What men have to do with it: Public Policies to Promote Gender Equality
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International Center For Research On Women
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2010Metadata
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How can public policies more adequately engage men and boys in achieving gender equality
and reducing gender disparities in health and social welfare? How can underlying social norms
and institutions be changed to support men in becoming more gender-equitable on a large
scale? A growing number of program experiences with men and boys worldwide confirm that
programscan influence men’s attitudes and behaviors in gender-equitable ways. For the most
part, however, public policies have yet to adequately engage men and boys in overcoming
gender inequality or addressing their own gender-related vulnerabilities.
e Men and Gender Equality Policy Project is a multi-year, multi-country effort to leverage
evidence from existing policies and, through formative qualitative and quantitative research,
raise awareness among policymakers and program planners of the need to involve men in
gender equality, health and development agendas. e research — currently under way in
Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, India, Mexico, South Africa and Tanzania, with
additional countries still joining — provides insights on how to achieve large-scale impact in
promoting more cooperative and equitable relations between women and men, reducing
gender inequities and calling attention to men’s gender-related vulnerabilities.
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Barker, G., Greene, M., Goldstein Siegel, E., Nascimento, M., Segundo, M., Ricardo, C., ... & Jewkes, R. (2010). What men have to do with it: Public policies to promote gender equality. International Center for Research on Women & Instituto Promundo.