GTCoP - Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality

Institution: Rozan Pakistan

Type of Material: Training Manual/Guide

Year of Publication: 2011

Focal Area: Violence Against Women

Description:

This training module is designed for use by facilitators and programme planners who wish to engage young men in issues around gender based violence and masculinities. It is designed as a 15 session series that can be run with groups of 10-25 men in community settings. Its overall objectives are to: 

• Help participants to understand structural influencers in the construction of masculinities in our society. 
• To recognize the impact of socialization especially messages around masculinities on sexual health and sexuality relationships between men men’s relationships with women men’s roles and responsibilities 
• Allow participants to reflect on the self and highlight an individual's role and power to bring about positive change in the society 
• Identify alternative ways of 'being a man', and provide a forum for healthier ways of practicing it, and 
• Sensitize men and boys to recognize violence, its link to power and mobilize them to stand up against gender based violence at a personal and community level.
  

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