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Do men matter? New horizons in gender and development: id21 insights, issue 35



Authors: ; id21 insights
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2000

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Why do men not feature more in gender and development policy? The shift in emphasis from Women in Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD), from enumerating and redressing women’s disadvantages to analysing the social relationships between men and women, has not led to a recognition within policy of the need to understand the position of women and men. Is there a need for an explicit focus on men in GAD?

Articles included:

  • Pillow talk:  Doyle, N.
  • Targeting men for a change: Bujra, J. and Baylies, C.
  • Breadwinners and homemakers?: Thomson, M.
  • Why men? Why now?: Smith, S.
  • Men against marital violence: Solórzano, I.
  • Boys behaving badly: Kandirikirira, N.
  • Do weak states undermine masculinities?: Dolan, C.