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Men's Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

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Editor(s)
Sweetman, Caroline
Publication date
2001-01-01
Subject
Gender
Keywords
Masculinity
Gender training
Country
Nicaragua
United Kingdom
Nepal

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Oxfam Working Papers
Document type
Discussion paper
Description
In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women at the University of Oxford, in Oxford in June 2000. This Working Paper presents an edited selection of papers given at the seminar by speakers from both North and South: women and men working as gender trainers and policy advisers in a wide range of contexts, from a task-force on reproductive health in Egypt to drop-in centres for unemployed men in the north of England. The contributors consider current debates about men and masculinity and argue that gender and development theory, fully expressed in practice, means not only working with women, but also working with - and for - men.
Table of contents
Introduction; Men, women, and organisational culture: perspectives from donors; Middle-aged man seeks gender team; Men in the kitchen, women in the office? Working on gender issues in Ethiopia; Gender training with men: experiences and reflections from South Asia; Gender training with men: experiences and reflections from East Africa; Male involvement in perpetuating and challenging the practice of female genital mutilation in Egypt; Men's roles, gender relations, and sustainability in water supplies: some lessons from Nepal; Tackling male exclusion in post industrialised settings: lessons from the UK; Challenging machismo to promote sexual and reproductive health: working with Nicaraguan men; Men and child-welfare services in the UK; 'Sitting on a rock': men, socio-economic change, and development policy in Lesotho
Pages
85
ISBN
978-0-85598-466-3
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/121177
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https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/mens-involvement-in-gender-and-development-policy-and-practice-beyond-rhetoric-121177
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