GOVERNMENTS, NGOs, COMMUNITY & WOMEN’S GROUPS
Dr. Kaufman has worked around the world with national, state, provincial, and municipal governments and social service agencies. He’s worked with community-based organizations and international NGOs such as OXFAM, Amnesty International, Save the Children, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Society.
He provides three types of services to these clients:
- Talks: Educational and inspirational talks at conferences and meetings on gender equality, ending violence against women, and promoting new roles for men.
- Strategic programming & training: strategic programming and training workshops to develop successful strategies to end violence against women, in particular through the engagement of men and boys. Another, broader, focus is on engaging men and boys to promote gender equality.
- Internal Training & Coaching to Prevent Workplace Harassment: Innovative training with staff and managers to prevent sexual harassment and to promote gender sensitivity and gender equality.
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1. TALKS
Michael Kaufman is known for his powerful talks at conferences and meetings. Drawing on his roots in storytelling, his research, and his work around the world, Michael weaves together humor, stories, and clear analysis for an event that is educational and entertaining, positive and inspiring..
Topics include:
- Mantalk! Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence Against Women. Far too many women face a grave threat each and every day. How can we end physical, sexual, and emotional violence against women? This talk, drawing on Michael Kaufman’s pioneering work around the world and his role as co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign, analyzes the root causes of this violence and charts an optimistic pathway for women and men to work together to end the violence
- Men and Women: Working Together for [a] Change. Between women and men, the rules have changed. This talk addresses mis-communication, confusion, fear, and anger. It also addresses the inequality and violation of human rights far too many women and girls still experience, but also, paradoxically, the price men have paid for our ideas of manhood. We explore not only how society as a whole can become a fairer, safer, and healthier place for women, but also how men’s lives can also change in a positive way.
- Red Light / Green Light: A Positive Approach for Ending Sexual Harassment. Let’s get beyond the misunderstandings, simplistic rules, and rigid categories. This talk creates a positive environment where men can drop any defensiveness and work alongside women to learn about the costs of sexual harassment for the workplace and for individual women and men. Most importantly, it helps us all learn to identify the problem, in particular, the subtle forms of harassment, and find practical ways to prevent harassment or respond in productive ways if it does take place.
- How We Can Raise Our Sons to Be Good Men. In spite of positive changes in recent years, we’re still raising our sons to be the boss, to tough it out, to be in control, to show no emotions, and to always be the winner. Not only does this cause terrible problems for women, but it sets boys up for failure for these are ideals that no boy or man can live up to. This inspiring and positive talk helps parents and teachers, clergy and coaches see how we can do a much better job.
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2. STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
If we don’t reach men and boys, we won’t stop violence against women. How can government institutions and service providers, working alongside non-governmental and community organizations, develop comprehensive programs to involve men and boys? How do we reach men at the workplace, in the community, in religious institutions? How do we involve boys in schools?
In this one- or two-day training program, Michael draws on his experience as co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest effort in the world of men working to end violence against women.
Often this training brings together service providers, women working in shelters and crisis centers, health-care professionals, educators, clergy, media representatives, police and prosecutors, child-support workers, and psychologists. We start with an exploration of the reasons why some men use violence in their relationships and why most other men have remained silent about this violence. Then, drawing on this framework, we develop an understanding about how best to productively engage men and boys in order to stop the violence. The final portion of the training is to develop concrete action plans to take forward this work.
In addition to individual workshops, Michael is often invited to lead a wide-range of activities. For example:
- During one ten day period in Sweden, he gave talks and led day-long workshops for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Red Cross, the Stockholm police, a private sector leadership organization, a country-wide men’s network, and one municipality.
- During two weeks in Italy, he did an eight-city tour organized by municipalities and women’s NGOs where he spoke in schools, did teacher training, spoke to city councils and, along with city officials, did media appearances.
- In the United States, on separate occasions in California, Ohio and Alaska, he has done both municipal and state-wide training workshops. In some cases, these were one- or two-day workshops of social workers, state employees, teachers, police, women’s shelter staff, clergy, and others involved in issues relating to violence against women.
- In Turkey, he conducted a one-day training conference for deputy-ministers of health, social services, and security from each of the countries 81 provinces and, during these visits, has also conducted smaller, more intensive two-day workshops.
- On tours sponsored by national, state, or local governments in Japan and China, Latvia and Estonia, South Korea and Singapore, for example, he has carried out diverse programs that often included speaking at conferences, one- or two-day workshops, media appearances, and meetings with policy makers.
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3. INTERNAL TRAINING & COACHING TO PREVENT WORKPLACE HARASSMENT
Dr. Kaufman’s interactive and engaging workplace training and coaching focuses on preventing sexual harassment and promoting gender sensitivity.
Sexual harassment, poisoned work environments, and an inability to fully and respectfully integrate women are a problem in workplaces around the world.
The costs are many: harassment can lead to low morale, high legal fees, lost productivity, poor public image, and a workplace that pits some employees against others. Workplaces where women are not treated with respect and fairness lead to absenteeism, poor performance, and high turnover.
Unearthing the causes of these problems requires more than policy or a complaints procedure. It requires staff, managers, and union representatives to understand attitudes and behaviors that lead to unlawful, disruptive, or unwelcome behavior. It requires they know the positive role they can play in ensuring human rights at the workplace.
He draws on his “Red light / Yellow Light / Green Light” framework to give individuals a flexible tool to assess their own behavior and make good decisions about their workplace relationships. The result is greater empathy, self-knowledge and a willingness to engage in constructive dialogue.
Michael Kaufman customizes his training packages for management and staff, with training sessions lasting from one-half to four days. Managers are usually trained separately to allow a focus on their particular responsibilities and to give them the practical tools they need to prevent and respond to harassment and promote gender equality. He also provides one-on-one coaching to managers and to individuals who’ve been found responsible for workplace harassment.
As well, Dr. Kaufman also designs on-line training packages. He was the lead author and content designer of the on-line training on sexual harassment, harassment, and abuse of authority for 55,000 United Nation’s staff and managers..
Want to read more? ”Effective Solutions for Ending Sexual Harassment at the Workplace” is a short article that looks at the three keys for ending sexual harassment.
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