Gender equality and men : learning from practice

✍ Scribed by Ruxton, Sandy

• Publisher: Distributed in the US by Stylus Pub., Oxfam
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

• Why is it important to include men in gender equality and anti-poverty work?
  What works with men in practice?
  What is the impact of including men in gender analysis and action?
  * How should organizations develop work with men?
  
  Oxfam GB’s ''Gender Equality and Men (GEM) project'' has been seeking since 2002 to address men and boys more fully in the organization’s gender work through regional workshops, internal training, piloting new approaches, and policy and practice change. This book draws upon conclusions from this project, and shares knowledge about, and experience of, work with men on gender equality in programs run by Oxfam GB and other organizations. It also explores how work with men can be developed to promote broader gender equality and poverty reduction strategies, and to encourage a more active engagement with men through gender programming.
  
  This collection brings together fourteen articles by development practitioners and researchers worldwide and addresses a range of key issues, including: the value of including men in gender equality and anti-poverty work; the difficulties that are likely to arise -- both for men and women -- and how they can they be overcome; practical evidence from different spheres (e.g. in relation to sustainable livelihoods, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health); lessons regarding the impact of including men in gender analysis and action; future strategies and directions for development organizations and practitioners

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction / Sandy Ruxton --
Transforming our interventions for gender equality by addressing and involving men and boys
framework for analysis and action / Michael Kaufman --
Masculinities : resistance and change / Benno de Keijzer --
The things they don't tell you about working with men in gender workshops / Maree Keating --
"How do you eat between harvests?" and other stories : engaging men in gender and livelihoods / Thalia Kidder --
Mainstreaming a male perspective into UK regeneration : the experience in South Yorkshire / Cinnamon Bennett --
Men As Partners : lessons learned from engaging men in clinics and communities / Manisha Mehta, Dean Peacock, Lissette Bernal --
Taking the bull by the horns : working with young men on HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Gaetane le Grange --
Fatherwork in the Caribbean : examples of support for men's work in relation to family life / Janet Brown --
Addressing men's role in family violence : the experience of the "Sakhli" Women's Advice Centre, Georgia / Rusudan Pkhakadze, Nana Khoshtaria --
"Liberation for everyone, not just men" : a case study of the Men's Association Against Violence (AMKV) in Timor Leste / Mario de Araujo --
How do we know if men have changed? Promoting and measuring attitude change with young men : lessons from Program H in Latin America / Gary Barker, with Marcos Nasciment, Márco Segundo, Julie Pulerwitz --
Strategies and approaches to enhance the role of men and boys in gender equality : a case study from Yemen / Magda Mohammed Elsanousi --
What men think about gender equality : lessons from Oxfam GB staff in Delhi and Dhaka / Sharon E. Rogers --
Evolving the gender agenda : the responsibilities and challenges for development organisations / James L. Lang, Sue Smith --
Conclusion / Sandy Ruxton --
Appendix: Conclusions of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 48th session, The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality.