Programme

09h00 - 09h30 Welcome to participants

09h30 - 10h00
Welcome/Opening Session – FEUC Director, Tatiana Moura/Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES and Flávio Landim/MenTalks

10h00 -11h00 International context & Report Launch - State of Fatherhood and Caregiving in Portugal: the way forward
Gary Barker: Masculinities in Perspective and Importance of SOWF (video)
Tatiana Moura
Marta Mascarenhas
Milena do Carmo

11h00 -11h15: Break

11h15 – 13h00 – Panel 1: Studies and public policies on masculinities in the Portuguese context
Participants:
Virginia Ferreira – FEUC/CES: Paths of gender equality studies in Portugal
Miguel Vale de Almeida (video) – CRIA Researcher – ISCTE – Studies on Masculinities: the beginning
Manuel Albano CIG: Equality policies with a focus on masculinities
Carla Tavares CITE: Shared care practices as a path to equality
Moderator: Tatiana Moura

13h00 – 14h15        Lunch

14h15 – 16h00 – Panel 2: Absences, masculinities and margins: conceptual and political challenges
Participants:
Bakea Alonso – Co-coordinator of the MenEngage Network, Fundación CEPAIM: Masculinities and Public Policies. The Spanish Experience
Caynnan de Camargo Santos – CES/UC: Contemporary masculinities: reaction and/or prefiguration (?)
Airton César Monteiro – Communicator and Social Agitator – The affirmation of masculinities in the peripheries
António Brito Guterres – A Life Just Isn't Enough: Youths' paths after coming into contact with Educational Guardianship Justice and the territorial vision in current public policies
Moderator: Paula Cardoso – Journalist, content producer and anti-racist activist

Parallel Sessions

16h00 – 17h00
Session 1: Men's involvement in care practices: Healthcare professionals promoting caregiving masculinities in early childhood
Participants:
Mário JDS Santos, Expert in social studies on birth, ISCTE/IUL: Men and caring: the transition to fatherhood as an opportunity for other masculinities.
Telma Vidinha, Nurse: Paternity in Nursing
Maria Neto, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra /ESEnfC: The PARENT Experience and the Involvement of men in healthcare
Moderator: Patrícia Ferreira, Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES

Session 2: Deconstructing stereotypes: Educators as agents of change
Participants:
Sofia Gonçalves, (ESEC, Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES): Project KINDER research and action
Raquel Maricato, Educator at JISASUC: KINDER in schools: what has changed?
Ricardo Higuera (MenTalks) and Cristina Figueira (No Bully), “Projeto Quem Conta És Tu" (versions I and II)
Ana Pires - Achimpa Project - Associação Unificar: “Achimpa - (RE)construct meanings”
Moderator: Alexandre de Sousa Carvalho, Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES

Session 3: Decoding Masculinities: Media and Masculinities in Portugal
Participants:
Sofia José Santos, FEUC/ Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES: Project Decode-M
Júlia Garraio, Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES: Project UncoveR Project: media landscapes on sexual violence in Portugal):
Inês Amaral, FLUC/Observatório Masculinidades.pt: MyGender – Mediated young adults’ practices: advancing gender justice in and across mobile apps
Moderator: Maria João Faustino, CES

Session 4: Violence, Empathy and Masculinities
Participants:
Marta Mascarenhas, Observatório Masculinidades.pt/CES: Masculinities, Empathy and Violence Prevention – X-MEN Project Recommendations
Ana Rita Brito (Akto): Challenges of Reception and Protection Centers for Children and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
Flávio Landim and Caio Monteiro MenTalks – Experience in deconstructing masculinities: Men's reflection groups.
Moderator: Ricardo Loureiro, CIG

17h00 -18h00 Future perspectives on masculinities. Conclusions & Closing Session
Ashanti Branch (Founder and Executive Director of Ever Forward): How to remove the mask (video)
Jonatan Benebgui (Men Talks): Politicize feelings, sensitize political action
Tatiana Moura: Future paths in research and action in the field of masculinities: summary of the day