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  The Individual and the Political: Promundo's Evolving Approaches in Engaging Young Men in Transforming Masculinities

  BRIDGE, 2007

  How can resistance to inequitable and/or violent forms of masculinity be promoted? Instituto Promundo - a Brazilian initiative against gender violence - focuses on promoting positive masculinities. This paper discusses the process which established the project, such as consultations with young men from a variety of contexts.
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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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  Militarised and Religious: the Double-bind Confronting Ugandan Men

  BRIDGE, 2007

  This paper shows how, in Uganda, political actors play a key role in constructing and deploying particular models of masculinity. The paper draws on two high profile incidences in which the State and the Churches in Uganda promoted stereotypically 'masculine' models of behaviour.
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  Collapsing Masculinities and Weak States: A Case Study of Northern Uganda

  Zed Books Limited, 2003

  Men's lived experiences of masculinity are diverse. Despite this, men are often taught that they should aspire to and judge themselves by certain fixed ideas about what it means to be a man. In northern Uganda, men are expected to become husbands and fathers (preferably educated), provide for the material needs of their families, and ensure the physical protection of their wives and children.