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    "Brothers are Doing it for Themselves": Remaking Masculinities in South Africa

    BRIDGE, 2007
    The AIDS pandemic in South Africa has contributed towards prising open questions on sexuality, sexual rights and masculinity in ways that were unprecedented in the past. Parents and politicians are increasingly compelled to talk openly about sex and sexual rights in the home and in public domains.
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    Men, Health and Gender Equality: A Report on the National Men's Imbizo

    BRIDGE, 2007
    Gender inequalities that privilege men damage women's health, at the same time as the norms associated with masculinity harm men's health. Often being a man is associated with a sense of invulnerability and self-reliance, leading to a reluctance to seek health advice and health care.
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    Men and the Search for Gender Equity: South African Conversations with my Sister

    BRIDGE, 2007
    Should men be beneficiaries of gender work? This is the question at the heart of this paper, which raises concerns about the majority of black South Africans who remain in economically marginal positions despite the removal of apartheid.
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    Policy Approaches to Working with Men to Improve Men's Health and Achieve Gender Equality

    BRIDGE, 2007
    What policies are in place to address issues such as men and violence, men and sexual and reproductive health services, male circumcision, and men and substance use? What are the operational barriers to policy implementation? What new policies are needed and which departments should be involved in setting and implementing policy?
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    Evaluation of Stepping Stones: a gender transformative HIV prevention intervention

    Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2007
    Stepping Stones is an HIV prevention programme that aims to improve sexual health through building stronger, more gender-equitable relationships with better communication between partners.
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    Waiting Opportunities: Adolescent Girls' Experiences of Gender-Based Violence at Schools

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006
    To what extent do adolescent girls in South Africa experience gender-based violence in their heterosexual relationships at school? What is being done to support victims and change attitudes towards violence?
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    Diversity and Transformation in the South African Police Service: A Study of Police Perspectives on Race, Gender and the Community in the Johannesburg Policing Area

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006
    What are the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of South African police officers on race and gender? This report aims to investigate how successfully the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been transformed since 1994 towards its objective of racial and gender equity and representation. It shows some evidence that gender dynamics are changing.
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    Daai Ding: Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's Prisons

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2002
    Sex in men's prison most often happens in the context of 'prison marriages' with one man being a 'husband' and the other the 'wife'. Prisoners report that like (in their view of) heterosexual husband and wife relationships, the husband owns and controls the wife. Prison gangs identify who is a 'man' and a 'woman' and regulate prisoners' attempts to be promoted from 'woman' to 'man'.
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    Your Brother, My Wife: Sex and Gender Behind Bars

    2003
    While media reports on prison corruption have played a role in bringing sex, sexual violence and varying levels of sexual coercion more into the public arena, generally not much is understood about the dynamics of sex in men's prisons.
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    Youth, fathers and masculinity in South Africa today

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2003
    Fathers who are positively engaged in the lives of their children are less likely to be depressed, to commit suicide, or to beat their wives. They are more likely to be involved in community work, to be supportive of their partners, and to be involved in school activities. When fatherhood is privileged as a central aspect of masculinity, everybody benefits.

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