Men Care: A Global Fatherhood Campaign

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The MenCare “You Are My Father” poster templates are designed for use by programs around the world that:

  1. Support fathers’ active participation in caregiving and supportive activities throughout the planning, pregnancy, birth and parenting stages;
  2. Encourage fathers’ involvement in the daily care of their children and the equal distribution of domestic affairs;
  3. Promote fathers’ participation in any family composition: heterosexual, gay or lesbian parents, couples who are together or separate, parents living with their children or not, birth parents, adoptive or social;
  4. Support gender equality:  equal value and rights of men and women;
  5. Oppose any form of violence against women and children.

MenCare has produced 10 poster templates in the “You Are My Father Series”:

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  • You Aren’t Afraid to Hold Me Close
  • You Are Always There to Guide Us
  • You Tell Me Wonderful Stories
  • You See Equality in My Future
  • You Help Me Take My Medicine[/twocol_one][twocol_one_last]
  • You Don’t Want to Be Anywhere Else
  • You Take Play Seriously
  • You Never Miss a Prenatal Visit
  • You Take Care of Me, No Matter What
  • You Are the Strongest Man I Know

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[fourcol_one]You Aren't Afraid to Hold Me Close. You Are My Father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one]You are always there to guide us. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one]You tell me wonderful stories. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one_last]You see equality in my future. You are my father.[/fourcol_one_last]

[fourcol_one]You help me take my medicine. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one]You don't want to be anywhere else. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one]You take play seriously. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one_last]You never miss a prenatal visit. You are my father.[/fourcol_one_last][fourcol_one]You take care of me, no matter what. You are my father.[/fourcol_one] [fourcol_one]You are the strongest man I know. You are my father. [twocol_one_last]

Each of the poster templates can be customized to suit your program, personalizing the messages and images to suit.  The template images are multi-cultural, and examples of customized posters are given from Brazil, Chile, India, Nicaragua, South Africa and Turkey.

Access the original site and posters at Men Care: A Global Fatherhood Campaign.[/twocol_one_last]

 

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Adapt the PostersWe would love to see the posters you customize for your programs.

Forward us a copy to jennie@froghollow.bc.ca and you may be chosen to share about your experience in a future newsletter.