This document summarizes the imbalance of power between men and women that still exists in society. It discusses how gender stereotypes are still present in toys, language, media, technology jobs, leadership roles, and other areas. It argues that activism is needed to create a more balanced world and proposes some actions people can take to promote gender equality.

2. Activism is about balancing the
world between those who have
power and those who don’t.

4. We are reaching a momentum.

9. Yet, the imbalance of power
is still very present…

10. Toys still exaggerate gender
division.
abilities.
Boys' construction toys encourage manipulation and exploration to dev
and analytical skills.
Interior vs exterior, danger vs security, competition vs cooperation.
How to tell if a toy is for boys or girls.
Do you
operate the toy
with your
genitalia?
This toy
is not for
children.
It is for
either girls
or boys.
YES NO
Young children don't disting
gender of toys.
Boys aged 2-3 are as likely
Researcher Isabelle Cherne
boys aged 5-13 picked “girl
toys equally... unless they w
Boys were especially conce
their fathers would think of t
them.
Over time, boys’ interests in
become more rigidly mascu
girls’ interests stayed relativ
and flexible.
Source: Rapport sur l'égalité en
dans les modes d'accueil de la

11. Private space is still mostly ruled
by women.
• In France, women spend 1.5 hours more on
household chores than men every day.
• In Australia, the average minutes per day of
unpaid work are 311 for women and 172
for men.
• 85% of working Indian women feel they have two
jobs, one at work and another at
home.
• This is called “the second shift,” which leads to
severe burn-outs.
• Girls understand from a young age that the order
and cleanliness of the house is their responsibility.

12. Emma calls it the mental load.

13. And public space is designed to
answer men’s needs.
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aded, they react aggressively; women
Source: Joe Dator
• In France, 75% of the
equipment in urban public
recreational space is
designed for boys.
• Only 2% of French streets
are named after women,
most of them being wives and
daughters of famous men.

14. In our language, male is generic: mankind, manpower, man-made, etc.
The masculine, by the presence of even one male, is the default.
"Every student in the classroom did his best on the exam."
We even address groups of female friends with “You guys.”
And the parody Twitter account @manwhohasitall shows how ridiculous the opposite
would be:
Masculine is universal.
In our gendered language, “Mr.” can refer to any man, whether he is single or married, but
“Miss” and “Mrs.” define women by their marital status.
Women are identified as appendages both of a man and of an institution: Corporate wives,
Senate wives, faculty wives.
Writers sometimes refer to women using only their first names in contexts where they would
typically refer to men by their full names, last names, or titles.
Images: © The Man Who Has it All
Our language is androcentric.

15. We live in an ocean of sexist messages.
Ads reinforce sexist stereotypes.

16. We grow up watching sexist
movies.

19. Source: American Political Science Review
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STUDIES SHOW:
MEN DOMINATE
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something to a woman in a patronizing way,
especially something that he actually knows
less about than she does. This expression
comes from the essay by Rebecca Solnit,
Men Explain Things to Me.
Women often feel voluntarily or involuntarily silenced and invaded by men’s
occupation of the vocal space.
Image: Kaye Blagvad
Silencing women’s voices takes many shapes:
shushing young girls
grabbing the mic
speaking louder
yelling at women
belittling or patronizing the women who speak
laughing at women's comments
interrupting
labeling more vocal women as aggressive or bossy
not believing women when they speak out
denying the reality of women's testimonials or experiences
insulting women or threatening them on social media.
Far too many conferences feature talks exclusively hosted by men.
Image: Kathleen Edison
Public speaking is male
dominated.

20. So we end up with all-male panels…
Event organizers negotiate more harshly with
female speakers, asking them to lower their fees
or even to speak for free. Since women speak at
fewer events, female speakers have less visibility
and attract smaller audiences, which justifies
Women speakers still earn less than male
speakers.
Where are the women?
Many high-profile conferences, events, and taskforces lack gender balance, despite there
being no shortage of qualified women.
Source: The Panel Pledge
15% OF THE
PANELISTS IN
AUSTRALIA ARE
WOMEN
Our conferences mostly present
male experts.

21. The future is in code and women
are not writing it.
Source: The Guardian
Worldwide, women are a minority
within tech leadership
18%
in North America
13%
in South America
11%
in Asia
The tech industry has a reputation for being a
boys’ club, and recent diversity reports from
several companies illustrate how men
dominate their global workforces.
In Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, or Yahoo,
55%
of Twitter and Facebook users
in the US are women but only
5%
of US tech startups are
owned by women.
Less than
7%
of tech positions
in Europe are
filled by women.
Women comprise half the workforce but less than 25% of STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) jobs.
Silicon Valley is still a man’s world.

23. Fewer than 5% of global
companies have a female CEO.
And at the end of the day…
...more men named John run large US companies than all women!
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Average percentage of women in executive team:
Fewer than 5% of global companies have a female CEO.WORLD
Women represent only 5% of Fortune 500 companies.US
16%US
12%UK
6%BRAZIL
On average, women represent only 19%
of board companies in the European
Union (EU) even if it has progressed in
the last years.

24. #MoreWomen

25. #MoreWomen

26. #MoreWomen

27. #MoreWomen

28. #MoreWomen

29. #MoreWomen

30. #MoreWomen

31. #MoreWomen

32. Women are poorer.

34. Female entrepreneurs struggle
to get funded.

36. This belief in irrepressible male desire has dramatic consequences on the lives of
millions of young boys and girls.
It legitimizes unfaithfulness, prostitution, porn, and even assault as a lesser evil.
Illegal Arms Trade
$10 Billion
Cocaine
$70 Billion
Sex Trafficking
$58 Billion
This demand spurs
the $58 billion sex trafficking
industry.
Sex trafficking is the fastest
growing criminal industry in the
world.
Female Prostitutes Male80%
Source: findingjustice.org/prostitution-statistics
Studies reveal 1 in 10 men in the world have purchased a prostitute.
At this moment, there are 40 million prostitutes at work.
Three quarters of them are between the ages of 13 and 25 and 80% of them are female.

