Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice (US / France)
Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
Equimundo is a leading global NGO dedicated to advancing gender equality and preventing violence by engaging with individuals of all gender identities to improve conceptions of boyhood and masculinity.
They believe that working with men and boys to transform harmful gender norms and unequal power dynamics is a critical part of achieving gender equality. For transformative, sustainable change, men and boys must see themselves as partners in the process who will also benefit when harmful norms are challenged.
Equimundo's research, programmes, and advocacy efforts show that exploring positive models of "what it means to be a man" and promoting healthy, respectful masculinity improves the lives of individuals of all gender identities.
In 2021/2022, the Eurofins Foundation supported the programme “Promoting Healthy Boyhood”.
In 2020, Equimundo and the Kering Foundation launched the Global Boyhood Initiative to support boys aged 4-13, the adults in their lives, and the institutions they inhabit in advancing healthier conceptions of boyhood.
Concurrently, Equimundo and its partners are designing, testing, and implementing a set of digital tools, collectively called 'Boyhood 2.0,' for boys and the adults in their lives to engage with through schools and community-based organisations.
The Eurofins Foundation’s funding has helped strengthen the pilot's formative research phase as well as its monitoring and evaluation framework, thus helping Equimundo to strengthen its foundation on solid evidence and ensuring that they capture relevant learnings for future replication and sustainability of the intervention.
Additionally, the Eurofins Foundation's support has also partially funded the ongoing development of the GBI digital hub, with the creation of new digital assets targeting adults in boys’ lives.
This project contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
