Letter from the Executive Director and President of the Deliberative Council After 35 years of the promulgation of the Brazilian Constitution, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) recognized in 2023 the legislative omission on the regulation of the right to paternity leave. In this sense, the efforts of organized civil society were fundamental to this achievement. Promundo played a role…

This is the 2022 Annual Report, which summarizes the activities carried out in 2022. Promundo is a Brazilian non-governmental organization, founded in 1997, that seeks to promote gender equality and violence prevention with a focus on the involvement of men and women in the transformation and resignification of masculinities. Over…

English version of the First Black Paternities Report in Brazil About this report Daniel Costa Lima and Luciano Ramos As the Colombian anthropologist Mara Viveros Vigoya writes, it is necessary to “undermine the idea of an abstract, universal and disembodied masculinity” (2018, p .24), and one of the ways to do this is to…

Letter from the Executive Director and President of the Deliberative Council In the second year of the covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was also a year marked by great challenges. With the spread of variants of the virus, the epidemic reached alarming numbers of infected people, hospitalizations and deaths in Brazil and around the world. The humanitarian, social and economic effects were, more…

In July 2019, the CNJ published Public Call no. 001/2019 for selection, awarding and dissemination of Good Practices implemented by Companies, Government, the Justice System and Organized Civil Society. The selection of Good Practices aims to identify successful experiences that have shown effective results in guaranteeing rights and attention to…

Letter from the Executive Director 2020 will go down in world history as a completely atypical year. A pandemic of global proportions has devastated all countries and definitively changed the way organizations and individuals communicate. As I write this text, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 4.1 million…

About this report Daniel Costa Lima and Luciano Ramos As Colombian Mara Viveros Vigoya writes, it is necessary to “undermine the idea of an abstract, universal and disembodied masculinity” (2018, p. 24), and one of the ways to do this is by drawing attention to the fact that “colonized men were never the ones who defined…

In partnership with ANDI – Comunicação e Direito and Petrobras. Since the beginning of the actions of the Uma Ilha de Paternidades Project, the project has worked from the perspective of assistance, through groups on Paternity and Care for the protection of Early Childhood. Thus, the Project seeks to carry out activities with male fathers to exercise…

We dedicate this material to Gisele Rodrigues Alves, mother of 04 children and adolescents participating in the Youth Project for the End of Violence in Morro do Guararapes – Rio de Janeiro, who passed away on 08/22/2021. Gisele and other families in an extremely vulnerable situation were part of the reasons for preparing this report. The care of…

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (2018-2019), EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (2019) AND FOUNDING PARTNER (1997) In the last four years, PROMUNDO went through its biggest challenge since its founding in 1997. With an increasing increase in the deficit accumulated over In its history, the Institute needed to reinvent itself. I am very happy to have had the opportunity to lead this…

In recent years, the topic of diversity has been a constant topic of discussion in the corporate world, both nationally and internationally, it has been the target of recommendations, pacts, commitments and other documents aimed at companies and governments, but there is still a long way to go to consolidate a corporate practice of respect for everyone. With this material…

This guide is the result of work developed by Instituto Promundo, since 2013, in which we apply a methodology that uses sport as a strategic tool to reach children, adolescents, young people and adults. This involves involving them in actions to promote gender equality, health promotion and violence prevention. This way…

State of Fatherhood in Brazil 2019: Time to Act is the second report of its kind in the country, which is part of the State of Fatherhood in the World initiative, led by the MenCare Global Fatherhood Campaign. The second Brazilian report intends to update the first report on the State of Fatherhood in Brazil, launched by…

​In 2003, Promundo underwent restructuring. The institution's accelerated growth in terms of projects, people and budget has greatly increased the volume of work and the complexity of administrative management. Reinforced support began to be given to coordinators of the technical areas (Youth, Gender and Health and Families and Communities). For more…

This report seeks to present the situation of paternity in Brazil in different areas, such as Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Men's Health, Violence against Women and Children, World of Work, Public Policies, civil society initiatives, relationship between the economy and paternity and Homoparenting. It also seeks to map the efforts and…

In 2015 we began a three-year initiative to work with partners, including UN Women, to conduct the International Men and Gender Equity Survey – IMAGES in four Middle Eastern countries, promoting a deeper understanding of the relationship between men and equity gender in the region. Along with the campaign…

This guide was born from the experience of the Praticando Esporte, Vencendo na Vida project, implemented by Promundo, in partnership with ChildHope and funding from Comic Relief and Kinder Not Hilfe (KNH).1 Its content reflects the objectives, lessons learned and the trajectory of the project that , between 2013 and 2015, developed various sports practices, communication campaigns, educational workshops on gender, diversity, racial equality and prevention…

In 2014, Promundo's partnerships reached more than 20 countries and included new sectors, such as the involvement of men as allies in promoting gender equity in agricultural development and maternal, newborn and child health, as well as the involvement of men as allies in preventing child marriage and exploitation…

