Masculinidades & Género em Mocambique

Initial rites are a very important cultural component in the process towards the definition of the identity of some communities in Mozambique. It is during this process that values are transmitted defining how boys and girls will behave in future, not only from a social perspective, but also in terms of their sexuality. However, this process embodies dangerous elements to the lives of women and they violate their human rights. This also happens to the boys. Therefore, the documentary “Initial Rites – The Dark Side” that we have produced, clearly portraits the drama in which women live in relation to sexual collective and systematic violations that they suffer in the name of culture during the male initial rites in the north of Mozambique and the enormous injustice practices they suffer from their partners, the community, justice institutions, among others in order to call the attention of the whole society in general as well as from the relevant entities to end this...

Momentos das premiacoes em Johannesburg

Numa cerimonia promovida pela GenderLinks e marcada pela presenca de varias personalidades da Africa Austral incluindo renomados editores, produtores, reporteres e apresentadores de televisao, O Documentario "RITOS DE INICIACAO - O LADO ESCURO" venceu na passada Quarta-Feira a noite o premio de Melhor trabalho de conteudo de Media na categoria de Televisao a nivel da Africa Austral. Gilberto Macuacua editor e apresentador do programa Homem que e Homem da Televisao de Mocambique, que produziu este documentario  recebeu o premio em JHB das maos da senhora Mireille Martin - Ministra da Igualdade de Genero, Desenvolmento da Crianca e da Familia das Mauricias .