Fall 2011 Bulletin Vol. 27, Number 1 (PDF) - Center for Gender in ...

Rwanda Men Engage Networknyurl.com/3fcysap“Masculinity and Gender-BasedViolence in Rwanda: Experiences andPercepons of Men and Women,”2010, 58 pp. This report examines theresults of the first naonal householdsurvey conducted in Rwanda (fromJanuary 2010 to June 2010) regardingmen and women’s perceponsof masculinity and gender-basedviolence (GBV). The experiences andopinions of those surveyed werequantavely and qualitavely studiedin relaon to the ways in which menare supposed to behave according toRwandan sociocultural norms. The finalsecon contains recommendaonsfor developing programs, includingawareness trainings, psychosocialsupport and campaignswith a special focuson male environmentssuch as the police andarmy. This official reportwas commissionedby the Rwanda MenEngage Network andcoordinated by theRwanda Men’s ResourceCentre.Save the ChildrenFundnyurl.com/3dwd22p“Champions for theChildren: State of theWorld’s Mothers,” 2011,42 pp. This State of theWorld’s Mothers reportranks 164 countrieson women’s access tohealth care, educaonand opportunies.Whereas millionsof children are alivetoday because of pastinvestments in lifesavingprograms, the authorsnote that 22,000children sll perishper day, mostly frompreventable or treatablecauses. The authorscontend that Norway is the world’s bestplace to be a mother. Also, eight of the10 top-ranked countries are in WesternEurope, and the remaining two are inthe southern hemisphere, with Australiaranking second and New Zealand eighth.On the other hand, eight of the world’s10 worst countries to be a mother are inSub-Saharan Africa. The worst place inthe world to be a mother, according tothe authors, is Afghanistan. The authorsargue that despite ongoing conflictand rising civilian casuales, expecngmothers in Afghanistan are at least 200mes more likely to die during childbirththan from bombs or bullets. In light ofthis, the authors conclude that whilemany countries are making progress,many are sll lagging behind and thusin need of support. Finally, the authorsargue that effecve soluons to thischallenge are affordable—even in theworld’s poorest countries.United Nationsnyurl.com/6k7wncd“State of the World’s Minories andIndigenous Peoples 2011,” 2011, 262pp. This year’s edion presents anoverview of the situaon of minority andindigenous women today, and includesdiscussions of gender-based violenceand armed conflict, including theviolence that indigenous and minoritywomen experience within their owncommunies, and the difficules thatthey face in accessing jusce and supportfrom outside; consideraon of the lackof progress made towards achievingthe Millennium Development Goals forminority and indigenouswomen, with specialfocus on reproducverights and maternalmortality; interviewsand special reports ontrafficking, interseconaldiscriminaon, landseizures and women’spolical representaon;overviews of the humanrights situaon of minoriesand indigenous peoples inevery major world region.UN Womenprogress.unwomen.org“Progress Of The World’sWomen: In Pursuit OfJusce,” 2011, 167 pp. Thisreport is UN Women’s firstmajor report, followingthe organizaon’s launchin early 2011. It recognizesthe posive progressmade—139 countriesand territories nowguarantee gender equalityin their constuons, forexample—but also showsthat too oen, womenconnue to experienceinjusce, violence andinequality in their home10MONOGRAPHS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS