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Role models can free our men and boys from the Man Box
As we begin the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, MATT TYLER, our Executive Director of The Men’s Project, reflects on the vital importance of working to create and equip role models of healthy and positive masculinity, to lead in challenging deeply engrained attitudes and...
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Raising sons to embrace healthy, positive masculinity
The Men’s Project recently collaborated with leading girls’ rights agency Plan International Australia and Promundo, a global leader in engaging men and boys in promoting gender equality and preventing violence, to produce a guide for parents to help boys embrace healthy, positive masculinity....
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Launch of Stop it Now! scoping study
Jesuit Social Services’ The Men’s Project, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, was pleased to recently launch a scoping study into the feasibility of a Stop it Now! service in Australia to prevent child sexual abuse and offending involving child exploitation material....
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NAIDOC Week: Working together for voice, treaty and truth
NAIDOC week provides an opportunity for all Australians to join in celebrating the culture, aspirations and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. ...
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Supporting boys and men to be their best selves
[caption id="attachment_6659" align="alignright" width="300"] Executive Director of The Men's Project, Matt Tyler[/caption]...
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Apostolic Preferences on the agenda at All Staff Day
Over 200 staff and volunteers from across Victoria, News South Wales and the Northern Territory came together on Wednesday 12 June for our All Staff Day. The theme of the day was how place based approaches can be used by to inform the development and delivery of programs....
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New ways needed to help kids in crisis
John Adams, General Manager – Northern Territory at Jesuit Social Services, writes about the need to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years. This piece was originally published in the NT News....
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Searching for solutions - New Zealand study tour
Senior leaders at Jesuit Social Services recently embarked on a study trip to New Zealand to learn more about their approaches to dealing with young people and adults who have contact with the criminal justice system....
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Young people share their views on justice
Earlier this year, a group of young people aged 15 to 25 years, all of whom had previous contact with at least one of the youth justice, adult justice and out-of-home-care systems, shared their thoughts about supporting young people at risk. The links between the child protection and justice systems...