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Working with Men on Gender, Sexuality, Violence and Health: Trainer's Manual
Sahaj, Sahayog India and Tathapi, 2005This 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.DocumentGender mainstreaming strategy for the China-UK HIV/AIDS prevention and care project
Siyanda, 2003International experience has demonstrated that gender must be addressed if HIV/ AIDS prevention and care is to be effective. Overall, the China-UK HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project is moving in the right direction on gender by aiming for participation and empowerment of primary stakeholders.DocumentRemoved from LGBT07 selection - Colonial and Development Control as Economic Development
BRIDGE, 2005Historically among indigenous people in Peru, the distinctions between male and female were more flexible than they are today. A traditional 'travesti' or transgender/transvestite identity and culture existed. However colonial and subsequently development influences suppressed these identities and communities, although the Peruvian travesti remained.DocumentWomen, citizenship and difference
Feminist Review, 1997In a globalising world where the role of the local, the national and the global is shifting, the meanings of citizenship are also changing. This article presents some new theoretical discussions on gender and citizenship.DocumentWhose Sexuality Counts? Politic Visions of the Poor and their Sexualities. The possibilities of Rights Based Approaches and Participation.
BRIDGE, 2005Whose sexuality counts? This paper argues that the poor are often treated by development professionals as children without sexualities, rather than as citizens with a right to sexuality and pleasure. The development industry has only tended to engage with sexuality in relation to reproduction (not pleasure), or in relation to negative issues like HIV/AIDS.DocumentDebating Sex Talk in South Africa
BRIDGE, 2005Sexual rights have been very prominent in South African public debate and policy making. Examples include public action against sexual violence; media coverage of same-sex relationships; television talk shows on sexuality; and wide-scale information dissemination in relation to HIV/AIDS.DocumentCitizenship degraded: Indian women in a modern state and a pre-modern society
Oxfam, 2003One of the greatest barriers to achieving full citizenship rights for women is culture. If development organisations are to help advance women's rights and full citizenship then they must abandon explanations on the basis of ?culture? that ignore gender-based discrimination, and overcome their anxieties about appearing neo-colonial.DocumentAdolescent Sexuality Education and Women's Visibility: the Linkages from the Girls? Power Initiative Nigeria Experience
BRIDGE, 2005The Girl Power Initiative (GPI) in Nigeria takes girls through a three year sexuality education programme aimed at promoting their personal empowerment, sexual health and leadership skills. This paper incorporates the voices of GPI girls, GPI graduates, their parents and community members to demonstrate the impact of sex education on girls in Nigeria.DocumentInclusion of Men and Boys in the Public Actions of Reproductive Health in Brazil
BRIDGE, 2005In Brazil, little attention has been given to men's participation in reproductive health - particularly in relation to pregnancy and child care. This paper emphasises the importance of developing strategies to involve both the mother and father in reproductive health issues. It describes the work of the PAPAIDocumentInvolving men in sexual and reproductive health
Pan American Health Organization, 2003Why involve men in sexual and reproductive health (SRH)? How can more men be engaged in SRH issues? This fact sheet outlines the reasons why it is important for men to be involved in sexual and reproductive health (SRH); the factors that work against male involvement; and recommendations for involving more men in SRH.Pages
