Resources       

General articles, reports, magazine issues

http://toolkit.endabuse.org/Home
This web site is a comprehensive tool kit designed to help those who are working with men and boys in any capacity to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools. One can share one’s experiences and ask questions in the open online discussion forum which is a part of the website.

http://www.achillesheel.freeuk.com/
Is a bi-annual magazine for men which is intended to be a forum for discussion of men and masculinity, and a reflection of the diverse and developing ways in which men are experiencing themselves today. It aims to challenge traditional forms of masculinity and male power and support the creation of alternative social structures and personal ways of being.

http://www.endabuse.org/toolkit
This site presents a toolkit for Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence. It is a comprehensive resource for practitioners to work with men and boys to prevent violence. This toolkit is a follow up to a 2003 online discussion series and consolidates resources from many different initiatives from around North America.

http://endabuse.org/bpi/
Building Partnerships to End Men’s Violence – Papers and summaries from a 2003 online discussion, focused on four topics:

Building a Big Tent Approach to Working with Men;

Innovation within Batterer Intervention Programs: Community based approaches to enhancing safety and accountability;

Building Bridges between Responsible Fatherhood Programs and Programs working to End Men's Violence;

Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Abuse: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools.

http://www.teachingsexualethics.org/home.htm
Teaching Sexual Ethics (Jo Weinberg) includes;
Consent Rules! – Simple rules for men in establishing consent in sexual interactions.
Men Unlearning Rape – Stories of, and reflections on, doing anti-rape workshops with men.
The Conversations of Consent: Sexual Intimacy Without Sexual Assault – How to work with men to make consent the basis for safer, and sexier, sexual intimacies.

Coming Home to a World Without Rape – What it would mean for men to come home to a world without rape, and the personal and political changes needed to get there.

http://www.shinesa.org.au/files/rape_myth_buster_manual_cards.pdf
Rape Myth-Busters: A program for young men about rape prevention (Australia)
A 97-page Australian program for young men on rape prevention. This handbook includes an overview and rationale, a discussion of program implementation, and the full program itself.

http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/resources/factsheets/UNIFEMSheet5.pdf
Fact-sheet: Gender-based violence and masculinity
A seven-page outline of gender-based violence, masculinity, and the growing impetus to involve men in efforts to end gender-based violence.

http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/SC-Masculinities.doc
Men, boys, and gender-based violence in South Central Asia. This report (in Word format) reviews gender based violence and promoting gender equality with a focus of men and boys in the South Central Asia region. It summarises the three-day workshop on 'Strengthening partnership with men and boys to promote gender equality and end violence against girls and boys', where participants from the region met and shared practical experiences of and theoretical insights into working with men and boys on issues of masculinities that promote gender equality and non-violence towards children and women. The workshop also developed strategies and concrete action plans for increasing partnership with men and boys to address violence against girls and boys and for promoting gender equality from a child-rights based approach.

http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/170_filename_partnering.pdf
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). (2000). Partnering: A New Approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health. Technical Paper No. 3, December. New York: UNFPA.

http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/153_filename_ItTakes2.pdf
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). (2003). It Takes 2: Partnering with men in reproductive and sexual health. New York: UNFPA Programme Advisory Note (52 pp.)

http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/resources/subject/menshealth.asp
A good and comprehensive site on men’s health issues and masculinity, where there are different sub sections of specific topics. The site also has linkages with other database in the net on male sexuality and health.

http://www.thefword.org.uk
This is the link to the UK based magazine called the f word which has interesting discussions on masculinity, feminism and all gender issues at large. The website has articles that one can access easily and although none of the articles are academic or well researched, they present a healthy ground of grasping questions of gender stereotypes and questions.

Projects and campaigns around masculinity

http://www.mrpp.org
This is the official site of “The Men's Rape Prevention Project” which works to prevent rape and other forms of male violence through community education, consulting, research and public action. 

http://www.vix.com/menmag/wherego.html
This is the site of Men Web which is created and maintained by The “WhiteRock” Alternative Berthoff@wLn.com. Originally sponsored by Seattle M.E.N., publishers of M.E.N. Magazine, MenWeb is now the proud home of Men's Voices and it seeks to raise questions about the future direction of the Men's Movement.

http://yi.com:80/home/RentonDavid/realman/realmen.htm
REAL MEN is an anti-sexist men's group in the Boston area. They call themselves “Real Men” as they are attempting to contribute to a new understanding of what it means to be a man. They believe that is important for men to rethink and strive towards changing the traditional notions of masculinity.

http://www.michaelkaufman.com
The White Ribbon Campaign is an organization of men working to end men's violence against women

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1139/quitporn.html
This is a website devoted to the campaign against pornography. It contains a variety of helpful ideas and inspirational personal stories from men who have struggled against the pornography industry's power over their sexual feelings.

http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/ PreventionAndEducation/Campaigns/MenCampaigns.php
Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Campaigns and Campaign Materials. A collection of campaigns organized by or aimed at men to prevent domestic violence and/or encourage men's involvement in the movement to end violence against women.

http://www.urbanorg/family/invmales.html#chap1
Involving Males in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/j46edsum.shtml#top
Reproductive Health: New Perspectives on Men’s Participation

http://www.freedomfromfearwa.gov.au/
Freedom From Fear - Campaign Against Domestic Violence

http://www.hsrc.ac.za/fatherhood/introduction/introduction.html
The South African Fatherhood project site.