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               Gigi, Philippines                                                                                                          Photo: © 2019 ADRA | Frank Spangler               U Zaw, Myanmar                                                                                                             Photo: © 2019 ADRA | Frank Spangler






               “In parenting, good communication with the children is                    time to spend quality time with them. I like to read stories to                                    “Through EMBRACE I learned the different types of abuse                   cooking. But now I can cook very well.
               important. As a parent our role is to build a good                        my children. I want to know everything that is happening                                           such physical, sexual, and economic. I learned about the
               relationship with them. We have to know what is happening                 with them. I think this is very important.”                                                        knowledge of gender and gender equality. For example,                     I have a better relationship with my wife and children now.
               with them. We need to give them time to play and to take                                                                                                                     before I knew about gender I would sometimes hit my wife
                                                                                                                                                                                            and children. Now that I’ve learned about gender I can                    My friends say, ‘Now you are so patient. Why?’ I tell them I
                                                                                                                                                                                            control my anger. I have become more patient. Now I am                    learned from ADRA. I’m not the same person as before.”
                                                                                                                                                                                            trying to start helping my wife in cooking and cleaning and
                                                                                                                                                                                            looking after the children. Before I wasn’t interested in
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