Activity of Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund (in English: Save the Children's Youth Sweden)
Aims and objectives
RBUF is a civil society NGO working for children's rights. It is the youth branch of Save the Children Sweden. RBUF's aim is the realisation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In relation to masculinities and gender equality, RBUF works towards anti-discrimination (paragraph 2 of the Convention). RBUF works for the rights of all children to express and be themselves by raising awareness of social norms that hinder children from doing so.
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Name: Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund (in English: Save the Children's Youth Sweden)
Stakeholder: Civil society organisation
Area of intervention: Men and gender equality
Organisation Country: Sweden
Organisation Zip Code: 120 06
Organisation Phone: 46(0) 8-645 66 73
Contents/activities/services
Activities
Allan - a national boys' group educational programme for 14-year old boys on gender, identity, power relations, sexuality, exclusion.
Conferences
(2009) Conference "Konsten att stå pall - om begränsande normer för killar" (In English: "The art of keeping it together on restrictive social norms for boys).
Materials
- (2010) OsKÖNA NORMER. A method manual for group dialogues on social norms on gender, sexuality and gender transformation from a critical perspective. Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund, Stockholm, www.rbuf.se
- (2008) Allan - metodmaterial för samtalsgrupper. A program manual for facitlitators of boys' groups. Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund, Stockholm, www.rbuf.se