Project Name:    Men Peace Building Project  (MPBP)
Location:      Mazar-e-Sharif       
Duration:      Six months      
Start Date:      December 2007
End Date:      May 2008
Beneficiaries:     900 men
Funded by:      Women Kind

Project goals:
•    To run peace education workshops and community awareness building programs for men in Mazar-e-Sharif and its districts
•    To develop and disseminate peace education materials amongst the beneficiaries

Project objectives:
•     To reduce violence against women by using a holistic family approach
•    To support encourage  men to understand the needs  of the women in their families

Major Activities:
In December 2007,men's peace education workshop were organized and relevant materials on social,individual and domestic violence were distributed these activities  resulted in positive changes in people's attitude by initiating a reassestment  of one's daily practies ,providing  a forum for these men to discuss these  issue was invaluable and also strentgthened the link between AWEC and the community.
During  this time ,AWEC designed and an workshops for the community; these were not comprehensive  skills transfar workshops but rather introductions to a variety of topics including.
•    The definition of peace and its relevance to Afghanistan
•    Peace in the home as well as in the community and country
•    The nature of conflict
•    Violence and its effects, violence against women, treatment of children
•    Conflict resolution
•    Trauma and ways to deal with it
•    Human and women’s rights
•    Repatriation
•    Democracy and women’s participation in the process of building peace

The workshops were arranged at the local mosques, and other spaces provided by community. A male counselor provided advice and support to concerns that the beneficiaries wanted to share during workshops. The counselor also advised on legal or medical referrals if necessary. Each workshop was followed by a follow up to see the effects of the information on the lives of the families: a community worker visited the homes of the beneficiaries after a week and carried out short interviews to see what changes if any have come about in their behavior. Interview has also included questions with the female members of the family (if permissible) to see if they have noticed changes in the attitudes of their male relatives.