The Manual for Facilitators of Male Advocate Clubs to Prevent

Violence against Women and Girls: Transforming masculinities and building respectful and equal relationships with women was developed by adapting existing evidence informed manuals for the local Vietnamese context. This male advocacy intervention takes a primary prevention approach in that it addresses the underlying causes and risk factors for VAWG perpetration and empowers men to adopt non-violent masculinities and gender equitable attitudes, as well as strengthening their relationship, communication, and conflict resolution skills. This manual was successful piloted by Partners for Prevention UN Asia and the Pacific Regional Programme (P4P), UN Women Viet Nam and Da Nang Women’s Union in 2 communities in Da Nang city in 2015-2016.