WUNRN
SIYANDA - May 2008
MEN, GENDER & POWER
How can we inform a greater
engagement by men in the struggle for gender justice?
Search Words |
masculinities08 |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 3rd March 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Esplen,
E and Greig, A. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
March
2008 |
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Summary |
What
does it take to politicise existing work with men on gender? This publication
captures some of the exciting new thinking and possibilities that emerged
from an IDS symposium on 'Politicising Masculinities', held in Dakar,
Senegal, in October 2007. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Dover,
P. |
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Document Type |
Policy
Document |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
How
can bilateral donors support work with men for gender equality and help move
the 'masculinities agenda' forward? |
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3. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 |
Title |
Commentary: Broad Based Gender Sensitisation:
the Real HIV and AIDS Intervention |
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Author |
Coats,
G. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper reports on a workshop hosted by the South African AIDS Trust in South
Africa, which was intended to help integrate a gender perspective in their
HIV/AIDS programmes and raise awareness among staff of gendered roles,
expectations and inequalities in South African society. |
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4. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
Militarised and Religious: the Double-bind
Confronting Ugandan Men |
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Author |
Dolan,
C. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper shows how, in Uganda, political actors play a key role in constructing
and deploying particular models of masculinity. |
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5. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Vazquez,
M. |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper presents the strategies and results obtained from a sexual and
reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programme working with youth from low-income
suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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6. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Lewis,
J. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
Do
prevailing ideas about how 'real men' should behave undermine effective
condom use? |
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7. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
Masculinities, Power and the Epidemic:
Messages of Social Research |
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Author |
Connell,
R. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper maps out what has been learnt from research on masculinities since the
1980s, and explores a new field of research that is opening up concerning
forms of gender in transnational arenas (such as the masculinisation of
capital market trading floors) and the ways they interact with local gender
orders. |
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8. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
Men and the Search for Gender Equity: South
African Conversations with my Sister |
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Author |
Morrell,
R. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
Should
men be beneficiaries of gender work? This is the question at the heart of
this paper. |
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9. |
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Date Added
to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Peacock,
D. and Khumalo, B. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
Opening
with a harrowing account of the trauma inflicted by rape on a gender activist
in South Africa, this paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa. |
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10. |
[ ] |
Date Added
to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 |
Title |
‘Brothers are Doing it for Themselves’:
Remaking Masculinities in South Africa |
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Author |
Robins,
S |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper discusses how men's support groups in South Africa, such as Khululeka,
are changing negative stereotypes of men, by promoting ideas and practices of
male responsibility in the context of HIV/AIDS. |
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11. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Sophiny,
P |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper highlights the work of the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (Khana) with
target groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM), youth, drug users, and
married couples |
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12. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Silberschmidt,
M. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper argues that due to the centrality of men's income earning power in
constructions of masculinity, men's sense of 'manhood' may suffer when they
lack work and cash and are unable to provide economically for their family or
girlfriends. |
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13. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 |
Title |
Changing Masculinities in Nicaragua: A
Community Based Approach |
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Author |
Welsh,
P. |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper describes the background and political context in which community
initiatives in Nicaragua began working with men against violence, including
the theoretical framework, strategies, and critical assessment of their
application. |
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14. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th April 2008 |
Title |
Vulnerability in Masculinities: Straightening
Out a Queer Concept in HIV, Gender and Development? |
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Author |
Edstrom,
E. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
'Vulnerability'
has become a key concept in drawing linkages between HIV, gender and
development. This paper argues, however, that misunderstandings of
'vulnerability' have tended to reinforce unhelpful gender stereotypes and
have alienated men from engaging in HIV prevention efforts. |
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15. |
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Date Added
to Site: Thursday, 1st May 2008 |
Title |
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Author |
Barker,
G., Nascimento, M., Ricardo, C. and Segundo, M. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
October
2007 |
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Summary |
How
can resistance to inequitable and/or violent forms of masculinity be
promoted? Instituto Promundo - a Brazilian initiative against gender violence
- focuses on promoting positive masculinities. |
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16. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 |
Title |
Policy Approaches to Working with Men to
Improve Men’s Health and Achieve Gender Equality |
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Author |
Sonke
Gender Justice |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
September
2007 |
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Summary |
How
is South African policy addressing men's attitudes in areas such as health,
violence and sustance abuse? |
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17. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 |
Title |
Men, Health and Gender Equality: A Report on
the National Men’s Imbizo |
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Author |
Greig,
A. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
September
2007 |
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Summary |
This
report-back on the South African National Men's Imbizo highlights the need
for a twin-track approach to men, health and gender equality - to address
both male power and its influence on women's health, and gender norms and
their influence on men's health. |
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