sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Including Men in the Gender Debate
A Bank report, titled "The Other Half of Gender," says
accomplishing gender equality will be difficult without
considering men in the debate and focusing on relations between
the sexes. The authors argue for moving beyond the conventional
gender paradigm that focuses exclusively on women and is based
on ?women as victim, men as a problem.? While gains have
been made, the authors say, initiatives by government and
development agencies that focused exclusively on women have in
some cases inadvertently increased women's work burdens and
violence against them. more..
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXT...agePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
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A Bank report, titled "The Other Half of Gender," says
accomplishing gender equality will be difficult without
considering men in the debate and focusing on relations between
the sexes. The authors argue for moving beyond the conventional
gender paradigm that focuses exclusively on women and is based
on ?women as victim, men as a problem.? While gains have
been made, the authors say, initiatives by government and
development agencies that focused exclusively on women have in
some cases inadvertently increased women's work burdens and
violence against them. more..
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXT...agePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
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