37. Especially since most porn only portrays sex and pleasure
through the male gaze.
The main goal of porn is to feature a male’s ejaculation, their
partners pleasure is secondary.
This leads to less satisfactory sexual experiences for women.
Source: Telegraph
TALKING ABOUT THE ORGASM GAP
90%
of men achieve orgasms
during sex, while only
65%
of women do.
The gap between men’s and women’s frequency of orgasm is impacted by social
forces that privilege male pleasure.
Paula England, a sociology professor at Stanford University said, “The orgasm gap is an
inequity that’s as serious as the pay gap, and it’s producing a rampant culture of sexual
asymmetry.”
And we’re not even equal in bed!

38. Global gender gap will take 100
years to close, says 2017 edition of
Global Gender Gap report by WEF.
And the most alarming is that disparities
between men and women have widened
for the first time in more than a decade!

39. So we still have work to do
to balance the world!

40. This book is about solutions.
Today, more than ever, we need everyone to be a “balancemaker.”
We identified 15 key topics. For each topic, we state the problem, s
propose some concrete actions you can take.
01 — Education
02 — Media and art
03 — Advertising
04 — Language
05 — Public speaking
06 — Cities
07 — Sports
08 — Politics
09 — Leadership
10 — Investors
11 — Pay gap
12 — Science and technology
13 — Sex
14 — Violence
15 — Manhood
Tactics for a revolution.
Imagine you live in a world where most of the resources, power, me
by one part of the population.
We identified 15 key topics.

41. Each chapter is divided in 3 parts.
THE PROBLEM:
THE MAD
MEN WORLD
SOME
SOLUTIONS
ME
LUTIONS
WHAT CAN
YOU DO?
WHAT CAN
YOU DO?

42. Power is never given. It is taken.

43. 198 METHODS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION
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www.aeinstein.org
The Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion
Formal Statements
1. Public speeches
2. Letters of opposition or support
3. Declarations by organizations and institutions
4. Signed public statements
5. Declarations of indictment and intention
6. Group or mass petitions
Communications with a Wider Audience
7. Slogans, caricatures, and symbols
8. Banners, posters, and displayed communications
9. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books
10. Newspapers and journals
11. Records, radio, and television
12. Skywriting and earthwriting
Group Representations
13. Deputations
14. Mock awards
15. Group lobbying
16. Picketing
17. Mock elections
Symbolic Public Acts
18. Displays of flags and symbolic colors
19. Wearing of symbols
20. Prayer and worship
21. Delivering symbolic objects
22. Protest disrobings
23. Destruction of own property
24. Symbolic lights
25. Displays of portraits
26. Paint as protest
27. New signs and names
28. Symbolic sounds
29. Symbolic reclamations
30. Rude gestures
Pressures on Individuals
31. “Haunting” officials
32. Taunting officials
33. Fraternization
34. Vigils
Drama and Music
35. Humorous skits and pranks
36. Performances of plays and music
37. Singing
Processions
38. Marches
39. Parades
40. Religious processions
41. Pilgrimages
42. Motorcades
Honoring the Dead
43. Political mourning
44. Mock funerals
45. Demonstrative funerals
46. Homage at burial places
Public Assemblies
47. Assemblies of protest or support
48. Protest meetings
49. Camouflaged meetings of protest
50. Teach-ins
Withdrawal and Renunciation
51. Walk-outs
52. Silence
53. Renouncing honors
54. Turning one’s back
The Methods of Social Noncooperation
Ostracism of Persons
55. Social boycott
56. Selective social boycott
57. Lysistratic nonaction
58. Excommunication
59. Interdict
Noncooperation with Social Events, Customs, and
Institutions
60. Suspension of social and sports activities
61. Boycott of social affairs
62. Student strike
63. Social disobedience
64. Withdrawal from social institutions
Withdrawal from the Social System
65. Stay-at-home
66. Total personal noncooperation
67. “Flight” of workers
68. Sanctuary
69. Collective disappearance
70. Protest emigration (hijrat)
The Methods of Economic Noncooperation:
Economic Boycotts
Actions by Consumers
71. Consumers’ boycott
72. Nonconsumption of boycotted goods
73. Policy of austerity
74. Rent withholding
75. Refusal to rent
76. National consumers’ boycott
77. International consumers’ boycott
Action by Workers and Producers
78. Workmen’s boycott
79. Producers’ boycott
Action by Middlemen
80. Suppliers’ and handlers’ boycott
Action by Owners and Management
81. Traders’ boycott
82. Refusal to let or sell property
83. Lockout
84. Refusal of industrial assistance
85. Merchants’ “general strike”
Action by Holders of Financial Resources
86. Withdrawal of bank deposits
87. Refusal to pay fees, dues, and assessments
88. Refusal to pay debts or interest
89. Severance of funds and credit
90. Revenue refusal
91. Refusal of a government’s money
Action by Governments
92. Domestic embargo
93. Blacklisting of traders
94. International sellers’ embargo
95. International buyers’ embargo
96. International trade embargo
The Methods of Economic Noncooperation: The
Strike
Symbolic Strikes
97. Protest strike
98. Quickie walkout (lightning strike)
Agricultural Strikes
99. Peasant strike
100. Farm Workers’ strike

44. Strikes by Special Groups
101. Refusal of impressed labor
102. Prisoners’ strike
103. Craft strike
104. Professional strike
Ordinary Industrial Strikes
105. Establishment strike
106. Industry strike
107. Sympathetic strike
Restricted Strikes
108. Detailed Strike
109. Bumper strike
110. Slowdown strike
111. Working-to-rule strike
112. Reporting “sick” (sick-in)
113. Strike by resignation
114. Limited strike
115. Selective strike
Multi-Industry Strikes
116. Generalized strike
117. General strike
Combination of Strikes and Economic Closures
118. Hartal
119. Economic shutdown
The Methods of Political Noncooperation
Rejection of Authority
120. Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance
121. Refusal of public support
122. Literature and speeches advocating resistance
Citizens’ Noncooperation with Government
123. Boycott of legislative bodies
124. Boycott of elections
125. Boycott of government employment and positions
126. Boycott of government depts., agencies, and other bodies
127. Withdrawal from government educational institutions
128. Boycott of government-supported organizations
129. Refusal of assistance to enforcement agents
130. Removal of own signs and placemarks
131. Refusal to accept appointed officials
132. Refusal to dissolve existing institutions
Citizens’ Alternatives to Obedience
133. Reluctant and slow compliance
134. Nonobedience in absence of direct supervision
135. Popular nonobedience
136. Disguised disobedience
137. Refusal of an assemblage or meeting to disperse
138. Sit-down
139. Noncooperation with conscription and deportation
140. Hiding, escape, and false identities
141. Civil disobedience of “illegitimate” laws
Action by Government Personnel
142. Selective refusal of assistance by government aides
143. Blocking of lines of command and information
144. Stalling and obstruction
145. General administrative noncooperation
146. Judicial noncooperation
147. Deliberate inefficiency and selective noncooperation by
enforcement agents
148. Mutiny
Domestic Governmental Action
149. Quasi-legal evasions and delays
150. Noncooperation by constituent governmental units
International Governmental Action
151. Changes in diplomatic and other representations
152. Delay and cancellation of diplomatic events
153. Withholding of diplomatic recognition
154. Severance of diplomatic relations
155. Withdrawal from international organizations
156. Refusal of membership in international bodies
157. Expulsion from international organizations
Far too often people struggling for democratic rights
and justice are not aware of the full range of methods
of nonviolent action. Wise strategy, attention to the
dynamics of nonviolent struggle, and careful selection of
methods can increase a group’s chances of success.
Gene Sharp’s researched and catalogued these 198
methods and provided a rich selection of historical
examples in his seminal work, The Politics of Nonviolent
Action (3 Vols.) Boston: Porter Sargent, 1973.
The Methods of Nonviolent Intervention
Psychological Intervention
158. Self-exposure to the elements
159. The fast
a. Fast of moral pressure
b. Hunger strike
c. Satyagrahic fast
160. Reverse trial
161. Nonviolent harassment
Physical Intervention
162. Sit-in
163. Stand-in
164. Ride-in
165. Wade-in
166. Mill-in
167. Pray-in
168. Nonviolent raids
169. Nonviolent air raids
170. Nonviolent invasion
171. Nonviolent interjection
172. Nonviolent obstruction
173. Nonviolent occupation
Social Intervention
174. Establishing new social patterns
175. Overloading of facilities
176. Stall-in
177. Speak-in
178. Guerrilla theater
179. Alternative social institutions
180. Alternative communication system
Economic Intervention
181. Reverse Strike
182. Stay-in Strike
183. Nonviolent land seizure
184. Defiance of Blockades
185. Politically Motivated Counterfeiting
186. Preclusive Purchasing
187. Seizure of assets
188. Dumping
189. Selective patronage
190. Alternative markets
191. Alternative transportation systems
192. Alternative economic institutions
Political Intervention
193. Overloading of administrative systems
194. Disclosing identities of secret agents
195. Seeking imprisonment
196. Civil disobedience of “neutral” laws
197. Work-on without collaboration
198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government

