Gary Barker
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3674840 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Gary Barker |
| PRENOMES | Gary |
| SOBRENOME | Barker |
| ASSINATURA | BARKER G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Promundo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7120-3639 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 167 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
The future of caregiving is shared
Covid-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective
COVID-19 has affected individuals and communities in gendered ways. A spike in men’s violence against women has been documented in multiple settings. Women have faced disproportionate job losses in many countries. Men have died at higher rates from COVID-19 for both biological and social causes. Masculinist responses by some national leaders, and men’s lower propensity to adhere to COVID-19 related health recommendations are also gendered. Resear…
Gender-Transformative Approaches to Engaging Men in Reducing Gender-Based Violence
Brush and Miller’s paper is critical of gender-transformative interventions and they believe that the paradigm is in trouble. In this response, we examine the body of evidence and the conceptual frames that undergird gender-transformative interventions, along with the emergence of these interventions and their efficacy. We argue here that it is reductionist to state either (a) that gender-transformative programs do not work, or (b) that gender-tr…
Increasing men’s involvement in responsible parenthood
Since the ratification of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD PoA), the importance of promoting men’s participation in childcare has been recognized as an international priority. This study documents national policy efforts undertaken during the ICPD PoA timeframe to increase men’s participation in childcare in Croatia, India, and Mexico. Results of our policy analysis suggest that although between…
Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Rigorous evidence of the effectiveness of male engagement interventions, particularly on how these interventions impact relationship power dynamics and women's decision-making, remains limited. This study assessed the impact of the Bandebereho gender-transformative couples' intervention on impact on multiple behavioral and health-related outcomes influenced by gender norms and power relations. METHODS: We conducted a multi-site random…
Pathways between childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, and harsh parenting
BACKGROUND: Although childhood trauma and violence against women are global public health issues, few population-based data from low-income and middle-income countries exist about the links between them. We present data from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific, exploring the pathways between different forms of childhood trauma and violence against women. METHODS: In this multicountry study, we interviewed multis…
Male violence or patriarchal violence? Global Trends in Men and Violence
Policies and research have focused recently on men's use of violence against women, and the terms "gender-based violence" or "domestic violence" have often been used rather than "patriarchal violence." This article argues that instead of talking about "male violence," or gender-based violence, a more useful analytical framework is "patriarchal violence." Applying this lens examines how violence is based in complex power relations - with low-incom…
Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners
This paper examines men's lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration across eight low- and middle-income countries to better understand key risk factors that interventions can target in order to promote gender equality and reduce IPV. We use data from men (n = 7806) that were collected as part of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of …
Globalized Fatherhood
Global pathways to men's caregiving
Promoting men's participation in unpaid care work is part of the Programme of Action for the International Conference on Population and Development. However, men's involvement in care work does not mirror the advances women have made in paid work outside the home. This mixed method study explores which men are more involved in caregiving, and what childhood and adulthood factors influence their level of involvement. Quantitative research presents…
Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work
This article draws on Promundo and RWAMREC's programmatic experiences in Rwanda of implementing MenCare+, a gender transformative approach to engaging young and adult men (ages 15–35) in caregiving, maternal, newborn, and child health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. We present initial results from fathers' groups with more than 600 men, including the impact of participation in these groups on men's participation in care work. The …
A Radical Agenda for Men's Caregiving
The gender equality agenda has long discussed the unequal burden of care work for women and girls. But this debate has seldom focused on how to create the conditions necessary for men and boys to do more care work and be part of a global effort to value care work, regardless of who carries it out. In this analysis of global data and trends, the author argues for a radical shifting of the conversation to understand the resistance to men's care wor…
Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-based Violence
In spite of tremendous progress toward including gender equality as a global goal-included in numerous UN conventions and the Millennium Development Goals-much progress remains to be made. Men's violence against women remains a pervasive feature of life in every country in the world. Increasing attention is being paid to engaging men and boys to end men's violence. Programs and policies have been successfully piloted by nongovernmental organizati…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
I can do women's work’
The benefits of women's economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda's Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that deliberately engaged men as partners of women beneficiaries of the micro-credit …
Reconceiving the second sex
Questioning gender norms with men to improve health outcomes
This article describes a review of 58 evaluation studies of programmes with men and boys in sexual and reproductive health (including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support); father involvement; gender-based violence; maternal, newborn and child health; and gender socialisation more broadly. While few of the programmes go beyond the pilot stage, or a relatively short-term timeframe, they offer compelling evidence that well-designed programme…
Measuring Attitudes toward Gender Norms among Young Men in Brazil
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a twenty-four-item scale to measure attitudes toward gender norms among young men: the Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale. Scale items on gender norms related to sexual and reproductive health, sexual relations, violence, domestic work, and homophobia are designed. Items are based on previous qualitative work in the community and a literature review and administered to a househol…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Dying to be Men
One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm. Barker, who has worked directly with low-income youth and witnessed first hand the violence he describes, provides a compelling account of the young men's struggles. He discusses the problems these men face in other areas of their lives, including the difficulty of staying in s…
Dying to be men
"Young men are on the front lines of civil unrest, riots and gang warfare worldwide. In countries such as Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia and South Africa, young men are dying at rates higher than in countries with declared wars, and at rates that are far higher than young women and older men. The principal causes of death for these young men are violence, traffic accidents and HIV/AIDS. Because they are trying to live up to certain rigid models of wha…
Youth Programs as Alternative Spaces to be
This article presents the findings of a year-long, qualitative study of a network of neighborhood youth programs in a low-income, Latino neighborhood in Chicago. It discusses the characteristics of youth served by the programs, the programs' daily functioning, how youth workers construct and carry out their roles, the nature of youth-worker-youth relationships, and implementation issues. The authors also reflect on the strengths and limitations o…
Políticas sociais em transformação
Observa-se que, no Brasil, apesar das inovações referentes aos direitos da criança e do adolescente, persistem idéias e práticas antigas que, não garantindo estes direitos, continuam voltadas para situações de emergência, como os programas de atenção aos chamados "meninos de rua". É recente e ainda pouco expressiva a busca de ações preventivas, desenvolvidas em suas famílias e comunidades e voltadas para a proteção, defesa e garantia de seus dire…
Non-violent Males in Violent Settings
This study analyzes the factors associated with being non-violent and constructing a non-violent, prosocial masculine identity among adolescent males in two low-income Chicago (USA) neighborhoods where boys are generally socialized to be violent. Subjects were 25 African-American and Hispanic males ages 15-20; six of the males were adolescent fathers. Results confirmed that the males' life trajectories were characterized by family stresses, expos…
Measuring Attitudes toward Gender Norms among Young Men in Brazil
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a twenty-four-item scale to measure attitudes toward gender norms among young men: the Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale. Scale items on gender norms related to sexual and reproductive health, sexual relations, violence, domestic work, and homophobia are designed. Items are based on previous qualitative work in the community and a literature review and administered to a househol…
Youth Programs as Alternative Spaces to be
This article presents the findings of a year-long, qualitative study of a network of neighborhood youth programs in a low-income, Latino neighborhood in Chicago. It discusses the characteristics of youth served by the programs, the programs' daily functioning, how youth workers construct and carry out their roles, the nature of youth-worker-youth relationships, and implementation issues. The authors also reflect on the strengths and limitations o…
Influences on Adolescent Sexuality in Nigeria and Kenya
Continuing high rates of adolescent childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa indicate a need for improved understanding of factors affecting adolescent sexuality. As traditional cultural influences on adolescent sexuality in Africa have diminished, peer interaction and modern influences have gained importance. To study peer interaction and societal factors and their impact on adolescent attitudes toward sexuality and contraception, the authors conducte…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-based Violence
In spite of tremendous progress toward including gender equality as a global goal-included in numerous UN conventions and the Millennium Development Goals-much progress remains to be made. Men's violence against women remains a pervasive feature of life in every country in the world. Increasing attention is being paid to engaging men and boys to end men's violence. Programs and policies have been successfully piloted by nongovernmental organizati…
Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work
This article draws on Promundo and RWAMREC's programmatic experiences in Rwanda of implementing MenCare+, a gender transformative approach to engaging young and adult men (ages 15–35) in caregiving, maternal, newborn, and child health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. We present initial results from fathers' groups with more than 600 men, including the impact of participation in these groups on men's participation in care work. The …
Where the Boys are
