The Father Project - Colombia

The Father Project teaches men that they are responsible, along with their partners, for their children's development. The project utilises pamphlets about fathering and values, television spots about communication, and the distribution of children's books about fathering in its efforts to promote male participation in pregnancy, childbirth, and the rearing of children, and to encourage them to become full partners in their families, as fathers, husbands and friends.

The HASIK Project - The Philippines

HASIK (Harnessing Self-reliant Initiatives and Knowledge, an NGO in the Philippines has collaborated with other NGOs to develop a model of gender sensitivity training for men in response to the need to work with both men and women in improving understanding of gender relations. Through workshops, HASIK deals with such manifestations of gender bias as marginalisation, subordination, gender stereotyping, double workloads, and violence against women. The group works with men to discuss the problems and their causes, and to develop plans of action to combat them.

Anti-violence Projects - USA

In the United States, men's groups are making an effort to change attitudes and behaviour related to male sexuality and gender roles. One of these groups, Men Acting for Change, which comprises students, faculty, and alumni, was formed by male students at Duke University in response to their concerns regarding violence against university women. The Oakland Men's Project in California, a non-profit multiracial organisation of both men and women, aims to eradicate male violence, among other social problems. The group helps men examine popular definitions of masculinity, male socialisation, and how the male sex role often sets men up to be dominating, controlling, and abusive.

Male Contraception Projects - Zambia

Efforts to develop better contraceptives for men, to encourage their support for female methods, and to improve our understanding of masculinity, male sexuality, and male perspectives on gender and family roles, are key to empowering men in this arena, and to involve them more fully in empowering women. Researchers and activists who work with men report that male-only counselling groups on these topics are most effective, and that it is essential to have a facilitator who is able to encourage men to confront such issues as machismo, power, control and violence. It is also critical to note that very different approaches are needed to reach men of different ages.