45. And you’re not a part of it. What would you do?
Which tactic would you use to shift the power balance?
Here are some tactics that we will illustrate in this book.
Visualize
We say an image is worth a thousand words. Visualizing data or a shocking statistic in an
infographic can be extremely powerful. You can also portray what the world would be like, the
utopia you aspire to, as with the prophetic front page of a newspaper. Show, don’t tell.
Gather relevant data so that no one can deny the reality of the problem.
Data Mining
Leverage technology to crowdsource information in real time, geolocalize data, or create
useful wearables.
Tech 4 Good
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social media like Twitter and Facebook allow any
citizen to make noise and unite people around a cause. What was once an isolated individual
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with people. Humor
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
Naming
Gather relevant data so that no one can deny the real
Data Mining
Leverage technology to crowdsource information in re
useful wearables.
Tech 4 Good
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social me
citizen to make noise and unite people around a caus
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics ac
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on com
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a pre
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-d
New Skill
Gather relevant data so that no one can deny the reality of the problem.
Data Mining
Leverage technology to crowdsource information in real time, geolocalize data, or create
useful wearables.
Tech 4 Good
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social media like Twitter and Facebook allow any
citizen to make noise and unite people around a cause. What was once an isolated individual
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with people. Humor
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
Gather relevant data so that no one can d
Data Mining
Leverage technology to crowdsource info
useful wearables.
Tech 4 Good
Campaigning platforms like Change.org a
citizen to make noise and unite people ar
complaint online can now rally thousands
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making d
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise aware
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a na
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrup
Naming
Leverage technology to crowdsource information in
useful wearables.
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social
citizen to make noise and unite people around a ca
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on c
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a p
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide
show what a different world would be like. New me
become a storyteller.
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male
New Skill
Portray new role models and new stories of women
New Heroes
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a previously unnoticed p
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide a female gaze to a trad
show what a different world would be like. New media channels allow eac
become a storyteller.
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-dominated sectors.
New Skill
Portray new role models and new stories of women and men striving for p
New Heroes
Gather relevant data so that no one can deny the reality of the problem.
Data Mining
Leverage technology to crowdsource information in real time, geolocalize data, or create
useful wearables.
Tech 4 Good
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social media like Twitter and Facebook allow any
citizen to make noise and unite people around a cause. What was once an isolated individual
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with people. Humor
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a previously unnoticed phenomenon.
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide a female gaze to a traditional story,
show what a different world would be like. New media channels allow each of us to
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-dominated sectors.
New Skill
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with people. H
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a previously unnoticed phenomenon.
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide a female gaze to a traditional story,
show what a different world would be like. New media channels allow each of us to
become a storyteller.
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-dominated sectors.
New Skill
Portray new role models and new stories of women and men striving for peace and balan
New Heroes
citizen to make noise and unite people around a cause. What was once an iso
complaint online can now rally thousands.
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a previously unnoticed pheno
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide a female gaze to a tradition
show what a different world would be like. New media channels allow each of
become a storyteller.
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-dominated sectors.
New Skill
Portray new role models and new stories of women and men striving for peac
New Heroes
In a forum theater, actors perform a scene with a negative outcome. Audience members
become "spectActors" in order to solve the situation. This tactic was developed by the Theatre
of the Oppressed in Latin America in the 1970s.
Stage
Mainstream icons, famous actors and actresses, and heads of state openly supporting gender
equity is a strong method to invite these topics into mainstream media and to leverage their
visibility for a social impact.
Speak Up
Disseminating case studies, toolkits, and manuals with concrete tips and advice is a great way
to guide people.
Toolkit
Progressively infiltrate the power structures in order to switch the power balance from within.
This requires stamina and resilience.
Infiltrate
Affirmative action measures that impose a target for representation within the organization can
accelerate the diversity of leadership circles and help shatter the "glass ceiling," but they also
create tensions and frustrations within the organization.
Quotas
Attribute a mark or a rank to an organization according to its compliance with diversity
objectives.
Rate
Specific Communities
In a forum theater, actors perform a scene with a negative outcome. Audience membe
become "spectActors" in order to solve the situation. This tactic was developed by the
of the Oppressed in Latin America in the 1970s.
Stage
Mainstream icons, famous actors and actresses, and heads of state openly supporting
equity is a strong method to invite these topics into mainstream media and to leverage
visibility for a social impact.
Speak Up
Disseminating case studies, toolkits, and manuals with concrete tips and advice is a g
to guide people.
Toolkit
Progressively infiltrate the power structures in order to switch the power balance from
This requires stamina and resilience.
Infiltrate
Affirmative action measures that impose a target for representation within the organiz
accelerate the diversity of leadership circles and help shatter the "glass ceiling," but th
create tensions and frustrations within the organization.
Quotas
Attribute a mark or a rank to an organization according to its compliance with diversity
Rate
In a forum theater, actors perform a scene with a negative outcome. Audience members
become "spectActors" in order to solve the situation. This tactic was developed by the Theatre
of the Oppressed in Latin America in the 1970s.
Stage
Mainstream icons, famous actors and actresses, and heads of state openly supporting gender
equity is a strong method to invite these topics into mainstream media and to leverage their
visibility for a social impact.
Speak Up
Disseminating case studies, toolkits, and manuals with concrete tips and advice is a great way
to guide people.
Toolkit
Progressively infiltrate the power structures in order to switch the power balance from within.
This requires stamina and resilience.
Infiltrate
Quotas
In a forum theater, actors perform a scene with a negative outcome. Audience members
become "spectActors" in order to solve the situation. This tactic was developed by the Theatre
of the Oppressed in Latin America in the 1970s.
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equity is a strong method to invite these topics into mainstream media and to leverage their
visibility for a social impact.
Speak Up
Disseminating case studies, toolkits, and manuals with concrete tips and advice is a great way
to guide people.
Toolkit
Progressively infiltrate the power structures in order to switch the power balance from within.
This requires stamina and resilience.
Infiltrate
Affirmative action measures that impose a target for representation within the organization can
accelerate the diversity of leadership circles and help shatter the "glass ceiling," but they also
create tensions and frustrations within the organization.
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objectives.
Rate
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Infiltrate
Affirmative action measures that impose a target for representation within the organization can
accelerate the diversity of leadership circles and help shatter the "glass ceiling," but they also
create tensions and frustrations within the organization.
Quotas
Attribute a mark or a rank to an organization according to its compliance with diversity
objectives.
Rate
Refrain from buying products or using services from companies who do not respect your
values.
Boycott
Create thematic groups to grow confidence and strength before reclaiming the world next
door.
Specific Communities
Ban certain practices from an
Outlaw
Guerrilla activism costs little,
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but so
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
When women unite, they prov
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex s
Unite
Focus your protest or campa
system.
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Occupy a public and symboli
Occupy
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When women unite, they prove t
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strik
Unite
Ban certain practices from an organization, city, or country.
Outlaw
Guerrilla activism costs little, but, if well publicized, these actions create a viral effect.
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but sometimes you have to be a rebel. If you believe some rules are
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
When women unite, they prove that they are powerful. Remember, women paralyzed Iceland
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strike stopped the Peloponnesian Wars.
Unite
Focus your protest or campaign on a small but very symbolic illustration of the power
system.
Symbolic Claim
Occupy a public and symbolic place to raise awareness of an issue, for example Occupy
Wall Street, the Indignados in Madrid, or Nuit Debout in Paris.
Occupy
Guerrilla activism costs little, but, if well publicized, these actions create a viral effect.
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but sometimes you have to be a rebel. If you believe some rules are
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
Revolution represents a fundamental change in political power in a short period of time.
Revolution is a fast-paced tactic that creates massive wounds and extremely uncertain
outcomes.
Revolution
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strike stopped the Peloponnesian Wars.
Focus your protest or campaign on a small but very symbolic illustration of the power
system.
Symbolic Claim
Occupy a public and symbolic place to raise awareness of an issue, for example Occupy
Wall Street, the Indignados in Madrid, or Nuit Debout in Paris.
Occupy
Focus on growth. Learn. Question. Speak. Act.
Awareness
Gender imbalance can be perceived as a market opportunity to create products addressing
an unsatisfied need.
New Products
Ban certain practices from an organization, city, or country.
Outlaw
Guerrilla activism costs little, but, if well publicized, these actions create a viral effect.
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but sometimes you have to be a rebel. If you believe some rules
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
When women unite, they prove that they are powerful. Remember, women paralyzed Ic
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strike stopped the Peloponnesian Wars.
Unite
Focus your protest or campaign on a small but very symbolic illustration of the power
system.
Symbolic Claim
Occupy
not fair, why follow them?
Revolution represents a fundamental change in political power in a short period of time.
Revolution is a fast-paced tactic that creates massive wounds and extremely uncertain
outcomes.
Revolution
Occupy a public and symbolic place to raise awareness of an issue, for example Occupy
Wall Street, the Indignados in Madrid, or Nuit Debout in Paris.
Occupy
Focus on growth. Learn. Question. Speak. Act.
Awareness
Gender imbalance can be perceived as a market opportunity to create products addressing
an unsatisfied need.
New Products
Ban certain practices from an organiz
Outlaw
Guerrilla activism costs little, but, if w
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but sometimes
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
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Revolution
When women unite, they prove that t
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strike sto
Unite
Focus your protest or campaign on a
system.
Symbolic Claim
Occupy a public and symbolic place
Wall Street, the Indignados in Madrid
Occupy
Guerrilla activism costs little, but, if well publicized, these actions create a viral effect.
Street Action
It is good to be an ally but sometimes you have to be a rebel. If you believe some rules are
not fair, why follow them?
Disobey the Rules
Revolution represents a fundamental change in political power in a short period of time.
Revolution is a fast-paced tactic that creates massive wounds and extremely uncertain
outcomes.
Revolution
When women unite, they prove that they are powerful. Remember, women paralyzed Iceland
in 1975, and Lysistrata's sex strike stopped the Peloponnesian Wars.
Unite
Focus your protest or campaign on a small but very symbolic illustration of the power
system.
Symbolic Claim
Occupy a public and symbolic place to raise awareness of an issue, for example Occupy
Wall Street, the Indignados in Madrid, or Nuit Debout in Paris.
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an unsatisfied need.
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outcomes.
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Many changemakers use peaceful walks, civil resistance, and disobedience tactics to prove
their point and challenge the existing power structures.
Nonviolence
Invite others to put themselves in your shoes to be more aware of your reality.
Empathy
A true systemic change will only arise from a combination of these tactics triggered by a
symbolic event. It will require planning, strategy, and cooperation. If you are passionate about
changing the system, read Gene Sharp's groundbreaking work, From Dictatorship to
Democracy, or consult the Albert Einstein Institution, which lists 198 methods of nonviolent
action!
Reverse the roles to shed light on the incongruity of cultural rules.
Reverse
Instead of fighting the existing structure, create alternative models that become so
numerous that they dilute the old system in a sea of new ones.
Dilute
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JUST WEAPON. INDEED, IT IS A WEAPON
UNIQUE WHICH CUTS WITHOUT WOUNDING
AND ENNOBLES THE MAN WHO WIELDS IT.
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Many changemakers use peaceful walks, civil resistance, and disobedience tactics to prove
their point and challenge the existing power structures.
Nonviolence
Invite others to put themselves in your shoes to be more aware of your reality.
Empathy
A true systemic change will only arise from a combination of these tactics triggered by a
symbolic event. It will require planning, strategy, and cooperation. If you are passionate about
changing the system, read Gene Sharp's groundbreaking work, From Dictatorship to
Democracy, or consult the Albert Einstein Institution, which lists 198 methods of nonviolent
action!
Reverse the roles to shed light on the incongruity of cultural rules.
Reverse
Instead of fighting the existing structure, create alternative models that become so
numerous that they dilute the old system in a sea of new ones.
Dilute
NON-VIOLENCE IS A POWERFUL AND
JUST WEAPON. INDEED, IT IS A WEAPON
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their point and challenge the existing power structures.
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Now it's your turn!
Pick the topic you are most passionate about, choose one
comfortable with, and imagine what you could start!
The world is full of opportunities!
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46. A few example of solutions
we like

