Fanelo Ya Mina is a Mozambican women led non-profit organization, established in 2011. Today, Fanelo Ya Mina has established a growing presence in Mozambique and plays an active role internationally. Fanelo Ya Mina works to ensure that girls and boys, women and men enjoy the full benefits of gender justice and human rights.
Who We Are
Fanelo Ya Mina means – Our Duty!
Our duty for the promotion of a gender equitable society is what drives us! Due to the plight of many women throughout the World, we decided to create an organization with a vast scope of interventions among them – the involvement of men and boys – in the creation of a favorable living society in which both genders are allowed to realize the highest ideals of human development through the expression of gender equality.
Upcoming Events
Find here our lastest activities, news and events including external events in which we participate.
FYM Gendertech Launch | October 2023 | Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & Exhibition 2023 | 27 – 28 September 2023 | Maputo, Mozambique
Focus Areas
Fanelo Ya Mina implements a holistic and very comprehensive model based on transformative gender approaches that address four (4) strategic areas of focus in which men and boys play a critical interchangeable role:
Responsible Fatherhood
Responsible fatherhood is essential for the development of children and for building families and societies.
Advocacy and Monitoring of Gender Equity Policy
Public policies and engagement with the public sector are central to the goal of scaling-up men engagement work.
Institutional Capacity Building
We try to keep abreast of latest development and the updated research results herefore, we keep on equipping ourselves with new knowledge.
Gender Based Violence and HIV & AIDS
Gender inequalities make women and girls more vulnerable to contracting HIV and leave them with an additional burden of caring for those who are ill, as well as for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC).
Policy
Agenda
The issue of gender equality was placed on the policy agenda by women. The reason is obvious: its women who are disadvantaged by the main patterns of gender inequality and the patriarchal dividend and who therefore have the claim to redress.
Trainings on Gender
Transformative Approches
Engaging men in gender equality directly impacts on the spread and effects of HIV and AIDS. Also, the intersections between GBV and HIV are clear as GBV not only results in ill health, but also contributes to the spread of HIV.
Working side-by-side
with Mozambican cabinet
Working side-by-side the Mozambican cabinet to change structural practices: adopting policies, procedures and organizational practices that support efforts to increase men’s involvement.
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Responsible Fatherhood Project
Responsible fatherhood is essential for the development of children and for building families and societies that better reflect gender equity and protect children’s rights. In Mozambique, work that relates to caregiving remains dominated by females.This places a great burden on women and also perpetuates norms about the “incapacity” of men to care for themselves and for others.
Levas-me à escola e ajudas-me com o TPC
My dad cares. You are my father campaign / Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
És presente desde o início
My dad cares. You are my father campaign/ Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Levas-me ao hospital quando estou doente.
My dad cares. You are my father campaign / Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Adoro a tua companhia e fazes-me sentir seguro
My dad cares. You are my father campaign/ Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Estás presente em todos os momentos.
My dad cares. You are my father campaign/ Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Levas-me a passear e brincas comigo.
My dad cares. You are my father campaign/ Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Fazes-me sonhar és o meu herói.
My dad cares. You are my father campaign/ Campanha: ``O meu pai cuida, tu és o meu papá``
Where we
Work
Our Work
We engage men and boys – as partners and agents of change – on ways to promote gender equality, social justice and well-being for all – women, girls, children and men themselves.
Latest Activities
Educating health and social service providers to adopt gender transformative and synchronized approaches
educating providers about male engagement so they can transmit skills and knowledge to others. Teaching providers to encourage and support men to participate in critical areas of pre- and post-natal care and early childhood, as an example.
Mobilizing community members, groups and individuals to develop coherent strategies for promoting constructive male involvement.
educating community members and groups about the negative impact of the absence of a male figure in a child’s life and ways they can support individuals to take actions that promote responsible fatherhood and caregiving.
Influencing policy legislation at the societal level
developing strategies to change laws and policies to influence outcomes.
