The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in DevelopmentThis book is an attempt to bring the gender and development debate full circle-from a much-needed focus on empowering women to a more comprehensive gender framework that considers gender as a system that affects both women and men. The chapters in this book explore definitions of masculinity and male identities in a variety of social contexts, drawing from experiences in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a slowly emerging realization that attaining the vision of gender equality will be difficult, if not impossible, without changing the ways in which masculinities are defined and acted upon. Although changing male gender norms will be a difficult and slow process, we must begin by understanding how versions of masculinities are defined and acted upon. |
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Page 35
For many households,the ability of women to enter the labor market becomes
critical to their survival and their prospects for improving their livelihood and
income. In most instances,however, women are forced to accept unstable jobs
outside ...
For many households,the ability of women to enter the labor market becomes
critical to their survival and their prospects for improving their livelihood and
income. In most instances,however, women are forced to accept unstable jobs
outside ...
Page 49
In Mexico,for example,25 percent of households are headed by a single adult,the
vast majority women (Cunningham 2001).Similarly,as of 1998,about one-fourth of
households in Central America were headed by women: 31 percent in ...
In Mexico,for example,25 percent of households are headed by a single adult,the
vast majority women (Cunningham 2001).Similarly,as of 1998,about one-fourth of
households in Central America were headed by women: 31 percent in ...
Page 73
... pathologies affecting women and children — multiple relations, denial of
paternity, aversion to domestic stability, neglect of financial responsibility for their
children (especially "outside" children), high incidence of female-headed
households, ...
... pathologies affecting women and children — multiple relations, denial of
paternity, aversion to domestic stability, neglect of financial responsibility for their
children (especially "outside" children), high incidence of female-headed
households, ...
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There are several reasons for this, including intensifying poverty and inequality,
increasing unemployment, the erosion of livelihood systems, and women's
changing role in providing for the household. These changes affect relative
gender ...
There are several reasons for this, including intensifying poverty and inequality,
increasing unemployment, the erosion of livelihood systems, and women's
changing role in providing for the household. These changes affect relative
gender ...
Page 222
The most important of the changing conditions faced by rural households in the
last two decades, drivers, have often undermined rural livelihood systems.The
working hypothesis is that the role of men has been rendered ineffective by an ...
The most important of the changing conditions faced by rural households in the
last two decades, drivers, have often undermined rural livelihood systems.The
working hypothesis is that the role of men has been rendered ineffective by an ...
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Page 19 - East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa...
Page 28 - One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of 'healthy' life and the burden of disease as a measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives into old age free of disease and disability".
Page xxvi - UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund...
Page 27 - Table 1) but includes an adjustment for time spent in poor health. It is most easily understood as the equivalent number of years in full health that a newborn can expect to live based on current rates of ill-health and mortality.
Page 139 - Africa is likely to perpetuate the cycle of political instability, ethnic wars, revolutions and anti-regime activities that already affects many of these countries. Unemployed youth provide exceptional fodder for radical movements and terrorist organizations, particularly in the Middle East.
Page 195 - Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women...
Page 139 - ... of international donors and of health and social service providers, the international security community, too, has begun to take notice. In April 2002, in a written response to congressional questioning, the US Central Intelligence Agency noted that "several troublesome global trends — especially the growing demographic youth bulge in developing nations whose economic systems and political ideologies are under enormous stress — will fuel the rise of more disaffected groups willing to use...
Page 76 - Such expressions are more common among the couples who have been together only a few years, and they tend to disappear as the household persists. The grandmother family (Type C) is so called because the grandmother or some female relative, perhaps a sister, usurps the function of the father and, at times, the function of the mother.
Page 5 - To recognize diversity in masculinities is not enough. We must also recognize the relations between the different kinds of masculinity: relations of alliance, dominance and subordination. These relationships are constructed through practices that exclude and include, that intimidate, exploit, and so on. There is a gender politics within masculinity
Page 219 - ... a social action process that promotes participation of people, organizations, and communities in gaining control over their lives in the community and larger society.
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| Title | The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development |
| Editors | Ian Bannon, Maria Correia |
| Publisher | World Bank Publications, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0821365061, 9780821365069 |
| Length | 311 pages |
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