47. Some parents are leading campaigns to
fight back against gendered toys.
Campaigning platforms like Change.org and social media like Twitter and Facebook allow any
citizen to make noise and unite people around a cause. What was once an isolated individual
complaint online can now rally thousands.
The Power of the Crowd
Humor can defuse the situation, making dry topics accessible to connect with people. Humor
opens hearts and minds.
Humor
Leverage the power of play to raise awareness on complex issues.
Gaming
A simple yet powerful tactic is to give a name to a previously unnoticed phenomenon.
(Mansplaining, Manspreading, Manterrupting, etc.)
Naming
Choose a new angle to portray a problem, provide a female gaze to a traditional story,
show what a different world would be like. New media channels allow each of us to
become a storyteller.
Counter-storytelling
Train women in a new skill in order to infiltrate male-dominated sectors.
New Skill
Portray new role models and new stories of women and men striving for peace and balance.
New Heroes

48. Image: Mattel
Barbie and paired up with the organization
She Should Run to create a president doll.
Mattel has seen a 23% rise in sales after the
company changed Barbie from an exclusively
blond bombshell-style doll to one that represents
a variety of races and body types.
Parents are setting up new clothing brands.
Brands are starting to propose
gender-neutral toys.
Goldie Blox wants to inspire young girls to
become engineers.
In France, the Maydee application allows
individuals to track the time spent on
household chores and share it equally.

