Web resource:	http://www.unescap.org/esid/gad/events/egm-vaw2007/discussion%20papers%20and%20presentations/michael%20flood%27s%20paper.pdf
Type:	Speech
Title:	Harmful traditional and cultural practices related to violence against women and successful strategies to eliminate such practices – working with men
Authors:	Flood, Michael
Keywords:	Prevention;Community education;Community attitudes
Year:	2007
Publisher:	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Notes:	This is a speech given to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Expert Group Meeting : Strategies for Implementing the Recommendations from the Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Women with Particular Emphasis on the Role of National Machineries, April 26-27, 2007, Bangkok Overview:In this paper delivered to a United Nations Expert Group Meeting, the author gives an overview of primary prevention of violence against women and explains the reasoning behind the strategy of involving men in preventing violence against women. He discusses how certain cultural practices, long accepted as traditional, are, in fact, a form of violence against women and are perpetuated actively by men or with their support and participation. * Engaging, strengthening, and mobilising communities In conclusion, he describes some of the approaches to working with men which have been successful in educating, mobilising and changing men.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21520
Physical description:	23 p.
Appears in Collections:	Educational tools, guidelines & resources

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