Gender Equality and Men
Learning from Practice
Edited by Sandy Ruxton
Paper: 978 0 85598 514 1
Price: $29.95  

Publisher: Oxfam Publishing
September 2004 , 286 pp., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"
* Why is it important to include men in gender equality and anti-poverty work?
* What works with men in practice?
* What is the impact of including men in gender analysis and action?
* How should organizations develop work with men?

Oxfam GB’s "Gender Equality and Men (GEM) project" has been seeking since 2002 to address men and boys more fully in the organization’s gender work through regional workshops, internal training, piloting new approaches, and policy and practice change. This book draws upon conclusions from this project, and shares knowledge about, and experience of, work with men on gender equality in programs run by Oxfam GB and other organizations. It also explores how work with men can be developed to promote broader gender equality and poverty reduction strategies, and to encourage a more active engagement with men through gender programming.

This collection brings together fourteen articles by development practitioners and researchers worldwide and addresses a range of key issues, including: the value of including men in gender equality and anti-poverty work; the difficulties that are likely to arise -- both for men and women -- and how they can they be overcome; practical evidence from different spheres (e.g. in relation to sustainable livelihoods, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health); lessons regarding the impact of including men in gender analysis and action; future strategies and directions for development organizations and practitioners.

Table of Contents:
Index: Introduction (Sandy Ruxton, Oxfam GB, UK)
Transforming Our Interventions For Gender Equality by Addressing and Involving Men and Boys (Michael Kaufman, independent consultant, Canada)
How do we know if men have changed? Promoting and Measuring Attitude Change with Young Men. Lessons from Program ‘H’ in Latin America (Gary Barker et al, Instituto Promundo, Brasil)
Strategies and Approaches to Enhance the Role of Men and Boys in Gender Equality: A Case Study from Yemen (Magda El Sanousi, Oxfam GB Yemen)
What Do Men Think about Gender Equality?: Reflections of Oxfam GB staff in Delhi and Dhaka (Sharon Rogers, Oxfam GB, India)
Men as Partners: Lessons Learned from Engaging Men in Clinics and Communities (Manisha Mehta, Dean Peacock, Lissette Bernal, EngenderHealth)
Evolving the Gender Agenda – The Responsibilities and Challenges for Development Organisations (James Lang, US/Sue Smith, Oxfam GB, UK)
Masculinities: Resistance and Change (Benno de Keijzer, Salud y Genero, Mexico)
The Things They Didn’t Tell You about Working with Men in Gender Workshops (Maree Keating, Oxfam GB, UK)
“How do you eat between harvests?”: Engaging men in Gender and Livelihoods (Thalia Kidder, Oxfam GB, UK)
Fatherwork in the Caribbean: Examples of Support for Men’s Work in relation to Family Life (Janet Brown, University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
Addressing Men’s Role in Family Violence: The Experience of Sakhli (Rusudan Pkharkadze and Nana Khoshtaria, Sakhli Women’s Advice Centre, Georgia)
Taking the Bull by the Horns: working with young men on HIV/Aids in South Africa (Gaetane le Grange, Targeted AIDS Intervention Project, South Africa)
Liberation for everyone, not just men: A case study of the Men’s Association against Violence (AMKV) in Timor Leste (Mario De Araujo, AMKV, Timor Leste)
Mainstreaming a Male Perspective into UK Regeneration (Cinnamon Bennett, South Yorkshire, UK)
Conclusion (Sandy Ruxton, Oxfam GB, UK)


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Reviews & Endorsements:
"Building gender justice requires women’s and men’s shared commitment and involvement. This cutting-edge collection of international case studies provides an invaluable account of the benefits, and challenges, of working with men to foster gender equality."
- Dr. Michael Flood , the Australia Institute
"Around the world, there is an explosion of interest in how we can effectively address and involve men and boys in promoting gender equality and challenging gender-based violence. As this fine collection attests, Oxfam GB is one of the organizations at the forefront of these efforts."
- Michael Kaufman , White Ribbon Campaign
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