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Evolving the Gender Agenda: The Responsibilities and Challenges for Development Organisations
2004If gender equality is necessary for sustainable development, why are so few men in development organisations working on gender issues? This paper describes internal lobbying and capacity-building initiatives within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the UK-based NGO, Oxfam GB.DocumentWorking with Men and Boys to Promote Gender Equality and to End Violence Against Boys and Girls
BRIDGE, 2005Interventions that treat men as the villains and women as the victims have not taken us far. Not all masculinities (or ways of being a man) are harmful to men, women and children.DocumentWhat Men Think About Gender Equality: Lessons from Oxfam GB Staff in Delhi and Dhaka
2004How can development organisations promote greater personal commitment to gender equality among male staff? This article explores what male Oxfam staff in Bangladesh and India think about gender equality.DocumentMen, Violence and Social Crisis?, Training in Popular Education and Masculinities second workshop, 11th and 12th May 1995, Managua
CANTERA, 1995The workshop on 'Men, Violence and Social Crisis' is part of a course on masculinities held by CANTERA, a Nicaraguan non-governmental organisation working to end gender-based violence through popular education workshops (see Networking and Contact Details section).DocumentThe Program H Manual Series
Promundo, 2004Program H stimulates young men to question traditional masculine gender norms (the culturally accepted definitions for being a man in a given society). It promotes discussion and reflection about both the 'costs' of traditional versions of masculinity for both men and women, and the advantages of gender equitable behaviours, such as better care of men's own health.DocumentEnding Gender-Based Violence: A Call for Global Action to Involve Men
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2004When men are confronted with the problem of violence against women they often dismiss it with: ?Don't look at me! I don't do that kind of thing!? Yet men's violence is a worldwide problem. Despite this, there are men in many parts of the world who are themselves seeking ways to challenge stereotypical models of masculinity and are seeking to engage other men in reducing gender-based violence.DocumentFamily Violence Prevention Fund's online toolkit for Working with Men and Boys to End Gender-Based Violence
Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2003In 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.DocumentStrategies and Tools for Working with Men and Boys to End Violence Against Girls, Boys, Women and Other Men
BRIDGE, 2005A number of organisations in South and Central Asia have recognised the urgent need to include boys and men in efforts to combat gender-based violence in the region. Yet there have been few opportunities for them to come together to work collectively on this important issue.DocumentGender Equality and Men: Learning from Practice
2004In international debates on gender equality there is a growing emphasis on men, not only as holders of privileges or as perpetrators of violence, but also as potential and actual contributors to gender equality.DocumentMainstreaming Men into Gender and Development: Debates, Reflections and Experiences
2000This collection of Oxfam Working Papers provides a critical review of the desirability, potential, and prospects for a more male-inclusive approach to gender and development (GAD). The collection is made up of six chapters which flag-up some of the key issues and potential controversies surrounding engaging men and masculinities in gender and development work.Pages