As detailed in our previous post about Camp GLOW, a focus of many projects for Peace Corps Volunteers is gender empowerment. Building awareness about gender is not just something done with young women- a number of Volunteers work with young men to encourage action and change.
Ambitions students from BREW Crew 2012
One such example is a workshop entitled BREW Crew. BREW, standing for Boys Respecting Empowered Women, is a workshop for young men started in 2012.
BREW Crew has a main goal of broadening an understanding of gender for young men in Cambodia. Through this lens, the workshop spends time creating a safe space to discuss relationships with women, and how to engage them in ways that both respect and empower both genders.
Students working together at BREW Crew 2012
Beyond this, BREW Crew provides key knowledge about boys' own sexual health and the realities of engaging in sex with multiple partners, or taking advantage of the large centers for prostitution around Cambodia.
BREW Crew is one of the first workshops to center around gender empowerment and awareness just for men. There have been numerous other workshops that work with young men and women together to build gender empowerment, such as Camp BUILD and Camp Lost Stick.
BREW Crew 2012 - Having a good time!
Last year, BREW Crew was supported by six Peace Corps Volunteers through Takeo, Kampot and Kampong Som provinces. Nearly fifty young men joined the workshop, as did several NGOs such as RACHA.
BREW Crew 2012 ended with a trip to Kep in Kampot province
This year, BREW Crew is raising money to take place in the middle of June. The workshop will bring together five Peace Corps Volunteers, counterparts and nearly fifty young men from Takeo and Kampot provinces.
Article composed by Committee member: Kate Marsh, K5 Education Volunteer
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