49. A new illustrated children’s book from iconic City Lights
Publishers, Rad American Women A-Z, offers kids the
chance to educate themselves on women’s history and
the alphabet at the same time.
Written by Kate Schatz and illustrated by Miriam Klein
Stahl, the book was inspired by Schatz’s two-year-old
daughter.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, which tells stories of
iconic women all around the world, has become the most
crowdfunded book on Kickstarter ever.
On A Mighty Girl's website, you can find
the world's largest collection of books,
toys, and movies for smart, confident,
and courageous girls.
And female superheroes are starting to become mainstream.
Source: Cynthia Sousa (aka Themat)
Wonder Woman became the 11th superhero movie in history
to pass $800 million at the global box office.
This success is important because superheroes promote the
idea that anyone can do good deeds, that hidden talents lie in
us all, and that one person can make a difference. And they
validate our sense of justice.

50. New media has been a game-changer for feminism.
Les Internettes is a collective of women producing videos.
The Washington Post launched The Lily, a new publication for millennial women with a
mission to inform, empower and expose diverse voices and perspectives. Vice and
Unilever teamed up to launch Broadly, a female-focused channel.
BitchMedia's mission is to provide and encourage an engaged, thoughtful feminist
response to media and popular culture.
We are the XX is a media collective featuring women’s stories.
Many feminist podcasts are rocking the scene, like Sex Nerd Sandra, Women of the Hour
with
Lena Dunham, the Guilty Feminist, Black Girls Talking or, in France, La Poudre.

51. DON
THE
BEC
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– Jell
And we need more female storytellers!
We need to show the world through a woman’s lens.
Global Girl Media teaches young girls to be citizen journalists.
Lensational uses recycled and donated cameras to organize photograph
for underserved women, allowing them to capture their world and tell th
Women whose voices are rarely heard, from domestic helpers in Hong Kong to
of sex workers in Pakistan, are taking photos thanks to Lensational’s photogra

52. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the 2011
award-winning documentary Miss Representation exposes how
mainstream media and culture is selling young people the idea that girls’
and women’s value lies in their youth, beauty, and sexuality rather than
their capacity as leaders.
Following the documentary, The Representation Project
launched different social media campaigns.
And they even released the Notbuying it app where users
can upload sexist or inspiring media they see, scroll through
images posted by others, and
immediately let brands on Twitter know how they feel!
The impact of the campaign was massive.

53. ups of women are debating, let’s call it
ne police” women.
vide unsolicited instructions for how others should look, think, and act.
And dismissing it all as if it did not
matter.
to you if you were not so aggressive / angry / hysterical …”
ou when you have calmed down.”
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In French as well.
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Humour is powerful.

54. When leadership skill is seen as a
turn-off.
When we unconsciously shame women for
their behavior.
When being strong is a burden. When we associate strength and courage
with masculinity.
Visualize
As is speaking up and
visualizing.

55. New speakers’ bureaux are exclusively dedicated to find more diverse speakers.
Bulbula is a free online directory of
brilliant female commentators and
speakers from the Middle East, North
Africa, and South Asia. Bulbula brings
these diverse voices to a wider audience,
connecting them with journalists,
producers, and bookers in a dynamic
meeting of cultures.
Data Mining Infiltrate

56. anspreading.
n
eby
and
New YorkIn Paris, a feminist group decided to
rename 60 streets in honor of women.
The idea was to raise awareness and to
show the world as it should be.
Now led by a female mayor, Paris is trying to
assign female names to its new streets.
Some artists also redesigned Paris and
New York subway maps exclusively with
female station names.
“It’s a map that reflects the remarkable history
of charismatic women who have shaped New
York City from the beginning,” wrote author
Rebecca Solnit In her new book Nonstop
Metropolis: A New York City Atlas.
Visualize Street Action
violence (and not only about pickpockets or
minding the gap).
In Cairo, Harassmap helps to geolocalize street harassment in
real time to identify the most dangerous streets and to work in
collaboration with shopkeepers and residents.
Harassmap recently trained male Uber drivers about recognizing,
preventing, and taking positive action against sexual
harassment.
In the US, Hollaback app allows users to
share stories of street harassment.
How to build fairer cities?
The project Womenability has been searching the
world for solutions to urban challenges.
Like exploratory walks allowing citizens to
explore a neighborhood and assess its needs.
Exploratory walks were created at the beginning of
the 1990s in Montreal by METRAC2 to help prevent
violence targeted at women and children. Since
then the approach has been broadened into a

57. In India, the Why Loiter initiative is re-occupying public space.
Being in a public space without any apparent reason is not appropriate for females.
So women gather in cafes, public benches, or beaches and post photos of themselves on
When society wants to keep a woman safe, it never chooses to make public spaces safe for
her.
It instead tries to limit her right to this space.
It highlights the way in which the media, as well as general discourse, tends to focus on the
dangers that face women who “dare to cross prescribed lines.”
As Rosa Parks once defied city law by refusing to give up
her bus seat to a white passenger, why not use men’s
bathrooms if the line for women’s bathrooms is too long?
Some activists advocate for gender-neutral bathrooms.

58. n the country who are doing their thing no
ven how red their face gets.
Women Win is the global leader in girls’
empowerment through sports. They leverage
the power of play to help girls build leadership
skills and become better equipped to exercise
their rights.
Boxgirls develops programs to support women
and girls in developing life skills, learning
self-defense and de-escalation strategies, and
becoming leaders in their schools and
communities.
SheFighter is the first self-defense studio for
women in Jordan and the Middle East,
designed to empower women both physically
and physiologically through self-defense
training. SheFighter’s self-defense techniques
give women the opportunity to learn to defend
themselves in difficult situations as well as
build up their self-esteem.
Skateistan is a global community of
supporters, staff, students, and skaters who
New Skill
Skateistan is a global community of
supporters, staff, students, and skaters who
share the dream of empowering youth through
skateboarding and education.

