UNICEF: Boys and Men: Partners for Gender Equality

http://www.unicef.org/gender/index_52917.html

NEW YORK, USA, 5 March 2010 A side event at the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on 4 March 2010 convened by UNFPA and UNICEF focused on recognizing the need to involve boys and men in the promotion of gender equality.

This side event Boys and Men: Partners for Gender Equality was planned as a thought-provoking way to generate more effective partnerships between those in the womens movement and those who work with men to promote gender equality.

The panellists acknowledged that there are many programmes for male adolescents and men that promote equality, but that such programmes need to be extended to boys still in their early childhoods in order to achieve better results.

Abundant empirical evidence has shown that through direct engagement about gender inequality issues, boys and men not only become more gender sensitive, but more willing to challenge patriarchal structures, masculine social norms and the imbalance of power within relationships.

The Boys and Men: Partners for Gender Equality event was a positive step towards the active participation of males in the effort to make gender equality a reality.

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