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    Manual for Gender Mainstreaming: Social Inclusion and Social Protection Policies

    European Commission, 2007
    What do EU policy makers need to do to mainstream gender into social inclusion and social protection policies? This manual provides policy makers with a hands-on tool to aid this process. It suggests several factors to consider when designing social protection policies.
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    Bring me my machine gun: Contesting patriarchy and rape culture in the wake of the Jacob Zuma rape trial

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    Opening with a harrowing account of the trauma inflicted by rape on a gender activist in South Africa, and of the barriers she faced in bringing her case to trial, this paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa. The paper firstly points to the endemic nature of violence in South Africa and to the impunity with which it is committed.
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    Reducing Poverty and Social Exclusion: Czech Republic

    United Nations Development Programme, 2004
    To what extent has the Czech Republic achieved the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly those that relate to gender issues? At first glance, the Czech Republic appears to have fulfilled the majority of the goals.
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    Frozen in Success - Gay Activists Fear Czechs are Becoming Too Content with Past Achievements

    Transitions Online, 2008
    The 1st July 2008 marked the Czech Republic's two year anniversary of the passing of the same-sex partnerships law, a landmark achievement arising after years of political struggle and one that set the country apart from its Central European neighbours. By the end of 2007, 487 same-sex couples had entered a legal union.
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    Vulnerability in Masculinities: Straightening Out a Queer Concept in HIV, Gender and Development?

    2007
    Vulnerability' has become a key concept in drawing linkages between HIV, gender and development. This paper argues, however, that misunderstandings of the term vulnerability have tended to reinforce unhelpful gender stereotypes and have alienated men from engaging in HIV prevention efforts.
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    Are Men Interested in Engaging in the Struggle for Gender Justice and Broader Social Change - or What Would Make Them Interested?

    BRIDGE, 2007
    Poverty is prevalent in most rural and urban contexts in East Africa causing economic hardship for both men and women - and having a profound impact on masculine identities, self-esteem and behaviour. Men and women have often responded differently to the economic crisis.
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    Promoting Men to Respond to HIV/AIDS

    BRIDGE, 2007
    The HIV prevalence rate in the general population in Cambodia is in decline. Yet this is no time for complacency - it still has one of the highest rates in the region. To have most impact, the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (Khana) focuses on the needs of a range of different target groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM), youth, drug users, and married couples.
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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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    Careful Interventions: Masculinity and the Condom Crisis

    BRIDGE, 2007
    Do prevailing ideas about how 'real men' should behave undermine effective condom use? This paper argues that expectations of how 'real' men must behave - particularly the pressure to be sexually potent and experienced - can undermine effective condom use.

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