Domestic violence prevention through the Constructing Violence-free Masculinities programme: an experience from Peru
Author(s)
Mitchell, RhodaEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2013-03-14Keywords
Gender-based violenceMasculinity
Intimate partner violence
Domestic violence
Men's groups
VAWG
Violence Against Women and Girls
Development methods
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Peru
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
This paper examines work undertaken with male perpetrators of violence in the Construction of Violence-free Masculinities, a project run by the Centro Mujer Teresa de Jesu´ s, a Women’s Centre located in a poor peri-urban district of Lima, Peru´, in conjunction with Oxfam-Quebec. Centre staff faced the challenge of how to work with men who are violent towards their intimate partners. They use a community education approach, to challenge powerful stereotypes about gender roles, to question men’s assumed dominance over women, and support men to construct new forms of masculinity, without violence. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
13ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2013.767516