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From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls

Jewkes, Rachel, Flood, Michael, Lang, James·2015·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61683-4
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Violence perpetrated by and against men and boys is a major public health problem. Although individual men's use of violence differs, engagement of all men and boys in action to prevent violence against women and girls is essential. We discuss why this engagement approach is theoretically important and how prevention interventions have developed from treating men simply as perpetrators of violence against women and girls or as allies of women in its prevention, to approaches that seek to transform the relations, social norms, and systems that sustain gender inequality and violence. We review evidence of intervention effectiveness in the reduction of violence or its risk factors, features commonly seen in more effective interventions, and how strong evidence-based interventions can be developed with more robust use of theory. Future interventions should emphasise work with both men and boys and women and girls to change social norms on gender relations, and need to appropriately accommodate the differences between men and women in the design of programmes.

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Authors
Jewkes, R., Flood, M., & Lang, J.
Affiliations
  • South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
  • University of Wollongong (AU)
  • United Nations Development Programme (US)
Corresponding author
Jewkes, Rachel
ORCID
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-04
Volume
385
Issue
9977
Pages
1580-1589
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61683-4
OpenAlex
W2071941008
Cited by
905
References
76
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
violence against women and girls, men and boys, gender norms, gender inequality, violence prevention, social norm change, gender relations, intervention effectiveness, theory-based intervention, risk factors for violence, program design
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Social Behavior, Socioeconomic Factors, Violence, Social Norms

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