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White Ribbon is pleased to announce a unique way for you to shop and support our efforts to end violence against women.

Everything you ever need to buy, you can find at the recently launched online "mall" called We-Care.com.

This is an incredible way to support White Ribbon Campaign as a percentage of every purchase at over 600+ retailers and service providers comes to White Ribbon Campaign.

Please spread the word and ask your friends, colleagues and business contacts to shop and help raise money with no effort! Percentages vary with each store.

Check out whiteribbon.we-care.com for more information.

Summers at WRC were once a bit of a lull, a break before we geared up for the exciting fall campaign period. These days, the staff and volunteers have never been busier. .

Here is a quick run down of some of the projects we are working on.

Engaging Men - Mexico City

Engaging men and boys in the prevention of the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.
Mexico City, August 4-5

As a member of the global MenEngage alliance, WRC is taking the lead on bringing together international experts working on the advancement of gender equality through work with men and boys, and those concerned with eliminating the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in Mexico City this August.

This will be the first time these networks gather to explicitly look at the positive role men and boys can play in the prevention of this global epidemic.

The goal of this meeting is to identify and prioritize an action agenda for engaging men and boys in combating sexual exploitation and violence against children. The concepts, methods, experience and lessons learnt from work which promotes critical reflection on masculinity founded on equity and human rights as well as the White Paper developed by MenEngage will serve as a base for generating the exchange among actors who will consider how to extend work to address that actively engages men and boys in the prevention of sexual exploitation and sexual violence.

This opportunity for reflection and exchange of experiences, lessons learned and challenges faced will contribute invaluable learning for the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children, in which conceptual tools and strategies to combat CSEC globally in coming years will be redefined and adjusted; and as follow up to the White Paper developed by MenEngage.

Stay tuned for a post-meeting update.

Equal Relationships Project

The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) and Le Centre ontarien de prevention des agressions (COPA) are proud to submit this Request For Proposals (RFP) for Agencies to develop an internet-based, social media awareness campaign aimed at:

Coaching boys (age 8 – 14) into manhood through an internet based, social media awareness campaign and comprehensive supporting website that encourages, empowers, inspires, and supports men in valuing women as equals, showing empathy, and teaching the skills and benefits of healthy and equal relationships.

We have learned that men have a willingness to work to end VAW by talking with young people in their lives. Often they lack the tools and support to accomplish this and it is our hope that the Equal Relationships Project will provide those tools and support.

This project is still in the planning stages but will be launched in the spring 2009.

Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 29th, 2008

To read the RFP in its entirety, please download a PDF copy at the follow links:

English: WRC/COPA RFP English PDF
French: WRC/COPA RFP Francais PDF

Common Gound Project with YWCA

YWCA Toronto and the White Ribbon Campaign will join forces to link emerging leaders and youth in our first ever attempt to create common ground on the issues of gender based violence among high school school-aged youth.

Full details are available on our blog ourfuturehasnoviolenecagainstwomen.blogspot.com.