An outline and annotated bibliography by Emily Esplen for the Institute of Development Studies. Published, October 2006.
Excerpt from “Engaging Men in Gender Equality”:
There has been much resistance on the part of some women to involving men in gender and development work — driven by fears about the dilution of the feminist agenda, and by anxieties over the diversion of limited resources away from women’s empowerment initiatives and back into the hands of men. Yet not engaging with men and boys may limit the effectiveness of development interventions, and may actually intensify gender inequalities.
