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Reframing masculinities : narrating the supportive practices of men /

"There is a growing concern among gender practitioners, activists and researchers to address the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality and in empowering women. How can we make gendered partnerships possible? Do ordinary men in contemporary South Asia reflect on gender? What do they...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: UNIFEM South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, Zonta International
Other Authors: Chopra, Radhika
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Hyderabad : Orient Longman, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: reframing masculinities/Radhika Chopra. I. Men against trafficking: 2. Disrupting the chain/Shalini Panjabi. 3. Empowering commercial sex workers/Ritambhara Hebbar. II. Gender, state and family: 4. Working with mothers of the disappeared: the peace movement in Kashmir/Wasim Yousuf Bhat. 5. Contesting female foeticide: gender and the law/Shalini Panjabi. III. Coming Together: 6. Young men, friendship networks and gender work/Mahuya Bandhyopadhyay. 7. Enterprising women, supportive men: micro credit networks in the North-East/Subhashim Goswami. 8. In plain sight: making Gayness visible in India/Ritambhara Hebbar. IV. New life worlds: 9. Passing on knowledge: a village school in Kashmir/Wasim Yousuf Bhat. 10. No less than me: working on disability/Subhashim Goswami. About the contributors.