Engaging men in the fight against gender violence : case studies from Africa / by Jane Freedman

Published:: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: vi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Freedman, Jane

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Contents:

Masculinities, gender and violence : a framework for analysis / Jane Freedman and Sarah Jacobson -- What do men think? : the role of cultural (mis)conceptions in perpetuating male violence against women in neo-colonial Africa / Christopher Isike -- Militarized masculinities and the political economy of wartime sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Sara Meger -- "You must sit on the old mat to ply the new one" : rethinking threatened masculinities and post-conflict gender violence in Liberia / Kerrie Thornhill -- Listening to perpetrators : connecting wartime violence with post-conflict interventions / Zoe Marks -- Masculinity and gender-based violence in Rwanda : the potential contribution of community-based strategies to make a change / Henny Slegh and Annemiek Richters -- About the notion of hope : Simelela : a model of a South African rape crisis center / Sabine C. Hirschauer -- Conclusions : the way forward in engaging men and boys in prevention of violence / Jane Freedman.

Subject(s):

Gender in conflict management—Africa
Women—Violence against—Africa
Women—Violence against—Africa—Prevention
Rape—Africa
Rape as a weapon of war—Africa
Rape—Africa—Prevention
Women and war—Africa
Masculinity—Africa

ISBN:

9781137014733 (alk. paper)
1137014733 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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