Activity of Homes Igualitaris- Ahige Catalunya (Catalonian Men's Equality Association)
Aims and objectives
The association aims to encourage men to adopt egalitarian positions, through social action, social research and personal reflection. We appeal to men with positive messages, seeking their engagement in gender equality, because we believe that sexism and machismo are common enemies to both men and women and that men stand to gain through this change. We also participate in and carry out campaigns against gender violence (we are part of the white ribbon campaign) and that promote caring fathers and masculinities. We think that sexism affects men's health. Associate with AHIGE at a national level. This organisation works at a regional level. Founded in 2009.
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Name: Homes Igualitaris- Ahige Catalunya (Catalonian Men's Equality Association)
Stakeholder: Civil society organisation
Area of intervention: Men and gender equality
Organisation Country: Spain
Organisation Zip Code: 8015
Organisation Phone: (0034) 934246870
Contact person:
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Name: Juan José Compairé García
Email: jjcompaire@gmail.com
Contents/activities/services
Activities
- Research (co-education and masculinity; men and work-life balance, masculine identities)
- Gender, men and equality sensitisation for young people and adults (sensibilization, violence prevention in schools; equality talks; men's groups)
- 100 Gender awareness raising and violence prevention actions in secondary schools.
- More than 50 talks about men and equality (municipalities; women's groups; prisons; etc.)
- Public campaigns (men against gender violence; work-life balance and men; paternity; men and care; men and equality policy)
Conferences
- Equality and Masculinities Iberoamerican Congress. Barcelona 7-8 October 2011 < www.cime2011.org >
- Youth and Equality conference. Barcelona , 30 September 2010 http://www.homesigualitaris.cat/jornada/
- Men and Gender Equality. Barcelona 14 May. http://heterodoxia.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/jornada-hombres-e-igualdad-barcelona-15052009
- Participation in the official programme on male batterers, supported by Barcelona City Council.
- Organisation of various public conferences on intervention with men. Campaign "Rings of men against gender violence" every 21 October.
Materials
- Abril, P; Borràs, V; Romero, A.(2009) Els homes i els seus temps: hegemonía, negociació i resistència. Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona, (Men and time use: hegemony, negotiation and resistance- qualitative research) http://homesigualitaris.cat/home/images/homes_temps_cast.pdf
- Compairé, J (COORD); Abril, P; Salcedo, M. (2011) Chicos y chicas en relación: materiales de coeducación y masculinidades para la educación secundaria. Barcelona: Icaria (Boy and girls in relationship- masculinities and coeducation methodologies).
- GABARRÓ BERBEGAL, Daniel (2008), Transformar a los hombres, un reto social, available at http://www.homesigualitaris.cat/home/images/libro_reconstruir_identidad_...
- ABRIL, Paco (2009), « Per què són necessàries les polítiques d'igualtat de gènere adreçades als homes ? » in Barcelona societat, n. 17, december, available at https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-C50zYD-N51NGRiNGJmMWUtYzcyMi00NjE4LWIyZjEtZDZmNGE4MDczOWRi&hl=es
- ABRIL, Paco and others, (2009), Hombres y sus tiempos: hegemonía, negociación y resistencia, Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona, available at http://homesigualitaris.cat/home/images/homes_temps_cast.pdf
- COMPAIRÉ GARCÍA, Juanjo (coord..) (2011) , Chicos y chicas en relación, Materiales de coeducación para la educación secundaria, Barcelona: Icaria Editorial. (a former version of these tools is available at http://www.xtec.cat/innovacio/coeducacio/orfeu/index_orfeu.htm).
- GABARRÓ BERBEGAL, Daniel (2009), ¿Fracaso escolar? La solución inesperada del género y la coeducación?, available at http://danielgabarro.bubok.com/