59. CANADA NEEDS MORE
WOMEN FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS MAKING
—
SUCCEED.
DECISION IN OTTAWA
BECAUSE WHEN WOMEN
SUCCEED, WE ALL
— Justin Trudeau
In the US, the collective Leadarise
teaches girls how to be a future leader.
In the UK, The Parliament Project
runs workshops to encourage women
to get into politics.
In Tunisia, Aswat Nisaa is training young
women to speak in public and take a
political lead. It also helps political parties
to take greater account of women’s rights in
their programs.
Specific Communities New Skill
In Lebanon, Women in Front is also
encouraging Lebanese women to take
part and become catalysts of change in
Lebanese politics.
She Should Run provides a network for
women leaders considering a future run
for office.
She Should Run encourages American
citizens to nominate women they know to run
for office.

60. MAKERS' podcast showcases a collection of
inspiring women's stories.
improve college women’s perception of their leadership abilities and career ambitions
(Asgari et al., 2012).
Exposure to counter-stereotypical role models can actually reduce the effects of
stereotypical thinking in completely different settings (Leicht et al., 2014).
Women’s advancement is strongly linked to board-level gender diversity (Skaggs et al.,
2012).
When women are in top leadership positions, women are more likely to be promoted to
leadership.
#JamaisSansElles is a French movement promoted by leaders from media, education,
politics, and business who refuse to be part of debates if women are not included.
In France, the feminist collective La Barbe (The Beard) wants to make male domination
in the fields of leadership more visible. Their members, wearing a fake beard, invade
all-male board meetings or panels and stand behind them to mock the situation.

61. The Coaching Fellowship provides pro bono
executive coaching for extraordinary young
women leaders globally.
Wedu’s mission is to unlock the leadership
potential of women in Asia by providing them
with lifelong mentorship and innovative
financing options to complete higher
education and become change-makers in their
communities.
The Cherie Blair Foundation For Women matches women in developing and emerging
countries with male and female mentors around the world.
The Nawaya Network is a Lebanese nonprofit organization that empowers youth from
marginalized backgrounds through training, innovation, and talent development.
Empow’her supports women's empowerment through entrepreneurship. They provide
Specific CommunitiesNew Skill
The Coaching Fellowship provides pro bono
executive coaching for extraordinary young
women leaders globally.
Wedu’s mission is to unlock the leadership
potential of women in Asia by providing them
with lifelong mentorship and innovative
financing options to complete higher
education and become change-makers in their
communities.
The Cherie Blair Foundation For Women matches women in developing and emerging
countries with male and female mentors around the world.
The Nawaya Network is a Lebanese nonprofit organization that empowers youth from
marginalized backgrounds through training, innovation, and talent development.
Empow’her supports women's empowerment through entrepreneurship. They provide
Specific CommunitiesNew Skill

62. Glowork is the first website and movement
dedicated to female recruitment in the Gulf
States and the most innovative enabler when it
comes to creating equal opportunities for
women.
Apres facilitates the reintegration of women into the workforce.
Katharine Zaleski and Milena Berry founded Power to Fly to help connect women
around the world to tech jobs they could do remotely.
In Saudi Arabia, women represent only 15% of the
workforce even though 60% of women have PhD
degrees (Source: Booz & Co, study conducted in
2008).

63. ompleting Girls Who Invest's rigorous
ram, talented and motivated women will
well prepared to enter the industry across
sset classes, including public and private
ty, fixed income, credit, hedge funds, real
te, and infrastructure.
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Global Invest Her demystifies the funding
process so women entrepreneurs become
investor-ready and get funded faster. Global
Invest Her offers community-based learning,
webinars, and one-on-one mentoring.
Some programs offer microfinance and loans
especially dedicated to women, like Catapult
or Women’s Worldwide Web.
By completing Girls Who Invest's rigorous
program, talented and motivated women will
be well prepared to enter the industry across
all asset classes, including public and private
equity, fixed income, credit, hedge funds, real
estate, and infrastructure.
She EO’s model brings together 500 women
Activators in each cohort, who each
contribute $1100 as an act of radical
generosity.
The money is pooled together and loaned out at low interest rate to 5 women-led ventures
selected by the activators. All ventures are revenue-generating with export potential and
create a better world through their business model or their product or service. Loans are paid
back into the fund over 5 years and then loaned out again, which creates a perpetual fund to
Pipeline Fellowship, an angel investing bootcamp
for women, works to increase diversity in the U.S.
angel investing community and to create capital for
women social entrepreneurs.
The time commitment is approximately two full days
per month for six months for a fee of $4,500. Each
Pipeline Fellow commits to invest $5,000 in the same
woman-led for-profit social venture at the end of the
program.
In 2014, only 26% of U.S. angel investors were women and only 8% were minorities,
according to the Center for Venture Research.
37 Angels is a community of women investors whose mission is to educate early stage
investors.

64. YOU GET
IN LIFE WHAT
YOU HAVE THE
COURAGE TO
ASK FOR.
— Oprah Winfrey
Since benefits and subsequent raises are generally based on initial wages, a lower starting
salary could mean a lifetime of lower compensation and retirement benefits.
Because most employers have some latitude when it comes to salaries, negotiating your
salary can pay off.
Knowing what your skills are worth, making clear what you bring to the table, emphasizing
common goals, and maintaining a positive attitude are some negotiation tactics that have
been shown to be effective for women (Babcock & Laschever, 2008).
Some websites train female employees to better negotiate their salary.
New Skill Unite Speak up

65. diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry. Their website offers an exhaustive list of
advice and tips for companies willing to take inclusion seriously.
Many organizations teach girls how to code.
Code to Inspire strengthens, inspires, and
empowers women in Afghanistan through
technology education.
Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization
that provides affordable opportunities for
women interested in learning web and
software development.
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician who was the first to recognise that computers
had applications beyond pure calculations. As a result, she is regarded as the first computer
programmer.
It is time to celebrate women scientists and inventors.
When girls are shown what engineers do, 76% of them become interested in engineering.
Grace Hopper was a computer scientist and US Navy Admiral. She was the first to use the
term “debugging” for fixing computer problems. Hopper developed the first working compiler
and developed COBOL, a programming language still in use today.
The movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American female mathematicians who
worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.
Rana El-Kaliouby (born 1978) is an Egyptian-born American computer scientist and
entrepreneur. She focuses on facial expression recognition research, which is a subset of
facial recognition designed to identify the emotion being expressed by the face.
The blog Women Are Boring is filled with thought-provoking research done by women, in
every field from arts and politics, to science and technology.

