OVERCOMING VIOLENCE - EXPLORING MASCULINITIES, VIOLENCE AND PEACE
The Women Peacemakers Program of IFOR is convinced that in order to change cultures of war and violence, women peace activists need to work together with male allies. Therefore the WPP organized a Training of Trainers entitled “Overcoming Violence - Exploring Masculinities, Violence and Peace”.
This Training of Trainers took place November 30 - December 11, 2009 and aims to:
- train male trainers on gender-sensitive active non-violence (ANV);
- explore the concept of masculinities in relation to issues of violence and peace;
- create a pool of male gender-sensitive active nonviolence trainers;
The training is facilitated by Patrica Ackerman, a well-known nonviolent activist and Steven Botkin, Executive Director of Men's Resources International.

This blog was created to inform people who are interested in this training and its outcomes. The blog features some thoughts and reflections of the participants during the training.

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Real Men but might be more

Poem by Valtimore B. Fenis

We are gathered and get along together
We listened and shared
May not from one background
But we stood in the same ground

Men who have the passion
To gender balanced condition
The idea of love and care
To humanity and our women dear

Brave to stand before our nations
Carry out just peace and equality
Believed that each being has a power to share
To free one and all

Gender, class and national oppressions
We suffered, sympathized and empathized as well
We are victims of all structures
Manipulated and repressed us many forms

Real men have the courage to listen
Real men never undermine others
Real men cry and not ashamed of it
Real men stands connected

Real men, inside and out
Don’t harm for sure
Instead, wide and objective
Broad, humanist and allies
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  1. Pabz12 May 2010 at 19:07

    Hi Valtimore,
    Kumusta ka na. I am now in Manila and will be travelling down to Davao tomorrow to teach at the Mindanao Peace Institute from next week until the first week of June. Will be somewhere close?
    Let me kmow
    Paulo

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