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This article explores lessons from evaluations that I have done on work with men and boys to challenge dominant masculinities in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. It also asks what lessons are different from evaluating work with women and girls on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Reflecting back on around eight evaluations that I have done on working with men and boys, the following unique lessons emerge:
This article explored what is unique or “added” about evaluations of work with men and boys on challenging dominant masculinities, when compared to work with women and girls. What, how, when and why of evaluations differ when we assess work with men and boys on masculinities. Lessons from such evaluations can contribute to progress towards SDGs, in particular SDG 5 on Gender Equality as well as SDG 10 on Reduced Inequalities and SDG 16 on Security.
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Dear Ranjani,
Thank you for sharing, the virtues of using the men as the advocates in driving empowerment is key as it looks at men and boys as the empowering agents rather than the saviours thus building independence rather than dependence in women and girls. Often program will only consider this approach as a small part of their program rather than including boys and men through out the process. As rightly mentioned by Jeanette, the approach should be uniform in program implementation and evaluation.
Dear Ranjani,
Thank you for this post, very important points! A question that comes to my mind however is if it is possible to apply them in evaluations when so often in the planning of projects or programs this approach is not taken up. How can we measure the transformation of norms for example, if the program didn’t intend to change them? This is a difficulty I have faced in my work.
I like how you explain your point Ranjani. You have a deep understanding of gender:-)
In the case I was mentioning not only men but also grandparents both grandpa and grandma are taking responsibility for immunisation of children. Earlier the fathers used to take responsibility only in terms of taking the child to hospital when sick. When NGOs work with mothers or women for health it means the entire onus is on women. But here we did not focus on the woman but the entire family.
I have seen startling results in terms on gender and inequity but its hard to explain in words the Constellation's SALT approach. the material is available for free online and one can get trained online in a triad. SALT also builds very good facilitation skills.
Dear Rituu
Thanks for sharing.
Gender roles can be redefined in a instrumental and contingent way, in the best interest of the child and when mothers are sick the fathers take the child for immunisation, or in a transformative way- women too work but unpaid work or paid less. They contribute (economically) equally to family, and hence it is important that men share child care and health responsibilities.
Rituu, can you kindly share how we can facilitate this in strength based trianing.
Thanks so much
Ranjani
Hi Ranjani,
I have found your blog very useful and examples very powerful. Am going to use them in my work. A big thank you!
See one of my blogs here on engaging young men in self assessment using SALT and CLCP a strength based approach https://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blogs/self-assessment-trig...
Warmly,
Rituu
Dear Maha and Margerit
Look forward to hearing your experiences on evaluating work with men and boys.
Thanks
Ranjani
Thank you for these important insights.
maha
Thank you for sending this! I'm just doing a social impact analysis with three Indigenous father's/men's circles and this will be helpful.
Margerit
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