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Genital mutilation

This publication encompasses material that was prepared for a training workshop on eliminating violence against women (VAW). The paper and the inventory of organisations and initiatives are aimed at highlighting ideas, concepts, policies, approaches and strategies for a greater involvement and engagement of men to eliminate gender violence.

The first paper considers working with men to eliminate gender violence in a South Asian context. The paper argues that:

• gender-based violence is intricately connected to all other types of violence, and is reinforced by patriarchy and other forms of systemic inequality
• gender-based violence cuts across culture, class, caste, religion and location
• far too often men have been conspicuously missing from discussions on violence against women, and also from conversations around gender
• some of the entry points for including men in eliminating VAW are through policy initiatives on health and education, through raising public awareness, and through the personal domain, in terms of the ways that individuals perceive of and behave towards one another and themselves.

The first annex gives examples of good practices in involving men in eliminating VAW, with outlines of various initiatives in different international contexts. The second annex provides an inventory of organisations and initiatives working in partnership with men to end violence against women in the UNESCAP region and beyond.

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