KAFA campaign towards different forms of masculinity on course || Newspapers (Arabic)

KAFA; Enough Violence and Exploitation, released as part of the “white ribbon” international campaign, a newsletter which included 9 articles written by men from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Palestine, aiming at stimulating a wider public and social discussion around the concept of masculinity in order to challenge it.
KAFA launched this new campaign on 26th of November on the occasion of International day to eliminate violence against women, under the slogan “Is this your manhood? Search for your humanity”. The campaign is expected to continue until December 10th, which commemorates the International Day for Human Rights, and constitutes part of the longer term project entitled “strengthening work with men and boys to combat violence against women”, implemented since 2009 in collaboration with Oxfam GB, and funded by the EU.
The campaign is mainly directed towards men in order to change their perspectives and behaviors on masculinity, dictated by patriarchal culture, and intimately linked to violence, power and control behaviors and mechanisms.

Source: Al-Akhbar 6 December 2012