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Engaging boys and men to empower girls: reflections from practice and evidence of impact (pdf 154kb)

This text reflects on the ways boys are socialized to see girls and women as sexually subservient. It also documents lessons learned from some of the emerging experiences in engaging boys and men in empowering girls and women in diverse settings.

The author argues that experience shows that men and boys can and do change attitudes and behaviours in the short-term as a result of programme interventions, and that such outcomes are, in nearly all cases, positive for the well-being of women and girls, and men and boys themselves.

The author asks several questions for future research, and structures for polices and programs regarding men, masculinity, gender empowerment and equality.

 

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