Developing strategies to combat violence against women in developing countries: male gender aspects and domestic violence | ICRH

TEAM MEMBERS 

PERIOD 

OBJECTIVES

• To assess the determinants of "violent" men, in a Latin American, African and Asian context.
• To inventorise significant, existing programs and projects regarding perpetrators in the 3 above mentioned regions.
• To study such projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia
• To formulate strategies concerning the integration of male gender aspects in domestic violence interventions.
• To formulate recommendations for a policy concerning domestic violence, targeted at women/victim and man/perpetrator

ACTIVITIES

• Review of the literature with the aim of studying the socio-cultural context in Africa, Asia and Latin-America that determines male gender roles
• Inventarisation of projects, programmes and other initiatives (education, media, health care sector, …).
• Formulating indicators to evaluate existing projects, programmes and other initiatives concerning male gender aspects
• Missions to the identified projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
• Writing mission reports
• Formulating strategies concerning the integration of male gender aspects in interventions on domestic violence on women.
• Formulating policy recommendations on domestic violence against women, aiming at developing strategies towards women as victims as well as men as perpetrators.
• Writing a publication with the above mentioned strategies and policy recommendations.

RESULTS 

• Literature review on violence against women, male involvement and reproductive health
• Field visits to intervention projects in South Africa, Mexico and Nicaragua that involve men in dealing with violence against women
• Scientific final report with main results of literature review, field visits and the policy recommendations