Anglican Church of Uganda intensifies mentorship for boys to fight gender-based violence and disparity
Kampala, Uganda The Anglican Church of Uganda will intensify its mentorship program for boys in a bid to fight gender-based violence and gender disparity. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, observed that while girls are mentored on how to treat men in Africa, boys are, on the other hand, left on […]
Female priests now outnumber male ones in Church of Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden AP The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time, according to numbers released this month, a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960. The Lutheran institution, which was the official Swedish state church until 2000, now counts […]
Growing number of young men in Australia targeted for ‘sextortion’
Kuala Lumpur Thomson Reuters Foundation A rising number of young men in Australia are falling victim to online “sextortion”, the head of the country’s internet safety agency has warned, bucking a global trend of primarily targeting vulnerable women and girls. Seven out of 10 victims of sextortion – a form of extortion that involves sexual […]
SLAVERY: MALE SURVIVORS IN UK STRUGGLE TO GET SUPPORT AS NUMBERS SOAR
SONIA ELKS and KIERAN GUILBERT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Essay: The forgotten male victims of honour-based violence
Academic MAZ IDRISS, in an article first published on The Conversation, calls for greater support in the UK for victims of honour-based violence, both women and men…
Americans expect wealthy people, whites, males and conservative Christians to gain influence under Trump
Most Americans expect the wealthy, white people, males and conservative Christians to gain influence under a Donald Trump presidency, according to a new poll. A Pew Research Center study looking at expectations about which groups in society will gain and lose influence under his administration also shows that Hispanics, poor people and gays and lesbians are […]