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Sep 23, 2024 · Gender equality benefits men and women in all their diversity—but for too long, it has been seen as solely a women’s issue. Men and boys have much to gain from a world that has greater gender equality. A more equal world is one where people of all genders can live their lives freely, and realize their full human potential.
- Engaging boys and young men in gender equality - UN Women
During adolescence and young adulthood, there is a critical...
- Working with men and boys for gender equality: State of play ...
This policy brief provides a critical assessment of the “men...
- Engaging boys and young men in gender equality - UN Women
Oct 3, 2023 · Why Engage Men in Gender Equality? A growing chorus of gender equality and violence prevention scholars and advocates have emphasized the important role men and boys can and should play as cobeneficiaries, advocates, and allies in advancing gender equality worldwide (Crooks et al., 2007; Edström & Shahrokh, 2016; Flood & Greig, 2021; Levtov et al., 2014; Peacock & Barker, 2014).
- The Case For Working with Men and Boys on Gender Equality
- Men and Boys Programs Can Face Resistance, Especially Over Funding
- Challenging Gender Norms Takes Long-Term Programming
- Interventions Need to Address Society as A Whole, Not Just Individuals
A two-year project ending in 2016 that aimed to build the evidence-base for working with men and boys to promote gender equality — Engendering Men: Evidence on Routes to Gender Equality, or EMERGE — concluded that such programs can support women’s economic empowerment by encouraging men to take on household roles traditionally considered female, or...
Barker said Promundo has experienced “pushback” from some women’s rights groups, especially on the issue of resources. However, he said he is not advocating for a separate chunk of funding for programs focused on men — instead, he views the work as a cross-cutting issue which should be built into existing programs. “Engaging men and boys is not an ...
Ravi Verma, director of the International Center for Research on Women’s work in Asia, said his organization has worked on a series of programs and studies to engage young men, boys and also girls in different settings — including schools, sports clubs and in the community — to “begin deconstructing and challenging the idea of masculinity and the c...
Programs which seek to change patriarchal attitudes among individuals through training and discussion often only succeed in the short-term, according to Fink. “Training aimed at changing individual men’s knowledge and attitudes about gender norms is not enough, as often men will either not actually change their behavior or only do so in the short t...
Jan 15, 2021 · Gender norms are learnt early in life through the process of gender socialisation, which sets common standards and expectations to which girls and boys, and, later, women and men, should conform.
During adolescence and young adulthood, there is a critical period of opportunity to engage boys and young men in understanding why gender equality is good for everyone and recognizing their role in promoting the empowerment of girls and young women. By using and sharing their power and privilege, boys and young men have the ability to shift ...
This policy brief provides a critical assessment of the “men for gender equality” field, and proposes new directions for programming and policy on men and boys. This includes moving away from a focus on individual men’s identities, attitudes and behaviours, and towards a greater focus on the structures and systems that sustain gender inequalities.
2. Men's and boys' support for gender equality 2.1. Patterns of men's support 2.2. Survey research on men's support for gender equality 2.3. Case studies of change in gender relations involving ...
