Coaching Boys Into Men model, a first-of-its-kind, rigorously tested program, leverages influential relationships made during sports and equips community coaches with the tools they need to engage and activate adolescent boys to influence behavior and attitude change among their peers, before the onset of adulthood. This dynamic is a driver of critical social and cultural …
Futures Without Violence teamed up with UNICEF to develop and distribute a new International Coaching Boys Into Men Guide at the 2006 FIFA (Fèdèration Internationale de Football Association) World Cup in Germany. Informed by FUTURES’ highly successful Coaching Boys Into Men Playbook, this International Guide helps coaches find teachable moments during which they can talk …
Funded by the Nike Foundation, Parivartan is by far the most extensive adaptation of CBIM to date. Parivartan is a culturally specific adaptation in Mumbai, India, of the Coaching Boys into Men program to address gender-based violence and gender equity using the sport of cricket to reach men and young boys. After one year of …
In an effort to protect the rights and livelihood of children in South Africa, UNICEF partnered with the South African Department of Education to create a sports program that will reinvigorate ailing life skills curricula, mobilize communities to support and protect their children, and decrease the incidence of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, violence, and HIV/AIDS …
In 2017, FUTURES supported an implementation in Australia and New Zealand, training local advocates on how to host Coaches’ Clinics for sports coaches in the region. FUTURES continues to provide technical assistance and program materials for the continued expansion of CBIM. Read Press Release
In partnership with the Consulate and Embassy of the United States, FUTURES adapted and translated the CBIM program and all associated materials for Ecuadorian audiences – now Entrenando Jóvenes Para Ser Hombres (EJSH) in Spanish. As a part of the CBIM Ecuador project, FUTURES conducted two Train-the-Trainer trainings for athletic coaches and professionals in the …
In 2021 Rwanda was added to the USAID missions engaged in the implementation of Coaching Boys Into Men (CBIM) scale up efforts as part of the Pact ACHIEVE (Adolescents and Children, HIV Incidence reduction, Empowerment, and Virus elimination) Project. Futures Without Violence continued to provide technical support to World Vision, Inc. (WV) for this multi-country …
In 2022 Pact enlisted Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is to implement the Coaching Boys Into Men (CBIM) program throughout Tanzania by way of technical assistance and guidance working with local civil society organizations (CSO’s) in six regions of the country. This was a scaled up continuation of USAID-funded ACHIEVE Project, (Adolescents and Children, HIV Incidence …
In April of 2022, the Attorneys General Association and Basketball Africa League / NBA (BAL4HER) invited FUTURES to the BAL tournament taking place in Cairo, Egypt, to introduce the vital tenets of advancing allyship of professional athletes towards women and girls in their communities. Responding to this request, FUTURES conducted three 60-minute workshops to the …
In 2019, FUTURES was invited to participate in a collaborative exchange hosted by Right to Play Pakistan. Participants included a small group of leaders from U.S. based girls’ and youth empowerment through sport organizations as well as Pakistani organizations using or interested in using sport as a strategy to empower girls and young people. Women …
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