ICRW's Ravi Verma explains why engaging young men and boys is essential

    ICRW was one of 30 civil society organizations selected to address the 57th Commission on the Status of Women at UN headquarters in New York last week. ICRW’s Asia Regional Director Ravi Verma travelled from his home base in New Delhi to make the following presentation on the importance of working with young men and boys to eradicate violence against women and girls:

  • Posted by Jennifer Abrahamson on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
    CSW Feature: Engaging Young Men in the Battle Against Gender-based Violence
    Innovative program in the Balkans challenging harmful behaviors, gender norms

    Natko Geres and Vojislav Arsic have a lot in common. Both 28, the two young men share a taste for popular urban culture. Some of their earliest memories are also the same. They were both six-years-old when war erupted in the former Yugoslavia. On opposing sides of the frontline in those dark days – Natko in Croatia and Vojislav in Serbia – the two have come together in the post-conflict era to fight a new battle.

  • Posted by ICRW Communications Staff on Thursday, December 1, 2011
    Moving the Goal Posts for Girls
    Encouraging girls to join sports programs can help empower them and their communities

    Two ICRW experts participate in an international meeting focused on the role of sport in international development and in promoting gender equality. They talk cricket, coaches and how to include more women.

  • Posted by By Madhumita Das on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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    A Coach Inspires
    Commitment to Program Yields Wins

    “Parivartan wins, it wins once again,” the text message reads. It is from one of our coaches in ICRW’s Parivartan program.

  • Posted by Gary Barker on Tuesday, September 21, 2010
    Sound Off, Sign On
    Stop Rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    I was recently in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to help train staff of an international aid organization on how to involve men in helping to reduce violence against women.