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International White Ribbon Campaign
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New innovative international partnership between White Ribbon Campaign,
Instituto Promundo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and
Instituto Papai (Recife, Brazil)  Photo courtesy of Acervo PapaiPromoting gender equality and equity, and reducing violence against women
in Brazil through the involvement of men and boys.
We have begun working on a new three year international cooperation project to help
strengthen the work of the White Ribbon Campaign in Brazil. Through this initiative,
we will be working collaboratively with our partners in Brazil to address gender equality
and equity in several important areas – schools and youth organizations; the workplace;
fatherhood and families; and the community in general.
Gender inequities are persistent in Brazil. About one-fourth of households in
Brazil are women-headed and these households are more likely to be poor than two-parent households.
Women’s incomes continue to be between 20-30 percent lower than men’s on average in Brazil.
Also, gender relations in the workplace continue to pose serious challenges for women.
Data from the International Labour Organization shows that 52% of Brazilian women have suffered sexual harassment.
The need to promote campaigns to stop violence against women is practically unheard of amongst
the private sector in Brazil. Meanwhile, a growing body of Brazilian and international research
confirms that men’s participation as fathers can be positive for the lives of women, men, and children.
Conversely, fathers’ absence, or the use of violence by fathers, can have an ongoing, inter-generational
impact on children.
In order to help address these disparities, we have planned several strategies to encourage men, boys,
organizations, and businesses to take a greater role in the advancement of women’s equality and equity in
Brazil and in the region.
Under our Youth component, we will be adapting activities from our Youth Education and Action Kit
together with Programa H’s Working with Young Men Series to create a new Brazilian youth education resource.
This will be used in Brazilian schools and community organizations to promote and encourage gender equality
and equity among young men and women.
We will be working with Unions and Industries to promote gender equality and equity in the workplace.
This will be done through the exchange of workplace education and outreach knowledge and skills between
Canadian and Brazilian organizations. This strategy also includes the development of educational and outreach
materials to promote gender equality and equity and reduce the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace.
In the area of Fatherhood and the family, we will be developing educational and awareness raising materials
and campaigns to encourage fathers to taken on a greater child care and development role within the family.
The project also includes strategies to support and strengthen the work of the National White Ribbon Campaign
(Campanha do Laço Branco) in Brazil and to help establish a regional hub for organizations interested in
carrying out White Ribbon Campaign activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This project is made possible through funding from the Canadian International Development Agency.
If you would like to find out more about this project, or our work internationally, you may contact Humberto Carolo,
Project Manager, Canada-Brazil International Cooperation Program, at +1-416-920-6684,
hcarolo@whiteribbon.ca.
If you would like to share information about the work your organization is doing in the area of gender
equality and equity, please e-mail us at info@whiteribbon.ca.  
Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association visits the White Ribbon Campaign Home Office
July 28, 2005.
As soon as the delegation group from the Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association (TGEEA)
flowed into the Toronto office, members gathered around our big world map locating White Ribbon
campaigns abroad. One of the leaders of the delegation, Herng-Dar Bih, Associate Professor at
the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning at the National Taiwan University, shared news
of a press conference he held last year, after helping to launch a White Ribbon Campaign on his
university campus. 
Successful in his efforts, this professor translated “What Every Man Can Do” into Mandarin
Chinese for publishing. As a small academic group short on resources, TGEEA dreams of opening
their own office, encouraging growing support. In the meantime, this professor expressed interest
in translation of more White Ribbon Campaign materials into Mandarin Chinese, such as “The Fact Sheet”,
“The Seven Ps of Men’s Violence…” and other available documents, for posting on a website. In the case
of the newly revised Education and Action Kit, a promise was made to send Professor Bih a copy of the
new version upon its release, for a complete translation.
There are or have been White Ribbon Campaigns in at least 47 countries, including:
Africa
Kenya
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Uganda
Asia
China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Austalia/Oceania
Australia WRC
Freedom from Fear: Campaign Against Domestic Violence
No To Violence
New Zealand
Tonga
Europe
Austria WRC
Czech Republic
Daphne Tool Kit
Denmark
England
Estonia
EuroPRO-Fem
European WRC
Finland WRC
Germany
Lithuania
Norawy
Poland
Spain WRC
Sweden
Latin America
Argentina
White Ribbon Campaign - Brazil
Colombia
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Peru
Middle East & Former USSR
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Israel
Russia
South Asia
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
South-East Asia
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
United Kingdom
UK WRC
Woman Kind
The United States
Dads and Daughters
Emerge: Counselling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence
Mainely Men Against Violence and Sexism
Men Can Stop Rape
Men Stopping Rape, Inc.
Men Stopping Violence
Minnesota Centre Against Violence and Abuse
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Centre
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