Engaging Men in the Fight against Gender Violence [electronic resource] : Case Studies from Africa /
Freedman, Jane.author.
Gender-based violence is a global phenomenon which affects millions worldwide. However, despite the increasing attention which is now paid to this violence by policy makers data seem to indicate that these efforts are not having as great an impact as may have been hoped. In all countries of the world, reports of gender-related violence remain elevated, whilst many incidents of such violence probably remain unreported due to fear of stigma or reprisals for those who are victims. One of the problems in tackling gender-based violence has been that for too long men have been ignored as part of the solution. Men are often labelled as perpetrators of violence, but they are perhaps too infrequently considered also as potential victims, or as partners and actors in the fight against violence. Constructions of masculinities are not adequately studied to analyse how dominant forms of masculinities may contribute to cycles of violence, and may also oppress and traumatise men themselves. This volume aims to address critically the issues of men, masculinity and gender-based violence, asking how men can be fully engaged in the prevention of gender-based violence, and how this engagement can strengthen prevention initiatives.
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Cover; Engaging Men in the Fight:against Gender ViolenceCase Studies from Africa; Contents; Chapter 1: Masculinities, Gender, and Violence: A Framework for Analysis; What Is Gender-Based Violence?; Complex Masculinities; Men, Masculinity, and Conflict; Theorizing Violence and Masculinities in Armed Conflict; Analyzing Masculinities: Moving beyond the Male as Perpetrator; Engaging Men; Structure of the Book; References; Notes; Chapter 2:What Do Men Think?:The Role of Cultural (Mis)conceptionsin Perpetuating Male Violence againstWomen in Neocolonial Africa; Introduction
The Link between Perception and Behaviorin Psychological Field TheoryFrom Precolonial to Neocolonial: An AfricanMan's Evolving Perception of Manhood; Cultural Misconception and Male Violenceagainst Women in Neocolonial Africa; Concluding Remarks and Suggestions forReconstructing African Masculinities; References; Notes; Chapter 3:Militarized Masculinities andthe Political Economy ofWartime Sexual Violence in theDemocratic Republic of Congo; Context: Sexual Violence in the Conflict in Eastern Congo; Understanding Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo
The Function of Sexual Violence in the Congolese WarMotivations for Conflict and the StrategicUse of Sexual Violence; The International Political Economy of the Congo War; Conclusion; References; Note; Chapter 4: "You Must Sit on the Old Mat to Ply the New One": Rethinking Threatened Masculinities and Postconflict Gender Violence in Liberia; Definitions and Common Terms; War on Women; Women and War; Challenge at the Crossroads:Postconflict Gender- Based Violence; Threatened Masculinities and theConservative Postwar Backlash; Construction/Performance of Violent Masculinities
Informal Discourses on Gender Violencein Liberia: A Mission Civilsatrice?Lessons for Programmers and Policymakers; References; Notes; Chapter 5: Listening to Perpetrators: Connecting Wartime Violence with Postconflict Interventions; Introduction; Understandings of War-Related Sexual Violence; The Revolutionary United Front; Impact of Rebel Governance and Command Structures on Gender-Based Violence; RUF Perspectives on Sexual Violence during the War; Connecting Wartime Perceptions andPostconflict Experiences; Conclusion; References; Notes
Chapter 6: Masculinity and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda: The Potential Contribution of Community-Based Strategies to Make a ChangeIntroduction; A Nationwide Study on Masculinity and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda; Community-Based and Interventions; Conclusion; References; Note; 7:About the Notion of Hope:Simelela: A Model of a SouthAfrican Rape Crisis Center; The Dimensions of Rape; Simelela; Mechanisms "from the Bottom": Comprehensive Services; Unique Male- Centered Activism; Measuring Success; Policy Implications of Measuring Mechanisms; Conclusion; References
Conclusions:The Way Forward in Engaging Men andBoys in Prevention of Violence
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Gender-based violence is a global phenomenon which affects millions worldwide. However, despite the increasing attention which is now paid to this violence by policy makers data seem to indicate that these efforts are not having as great an impact as may have been hoped. In all countries of the world, reports of gender-related violence remain elevated, whilst many incidents of such violence probably remain unreported due to fear of stigma or reprisals for those who are victims. One of the problems in tackling gender-based violence has been that for too long men have been ignored as part of the solution. Men are often labelled as perpetrators of violence, but they are perhaps too infrequently considered also as potential victims, or as partners and actors in the fight against violence. Constructions of masculinities are not adequately studied to analyse how dominant forms of masculinities may contribute to cycles of violence, and may also oppress and traumatise men themselves. This volume aims to address critically the issues of men, masculinity and gender-based violence, asking how men can be fully engaged in the prevention of gender-based violence, and how this engagement can strengthen prevention initiatives.
Sociology.
Ethnology-Africa.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Gender Studies.
African Culture.
Sociology, general.
Crime and Society.