In this special issue the following articles: 'Changing gender roles in Tanzania', 'The impact of forced migration on families and sexual health', 'Women's participation in the workforce and changing gender roles in Guatemala' and 'Gender and family in the Caribbean.' Featuring also 'Inclusion of gender perspectives in family education' and 'Chinese family and the state: gender-role socialisation and social control' and information about the researches 'Learning gender roles among poor families in Chile' and 'Gender and family in the Caribbean.' With a country file on South Africa.