Search

Searching with a thematic focus on , , , ,

Showing 11-20 of 24 results

Pages

• Document

  Rights of the Body and Perversions of War: Sexual Rights and Wrongs Ten Years Past Beijing

  2005

  Much groundbreaking work has been done by the movement against Violence against Women. At the same time, however, the emphasis on violence has produced an image of third world women as helpless victims of culture which dovetails with right wing rhetoric about preserving women's chastity. In contrast to women, sexual violence against men has been less visible.
• Document

  Sexuality Matters

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This Bulletin addresses a theme that mainstream development has persistently neglected: sexuality. Why is sexuality a development concern? Because sexuality matters to people, and is an important part of most people's lives. Because development policies and practices are already having a significant - and often negative - impact on sexuality.
• Document

  Family Violence Prevention Fund's online toolkit for Working with Men and Boys to End Gender-Based Violence

  Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2003

  In November 2003, the anti-violence NGO in the United States - the Family Violence Prevention Fund - launched an online toolkit for working with men and boys to end gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources in the form of a 10-lesson workplan.
• Document

  Patriarchal Violence - an Attack on Human Security: a Broad Survey of Measures to Combat Patriarchal Violence and Oppression, Particularly Acts Committed in the Name of Honour Directed at Women, Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Transgender Persons.

  Government Offices of Sweden, 2006

  Understandings of patriarchal violence usually focus on male violence against women. However, this paper links patriarchy and the violence and oppression directed towards lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons. Patriarchy is based on perceptions of male supremacy and within this power structure the norm of the heterosexual male is dominant.
• Document

  Working with Men on Gender, Sexuality, Violence and Health: Trainer's Manual

  Sahaj, Sahayog India and Tathapi, 2005

  This manual is a resource for trainers working with men and boys around issues of citizenship, rights, gender, sexuality, violence and health in India. The content is guided by a social justice and equity perspective and is 'male-centred' in its approach. There are six distinct modules: Equity and Equality, Gender, Sexuality, Health, Violence, and Facilitation Skills.
• Document

  Male sexuality in the context of socio-economic change in rural and urban East Africa

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  HIV/AIDS prevention efforts have missed the point by concentrating on women's empowerment and women's ability to negotiate safer sex. HIV/AIDS work must also consider to what extent disempowered men in East Africa are motivated to practice safer sex.
• Document

  Class of Dialogues on Vagina Monologue: A Sum-up on the Pedagogy of Women and Gender Studies

  2004

  In the evening of 20 December 2002 teachers from more than 20 universities in China came to the classroom to watch graduate students' perform a multimedia presentation of dialogues from 'The Vagina Monologue'. The response to this taboo shaking class was both applause and censure. The first section of this article introduces the class design, teaching process, and reflections from the teachers.
• Document

  The war within the war: sexual violence against women and girls in eastern Congo

  Human Rights Watch, 2002

  The war in the war : sexual violence against women and girls in the Eastern Congo
• Document

  Cause for Great Concern: The Status of Reproductive Health in Peru

  Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2003

  Despite important advances in the last 40 years, are women's sexual and reproductive health rights being threatened? This newsletter, written by the Director of the San Mart¡n de Porres University Medical Clinic in Lima, Peru, highlights the ways women's sexual and reproductive rights are being undermined by the Peruvian government of Alejandro Toledo, who came to power in 2001.
• Document

  Egypt: Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Based on Sexual Orientation

  World Organisation Against Torture, 2001

  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture stated that sexual minorities are vulnerable to torture and discrimination because they diverge from socially constructed gender expectations (2001). This is indeed the case in Egypt. In May 2001 dozens of men were rounded up at the Queen Boat discotheque in Cairo and subjected to a lengthy trial.

Pages