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

Ruben Reyes, Nicaragua

This Training of Trainers, in which we explored masculinities and its link to violence, and peacebuilding has been a wonderful experience for me for two main reasons.

Firstly, I have learned a lot about active non-violence in this training and I have learned to link masculinity work with the field of active non-violence.

Secondly, even though I have participated in many masculinity trainings, and I have facilitated many workshops myself—as I have about 15 years of experience in this field—I have learned a lot about gender, masculinity and cross-gender dialogue both from the facilitators and my fellow participants.

I feel now that we all are more committed to partner with women as allies in the struggle for gender equality and social justice.

I feel very hopeful that we can really make a difference in the world.
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  1. Pabz15 February 2010 at 13:51

    Excellent reflections here Ruben. The sharing of your experiences in the ToT Netherlands has continued to inspire me. Thanks for being part of my journey toward a more gender sensitive active non violence man. Looking forward to seeing you again in the next training in July.

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  2. Pabz12 May 2010 at 19:08

    Hey Ruben,
    How's it going there?
    Long time no hear from you.
    Stay in touch
    Paulo

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