66. Open, honest, and sex-positive, the Love Matters
program is the global leader in delivering
information and media on safe and satisfying sex
to 18-30-year-olds in geographic areas where this
information can be taboo.
Many innovative sex education programs flourish around the world.
Even Pornhub has launched a new sex ed site!
Laci Green is an American YouTube personality,
video blogger, sex educator, and activist. She has
hosted online sex education content on behalf of
New Skill

67. The Period Game is designed to teach participants
about what is happening within the female body and
how to “go with the flow.”
It utilizes abstracted representations of the female
reproductive system, PMS symptoms, and various forms of
sanitary protection to introduce players to these ideas.
SOME INITIATIVES ALSO WORK TO BREAK THE
TABOO ON MENSTRUATION
Menstrupedia Comic is a complete guide
on periods designed by Menstrupedia that
is in use by more than 30 schools across
India. The books are being distributed in
other countries like Nepal, South America,
and Nigeria.
Others are developing products adapted to women’s needs.
THINX launched period-proof underwear that protects you
from leaks and keeps you feeling dry. And they are famous for
their provocative communication.

68. Eve by Glow is a savvy period tracker and sex app for
women who want to take control of their health and
sex lives.
Clue is designed to make tracking your fertility
accurate, fast, and friendly.
Keep track of your monthly cycle by entering data about your period, pain, mood, fluid, sexual
silicone, the menstrual cup is safe, comfortable,
and hygienic.
MANY PROJECTS LEVERAGE FEM TECH
Glow is the world's best period and ovulation
tracker and fertility calendar app.
GIRLS ARE LIKE SUPERHEROES,
WHO ELSE COULD BLEED FOR FIVE
DAYS AND NOT DIE?

69. AND WOMEN ARE NOW DEVELOPING
THEIR OWN SEX TOYS
Pulse is an innovative personal lubricant
dispenser that delivers your choice of water
or silicone-based lubricants pre-warmed
and mess free.
IT IS MY OBSERVATION
THE MOST INNOVATIVE,
DISRUPTIVE THINGS IN
SEX TECH TODAY
ARE COMING FROM WOMEN.
BECAUSE WE ARE
FINALLY OWNING
OUR SEXUALITY.
AND FINDING REALLY
INNOVATIVE WAYS TO
LEVERAGE IT. AS I LIKE
TO SAY, WOMEN
CHALLENGE THE STATUS
QUO BECAUSE THEY
ARE NEVER IT.
— Cindy Gallop
Dame Products was founded by smart
women to make phenomenal sex toys.

70. YOU CAN ALSO DISCOVER FEMINIST PORN
make better porn!”
nderstand more about women’s pleasure.
on exploration of women’s sexual pleasure based on new
en simulations so you can try it all yourself.
and research to take a clear-headed look at the many nuances
sdom
n't

71. Project Consent is an international nonprofit campaign that combats sexual assault
and rape culture by raising awareness and spreading education.
Doesn’t mean I owe you campaign by the Avalon Sexual Assault Center in Canada
raises awareness of entitlement, misogyny, language, coercion, consent, and bodily
autonomy.
Humor Awareness

72. Technology is also offering new apps fostering women’s safety.
Circle of 6 allows you to identify 6 close
contacts to alert in case of danger.
Lifeline Response allows your phone to trigger
an alarm system and call the authorities.
Safetipin crowdsources information based on
nine factors in order to measure how safe the area
in question is. These factors are lighting,
openness, visibility, people density, security,
walking paths, transportation in the area, gender,
and feeling.
Safetipin is expanding its international presence. The app is already
operational in Jakarta, Nairobi, Bogota, and Manila, and data
Tech 4 Good

73. — Aziz Ansari
In the UK, the All Man series visits ultra-male worlds to explore how contemporary
masculinity shapes the lives and expectations of men in Britain today.
IS ROOM FOR ALL KINDS OF
NCLUDING TOUGH GUYS, AS LONG
n Perry turns around to look at men with
men would make the world a better
ht the old, macho, outdated version of
nt idea of what makes a man?
ok, is not to abandon masculinity
rry points to a new model of manhood, a
Barack Obama and David Beckham.

74. American universities are starting to offer courses for men to deconstruct toxic
masculinities.
Creating positive ideas of manhood.
The Duke Men’s Project offers a nine-week
program that discusses male privilege,
patriarchy, the language of dominance, rape
culture, pornography, machismo, and other
topics.
In Lebanon, ABAAD is campaigning to
challenge the traditional view of masculinity.
Abaad Men’s Center aims to improve men’s reactions and
emotions due to daily stress, and to support them in better dealing
with and managing this stress.
New Skill Toolkit

75. experiences growing up, including peer pressure, his first sexual relationship, his first
job, and becoming a father.
In Rwanda, Brazil and elsewhere, Promundo is engaging fathers via prenatal visits.
The video is designed to engage young men, educators, and health professionals in critical
reflections about rigid models of masculinity and how they influence young men’s attitudes
and behaviors.
MenCare is a global fatherhood campaign
active in more than 40 countries on five
continents. Their mission is to promote men’s
involvement as equitable, non-violent fathers
and caregivers in order to achieve family
well-being, gender equality, and better health
for mothers, fathers, and children.
Each year, MenCare releases the "State of the
World’s Fathers" report to engage fathers to be
more active in unpaid care.

76. What can you do?
• Download the book! It is free!
• Share it with your family / friends /
colleagues.
• Have a conversation about the topic.
• Pick one tactic you like, one subject you
are passionate about and implement your
own initiative!