a study of how improving knowledge about men in families helps strengthen programming for children and women
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Foumbi, Joseph
- Creator
- Lovich, Ronni
- Creator
- Tacon, Sheila Barry > (ed.)
- Corporate
- UNICEF. International Ad Hoc Working Group on Men and Families
- Publish Year
- 1997
- Shelfmark
- digitaal - B
- Thesaurus
- gelijke behandeling, mannen
- Description
- With English, French and Spanish summary. This concept paper was developed as the background for a consultative meeting to begin a dialogue with inter-agency partners, NGOs and researchers. Its objectives are to clarify why organizations such as UNICEF should focus on men’s involvement as a strategy to promote equality between women and men. Changing traditional family roles are having an important impact on the socialization of children with both positive and negative results. ..the impact of these changes in order to prevent the perpetuation of discrimination against girls — elimination of which is fundamental to achieving gender equality and improvement in the status of women. The paper will also summarize the major issues emerging in the promotion of men’s involvement, analyze benefits to child, family and community of programmes which foster positive involvement of men, examine some of UNICEF’s initial experience in men-targeted programming. Based on this it will highlight considerations for programme planning, monitoring and evaluation.