ResourcesFramework for the evaluation of efforts to engage men and boys in ending gender-based violenceWhite Ribbon Canada has released a framework for the evaluation of efforts to engage men and boys in ending gender-based violence. State of the World's FathersInvolved fatherhood is critical to gender equality and child development, reveals world’s first global fatherhood report Engaging men in preventing men’s violence against women: Practical guides and manualsHow can we effectively engage men in preventing men’s violence against women? How can we mobilise their commitment and activism? The following guides and manuals provide useful guidance on the practicalities of this work. See below for PDF copies of each. Also see further below for other resources. Increasing Engagement of Men and Boys for Gender EqualityDevelopment cooperation has an increasing focus on gender equality with the aim to improve women and girl’s disadvantaged position and status. Men’s Engagement in Gender-Based Violence Prevention: A Critical Review of Evaluation Approaches (2014)White Ribbon conducted a review of research and evaluation approaches for gender-based violence programming for men and boys. The concept of “engagement” is defined and deconstructed and includes a call to broaden the definition of engagement to include male responsibility and commitment when measuring program effectiveness. Additionally, with the increasing utilization of social media in prevention programming, it is important to consider physical and virtual spaces when evaluating engagement. Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women (2013)This report from New Zealand covers:
Engaging Men & Boys to End Violence Against Women: An Annotated Bibliography of Online ResourcesThis collection highlights useful online resources for the work of engaging men and boys in preventing and reducing men's violence against women. Refusing To Be a Man: Essays on sex and justice (the whole book)Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to Be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In thirteen eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope—that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it, and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary men’s movements. |