The role of MEN in Promoting GENDER EQUALITY BY World Health Organization

For a long time, a commitment to promoting gender equality in health, as in other areas of social development and human rights, has focused on women’s empowerment and been driven largely by women. This can be largely attributed to the fact that women are the ones mostly disadvantaged by the patterns of gender inequality, and so have been the ones to lead the cry for redress.
This belief has led many to assume that gender issues are only about women and of no concern to men and boys. This focus, gladly has begun to change, and there is a growing interest in the roles and responsibilities of men and boys in relation to gender equality. There are several reasons for this:

• Men need to be held accountable so that their actions and attitudes are examined also in the light of social and cultural norms, policies and practices, and not just biology. Norms, policies and practices can and do change
• Women and men need to work together for greater gender equality and not merely blame each other for the inequalities and inequities. This means that men's awareness needs to be raised concerning the causes and results of their attitudes and actions on the people in their lives for the benefit of all
• Some men are beginning to show interest in different settings and in challenging the existing gender order

GWH has been challenged to work on the role of men in promoting gender equality and changing gender-based inequity in health. In 2006, WHO conducted an expert meeting to develop a framework for working on this aspect of gender in health.
Some other examples of GWH work include:

• Fatherhood and health
• Engaging men and boys in changing gender-based inequity in health

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The role of MEN in Promoting GENDER EQUALITY BY World Health Organization

For a long time, a commitment to promoting gender equality in health, as in other areas of social development and human rights, has focused on women’s empowerment and been driven largely by women. This can be largely attributed to the fact that women are the ones mostly disadvantaged by the patterns of gender inequality, and so have been the ones to lead the cry for redress.
This belief has led many to assume that gender issues are only about women and of no concern to men and boys. This focus, gladly has begun to change, and there is a growing interest in the roles and responsibilities of men and boys in relation to gender equality. There are several reasons for this:

• Men need to be held accountable so that their actions and attitudes are examined also in the light of social and cultural norms, policies and practices, and not just biology. Norms, policies and practices can and do change
• Women and men need to work together for greater gender equality and not merely blame each other for the inequalities and inequities. This means that men's awareness needs to be raised concerning the causes and results of their attitudes and actions on the people in their lives for the benefit of all
• Some men are beginning to show interest in different settings and in challenging the existing gender order

GWH has been challenged to work on the role of men in promoting gender equality and changing gender-based inequity in health. In 2006, WHO conducted an expert meeting to develop a framework for working on this aspect of gender in health.
Some other examples of GWH work include:

• Fatherhood and health
• Engaging men and boys in changing gender-based inequity in health

5 Lies All Women Tell- Yahoo.com

Out of compulsion, to manipulate you, to manipulate the situation, to salvage the relationship, to willingly destroy the friendship, to be bitchy, to infuse some gossip and fun into an otherwise mundane life.

No matter the reason, women lie.
As do men, but for the purpose of this article we’ll just stick to talking about the fairer sex. And no, no lies will be mentioned here.
Here are five lies that all women tell and very few own up to:

1. "I am not mad at you."

Lie. Lie. Lie. The moment she utters these words, the red flag, heck ALL the red flags you have, must go up. A woman only ever says this when she is fuming with wrath; when she is so angry with you that she wants to burn your sad soul and kick you right into hell. You’d be safe if she is mad at you than when she is not. So, if she isn’t mad at you, please do the needful and make sure she is absolutely mad at you.

2. "You were great!"

If you *actually* were great, she wouldn’t necessarily say it. Instead she’d show you grateful she is. So if she tells you how great you were and raves and rants about it, chances are you were only but mediocre and she is just being nice.

3. "Be honest, I can take it."

This particularly statement is made after she asks you *that* question. The question being: Do I look fat in this?
It’s a trap. A big huge cage from which there is no escape. Any answer or no answer, you’re destined to die out of misery in that cage.
The truth is she cannot take your honesty and if you lie blatantly, she’ll catch you at it. So the trick here is to be moderate in your response; not too flowery, not too mean. Walk the tight-rope well and you might just manage to escape from the cage. PS: No living man has yet managed this feat.
4. "I’m not jealous."
In reality, she is jealous almost all the time. Jealous when you look at that girl walking by, jealous when you talk too much to your friend who is a girl. In all honesty, playful jealousy is fun, necessary even to keep the relationship going. So when she says she is not jealous, smile and kiss her cheek. Forget being jealous, she will just blush.

5. "I never think of my ex."

Everyone thinks of their ex. At some point or the other, we are driven back to times gone by because of a tune or a place or situation or a conversation. It’s okay if she thinks about her ex once in a while, because it is only normal to do so. And if she confesses to *never* thinking of her ex, I’d say something is wrong with her and that you need to assess what that is.

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