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Mar 2020
24m 38s

How to be a better dad

Bbc World Service
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This week we’re in Rwanda, where some men are getting lessons teaching them how to look after their babies. As well as promoting gender equality it's helping to reduce the high levels of violence women there experience at the hands of their husbands and partners. People Fixing the World meets the people taking part and finds out how it works and what difference it’s making.

Reporter Lily Freeston Executive Producer Nick Holland

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