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Case study

MenCare in Rwanda: Engaging fathers in transforming gender relations

10/11/2020

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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The case study shows how MenCare, a global campaign to help increase men’s active involvement in care giving, has spread to 100 partners in over 50 countries. In Rwanda, the campaign has reduced men’s use of violence against their partners and children; increased men’s contributions to child-care; and equalized power dynamics and decision making in […]

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Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

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Journal article

Community mentors as coaches: transforming gender norms through cricket among adolescent males in urban India

27/03/2015

14 pages long

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Community mentors as coaches: transforming gender norms through cricket among adolescent males in urban India

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Addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) through the medium of male team sport may be a promising strategy for addressing interpersonal violence and gender norms transformation in urban communities. Parivartan is a violence prevention programme in a large slum community in Mumbai, India, which works with men and boys to reduce violence and promote […]

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Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

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Evaluation report

Oxfam Sense Making Exercise for a Selection of Evaluations 2013-2014

01/02/2015

4 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This document reviews a sample of evaluations carried out between January 2013 and October 2014; it is an exercise required by Oxfam’s Policy of Program Evaluation. The findings tell us about the nature of Oxfam’s programming, helping identify strengths and weaknesses, and lessons, from our programs; the report includes remarks on our evaluation quality. The review is motivated […]

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Journal article

Introduction to Conflict and Violence

12/11/2013

8 pages long

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This article does not have a description. 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 Gender and Development website.

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Journal article

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

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Journal article

Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

01/07/2013

16 pages long

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Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

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The field of men’s pro-feminist organising continues to build global momentum. Boys and men are both capable, and interested, to take action to support the feminist movement. This article explores the experiences of five men active in pro-feminist organising, focusing in particular on their ways of building solidarity and alliances with women’s rights networks. The […]

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Journal article

‘Before the war, I was a man’: men and masculinities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

14/03/2013

20 pages long

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‘Before the war, I was a man’: men and masculinities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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Humanitarian interventions that confuse ‘gender issues’ with ‘women’s issues’ ignore the complex nature of gender and its potential as a tool for social change. This article reflects on this issue, in the context of an analysis of the relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and hegemonic masculinities in the conflict zone of North Kivu province […]

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Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

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‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

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The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

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