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Webinar: Positively Men - Inspiring engagement for gender equality
Gender Equality is everybody’s business. Yet, widespread beliefs and attitudes can be used as an excuse for men to feel unconcerned, and for their behaviors to remain unquestioned. While Gender Based Violence has been high on the global agenda since the onset of the #MeToo movement – calling into question men’s systemic violence against women – much remains to be done to understand how many other social issues could be tackled with a meaningful and engaged participation of men for gender equality.
Positively Men is a campaign that gives a voice to those men and women who have found ways to combat stereotypes and toxic masculinities and move towards equality in their daily life. Be it in the field of entrepreneurship, research, design or music, these testimonials give positive examples of engagement that can teach something about building global movements for equality where men are part of the positive change. This webinar offers the opportunity to hear more about what it takes to be a Positive Man, and to learn more about UNESCO’s commitment and actions for gender equality. Positively Men is a campaign launched by UNESCO and Women in Africa in 2021 under the patronage of the Permanent Delegations of Iceland and Oman, Co-Chairs of the UNESCO Group of Friends for Gender Equality
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Positively Men - Inspiring engagement for gender equality
When: 16 March 2022, from 3pm to 4pm (CET).
Registration is open through this link.
Programme of the Day
Opening
Time | Name | Company |
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3:00pm | Ms Jamila Sefatoui, Director for Gender Equality | UNESCO |
3:05pm | Ms Hafsat Abiola, President | Women in Africa |
Fireside chat
How to engage young men for gender equality?
with the moderation of Ms Kerenn Elkaïm, Journalist
Time | Name | Country |
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3:10pm | Mr Lucas Salmon, Positive-language music coach | Norway |
Mr Richard Siaw, Youth empowerment advocate | Ghana | |
3:40pm | Question and answers with the participants |
Closing
Time | Name |
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3.50pm | H.E. Mr Elman Abdullayev, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Azerbaijan to UNESCO |
3.55pm | Dr Irma Erlingsdottir, Professor and Director of the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) - University of Iceland |
4.00pm | end |