Troublesome Masculinities: Masculinity in Trouble
This article explores the notion of ‘troublesome’ masculinities that characterise much of the policy discourse and programme thinking on problems of young men and gender. It critiques the dimorphism...
View ArticleMen, Masculinities & Development: Broadening our work towards gender equality...
This paper discusses the role of men in redressing gender inequalities by exploring the meanings and uses of masculinity. Discussions on masculinity provide a place in which men's involvement in...
View ArticleSex and the Rights of Man
This article explores the subject of sexual rights and the claims about such rights as they are made by and for men. It considers the different bases of these claims, which range from some men’s...
View ArticleLiterature Review on Men, Gender, Health and HIV and AIDS in South Africa -...
This literature review on men, gender and HIV and AIDS has been carried out in conjunction with a number of policy initiatives that Sonke Gender Justice Network has been involved in over the last 18...
View ArticleMen and the Prevention of Gender-based Violence: A Conceptual Framework for...
This discussion paper was produced for “Partners for Prevention: Working with Boys and Men to Prevent Gender-based Violence” a UN interagency initiative UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM and UNV. This regional...
View ArticleWHO Policy Brief: Policy Approaches to Involving Men and Boys in Achieving...
Work with men has demonstrated significant potential in contributing to building gender equality and improving the health of women and men. However, most work with men has tended to be local in scale...
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Experiments in Transformative Justice: The Challenging Male Supremacy Project...
Together with many others, we have come to see male supremacy as a system causing a great deal of violence and harm not only in the world at large, but also within our own radical and Left movements....
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Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging Sexual and Gender-based Violence in...
Calls for greater male participation are now a commonplace in work on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The need to engage men in efforts to prevent sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and...
View ArticleGender: A one-page introduction
The following provides a handy, one-page introduction to gender. It notes that gender is socially constructed, gender is both personal and collective, gender involves power and inequality, and there is...
View ArticleMen as Partners Programme: Promising Practices Guide (unpublished, 2005)
This Promising Practices Guide identifies and discusses key lessons that have been learned from the implementation of the Men as Partners (MAP) programme in South Africa. These lessons on promising...
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