Gender Content Topic Results
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January 2011
Evolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey
Publisher(s):This report presents findings from a six-country study on men’s attitudes and practices as well as women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices. These practices included health practices, parenting, relationship dynamics, sexual behavior, and use of violence.
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January 2011
WCSAP Manager’s Viewpoint: Disaster Resilience: Emergency Planning and Recovery for Sexual Assault Programs
Publisher(s):This document offers information to assist sexual assault programs with emergency preparedness and recovery planning. It includes the perspectives of experienced program managers and an expert on gender-based violence in disasters, as well as planning tools and resources.
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January 2011
Does your partner blame it on you being trans or genderqueer?
Publisher(s): This brochure outlines some specific tactics that an abuser may use against their trans or genderqueer partner.
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January 2011
Connections: Male Survivors of Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This issue addresses abuse within faith communities, intimate relationships, sexual violence during war, sexual violence within prisons, and working with gay men. It also discusses question oppression, highlights programs serving male survivors, and provides resources.
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January 2011
Masculinities, power and change
Publisher(s):The relationship between men as gendered beings, power and change has been central in this research. This article presents some of the main findings that most researchers within critical studies on men will agree on, and then it discusses how to better understand men’s relationship to power and marginalization, change and gender equality in future research. It is explorative in its style, and an invitation to further debates on these important questions.
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January 2011
Challenges and Successes in Linking HIV-Infected Women to Care in the United States
Publisher(s):This article reviews risk factors for HIV infection in women, barriers to engagement in care, and strategies to improve linkage to HIV-related medical and social care. It focuses specifically on the disproportionate impact of HIV on women of color, and strategies to increase engagement in care.
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January 2011
A Review of the Evidence on the Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Men
Publisher(s): This review examines the empirical evidence on the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) in men, including posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, depression, and suicidal ideation in men who have experienced IPV.
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January 2011
From Violence to Coercive Control: Renaming Men's Abuse of Women
Publisher(s):This report discusses the naming of the issue of men's violence against women. The author suggests that labeling is a political process that can minimize the impact and understanding of the violence and makes the problem abstract and difficult to address.
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December 2010
A Call to Men
Publisher(s):In this video, Tony Porter presents the idea of the man-box. This notion of the construction of masculinity limits men, promotes the devaluation of women, and creates a harmful notion of manhood.
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November 2010
DADT Commentary Suggests Corrective Rape for Lesbians
Publisher(s):This article reacts to comments on the proposed repeal of the "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" policy that keeps LGBTIQ individuals from openly serving in the military.
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October 2010
Man Tells His Domestic Violence Story
In this news piece, Dale Wells recounts his story of abuse at the hands of his girlfriend.
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September 2010
Justice at the Intersections: Action for Reproductive and Economic Justice in NYC
Publisher(s):This film provides interviews with 16 organizations doing reproductive justice work in New York City.