The Other Half of Gender : Men's Issues in Development.

This 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 ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Correia, Maria (Editor ), Bannon, Ian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Bank Group 2006.
Temas:
Community development > Developing countries.
Economic development projects > Developing countries.
Men > Developing countries.
Community development.
Economic development projects.
Men.
Developing countries.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Men's Issues in Development
  • 2 Men's Gender Relations, Identity, and Work-Family Balance in Latin America
  • 3 Men's Participation as Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean: Critical Literature Review and Policy Options
  • 4 The Role of Men in Families in the Caribbean: A Historical Perspective
  • 5 Masculinity and Violence in Colombia: Deconstructing the Conventional Way of Becoming a Man
  • 6 Growing up Poor and Male in the Americas: Reflections from Research and Practice with Young Men in Low-Income Communities i
  • 7 Fearing Africa's Young Men: Male Youth, Conflict, Urbanization, and the Case of Rwanda
  • 8 Young Men and the Construction of Masculinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HIV/AIDS, Conflict, and Violence
  • 9 Young Men and Gender in War and Postwar Reconstruction: Some Comparative Findings from Liberia and Sierra Leone
  • 10 Collapsing Livelihoods and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Kenya
  • 11 Gender and Its Discontents: Moving to Men-Streaming Development
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Box
  • 10.1 Family Conflict
  • 10.2 Case on Male Dominance
  • Tables
  • 1.1 Male and Female Life Expectancy: Selected Countries, 2003
  • 1.2 Infant Mortality Rates, Male and Female, 2002
  • 1.3 Male and Female Disability-Adjusted Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002
  • 1.4 Percentage of Grade 1 Students Reaching Grade 5, Male and Female, 2001/02
  • 1.5 Female Labor Force Participation Rate, 1980-2003
  • 10.1 Study Sites in Six Districts
  • 10.2 Economic Activities in Manyatta Demo
  • 10.3 Marital Violence
  • 10.4 Reports of Depression by District
  • 10.5 Causes of Depression by District.

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