Brazil – like Latin America in general – has been absent from many global discussions and actions around child and adolescent marriage, which are largely concentrated in hotspots such as Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The data available in Latin America and the Caribbean,…

Brazil – like Latin America in general – has been absent from many global discussions and actions around child and adolescent marriage, which are largely concentrated in hotspots such as Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The data available in Latin America and the Caribbean,…

In 2013, Promundo collaborated with the World Bank in an in-depth analysis of the results of the IMAGES study (International Men and Gender Equality Survey, in English), which has already been carried out in more than 10 countries, together with the International Center for Research on Women and other partners. Based on the understanding of what contributes to…

“Access of the LGBT population (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals) living in Favelas to health services” aims to understand the difficulties and forms of access of the LGBT population, living in the Complexo da Maré favela, to services and healthcare units. health, having as a specific concern the articulation between issues related to the LGBT experience…

The year 2012 at Promundo was marked by the expansion of our operations in new contexts and our specialization in methodologies and research with which we have worked throughout the institute's history. With the work carried out this year, it is now possible to see the global MenCare campaign taking root in the vulnerable area of plantations…

The phenomenon of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (CSE) involves cultural, social, economic, political and legal factors. Aspects related to subjectivity, culture, values, norms and social representations link ESCCA to other aspects of broader social life. The recognition of the influence of social determinants linked to the field of culture and values,…

In 2011 and 2012, with the sponsorship of Petrobras, the Promundo Institute held 68 awareness-raising workshops on Gender, Sexuality and Health in 38 cities located in 14 states: Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul , Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, São…

In 2011, Promundo worked to consolidate its mission in promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women and children. For its work, it was recognized as one of the organizations with the greatest impact in the field of violence against women, occupying seventh place in a ranking of 14 outstanding organizations worldwide. The campaign…

This article presents the results of a consultation process conducted by Promundo with children between 5 and 12 years old in Rio de Janeiro on physical and humiliating punishments.

In 2010, Promundo continued the actions previously initiated to promote gender equity through workshops and training for education and health professionals, campaigns and community actions, networking and the development of research and publication of data on the theme. The workshops on gender and sexuality…

Report of an exploratory research in 5 Latin American countries and one Caribbean country on family practices aimed at raising children and the topic of child participation. Funded by Save the Children Sweden and Bernard Van Leer Foundation.

This text provides a situational analysis of the context in which young people from the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Ceilândia and Chapecó live, and how they perceive the problem of violence.

Program H and Program M: Engaging young men and empowering young women to advance gender equality. This publication was printed with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). It is available for download in English and Spanish.

Report of the impact evaluation study of Program H, which involved the participation of 780 young men (aged 14 to 25 years), followed for one year and who participated in Program activities in three low-income communities in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil there are 23,141,413 children up to 6 years of age (IBGE, Census 2000). This text will address issues relating to early childhood in Brazil, the laws that protect and promote the rights of children in this age group and the situation in which this portion of the population finds itself in different contexts – such as…

The joining of efforts with other social actors is one of the characteristics of Promundo’s operations. In 2006, alliances with organizations in Brazil and around the world were strengthened. The activities carried out by the institution extended to countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. The exchange of knowledge and adaptation to other cultural contexts…

In Brazil there are 23,141,413 children up to 6 years of age (IBGE, Census 2000). This text will address issues relating to early childhood in Brazil, the laws that protect and promote the rights of children in this age group and the situation in which this portion of the population finds itself in different contexts – such as…

In 2005, the Promundo team traveled through Brazil, South America, South and Southeast Asia, Central America and various locations in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the aim of working with partner organizations in adapting and implementing the methodologies developed by the institution. Among the activities carried out, Promundo, in…

The year 2009 was highlighted by two remarkable events that celebrate Promundo's commitment to causes aimed at eliminating inequalities between men and women, between adults and children. Between March and April, we organized, in collaboration with several organizations, the 1st Global Symposium Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality….

The report presents an initial mapping of public policies aimed at promoting gender equality in different areas and verifies how these policies include or do not include the issue of masculinity.

​In 2004, Promundo's mission was reformulated. The development of social technologies was legitimized as a guide for the institution's programmatic actions. Among the activities developed, Promundo led the formation of Aliança H, a global alliance of organizations that seek to promote gender equity among young people. Developed two new projects complementary to…

This report presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative study on gender violence and sexual and reproductive health, with men aged between 15 and 60 years, in two neighborhoods in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Bangu and Botafogo), involving three communities : two low-income and one middle class. Published…

​The book promotes a debate on the importance of changing the focus from action proposals based on “risk situations” to a vision that encompasses the needs of all children and adolescents. Using the Child and Adolescent Statute as a reference, three case studies of community partnership programs are presented…