Qualitative research with 127 low-income young men and women (ages 14 to 30) in Rio de Janeiro found rigid gender roles with males displaying widespread machista values. Males viewed violence toward women as acceptable in many circumstances, with more widespread violence against women reported among youth who live in favelas-low-income, marginal areas of the city. Nonetheless, the research identified a small but important minority of progressive …
I can do women's work’
The benefits of women's economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda's Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that deliberately engaged men as partners of women beneficiaries of the micro-credit …
Covid-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective
COVID-19 has affected individuals and communities in gendered ways. A spike in men’s violence against women has been documented in multiple settings. Women have faced disproportionate job losses in many countries. Men have died at higher rates from COVID-19 for both biological and social causes. Masculinist responses by some national leaders, and men’s lower propensity to adhere to COVID-19 related health recommendations are also gendered. Resear…
Políticas sociais em transformação
Observa-se que, no Brasil, apesar das inovações referentes aos direitos da criança e do adolescente, persistem idéias e práticas antigas que, não garantindo estes direitos, continuam voltadas para situações de emergência, como os programas de atenção aos chamados "meninos de rua". É recente e ainda pouco expressiva a busca de ações preventivas, desenvolvidas em suas famílias e comunidades e voltadas para a proteção, defesa e garantia de seus dire…
Globalized Fatherhood
A Radical Agenda for Men's Caregiving
The gender equality agenda has long discussed the unequal burden of care work for women and girls. But this debate has seldom focused on how to create the conditions necessary for men and boys to do more care work and be part of a global effort to value care work, regardless of who carries it out. In this analysis of global data and trends, the author argues for a radical shifting of the conversation to understand the resistance to men's care wor…
Non-violent Males in Violent Settings
This study analyzes the factors associated with being non-violent and constructing a non-violent, prosocial masculine identity among adolescent males in two low-income Chicago (USA) neighborhoods where boys are generally socialized to be violent. Subjects were 25 African-American and Hispanic males ages 15-20; six of the males were adolescent fathers. Results confirmed that the males' life trajectories were characterized by family stresses, expos…
Rebuilding nests of survival
Numerous programs in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the US have begun assisting girls in at-risk situations, including street girls, girls exploited through prostitution, and sexually abused young women. The striking similarities in the needs of these young women indicate the possibility of sharing program experiences. To better understand these needs, the authors develop an analytical framework using infor mation from site visits, direct intera…
Influences on Adolescent Sexuality in Nigeria and Kenya
Continuing high rates of adolescent childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa indicate a need for improved understanding of factors affecting adolescent sexuality. As traditional cultural influences on adolescent sexuality in Africa have diminished, peer interaction and modern influences have gained importance. To study peer interaction and societal factors and their impact on adolescent attitudes toward sexuality and contraception, the authors conducte…
Rebuilding nests of survival
Numerous programs in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the US have begun assisting girls in at-risk situations, including street girls, girls exploited through prostitution, and sexually abused young women. The striking similarities in the needs of these young women indicate the possibility of sharing program experiences. To better understand these needs, the authors develop an analytical framework using infor mation from site visits, direct intera…
Where the Boys are
Qualitative research with 127 low-income young men and women (ages 14 to 30) in Rio de Janeiro found rigid gender roles with males displaying widespread machista values. Males viewed violence toward women as acceptable in many circumstances, with more widespread violence against women reported among youth who live in favelas-low-income, marginal areas of the city. Nonetheless, the research identified a small but important minority of progressive …
Non-violent Males in Violent Settings
This study analyzes the factors associated with being non-violent and constructing a non-violent, prosocial masculine identity among adolescent males in two low-income Chicago (USA) neighborhoods where boys are generally socialized to be violent. Subjects were 25 African-American and Hispanic males ages 15-20; six of the males were adolescent fathers. Results confirmed that the males' life trajectories were characterized by family stresses, expos…
Políticas sociais em transformação
Observa-se que, no Brasil, apesar das inovações referentes aos direitos da criança e do adolescente, persistem idéias e práticas antigas que, não garantindo estes direitos, continuam voltadas para situações de emergência, como os programas de atenção aos chamados "meninos de rua". É recente e ainda pouco expressiva a busca de ações preventivas, desenvolvidas em suas famílias e comunidades e voltadas para a proteção, defesa e garantia de seus dire…
Youth Programs as Alternative Spaces to be
This article presents the findings of a year-long, qualitative study of a network of neighborhood youth programs in a low-income, Latino neighborhood in Chicago. It discusses the characteristics of youth served by the programs, the programs' daily functioning, how youth workers construct and carry out their roles, the nature of youth-worker-youth relationships, and implementation issues. The authors also reflect on the strengths and limitations o…
Dying to be Men
One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm. Barker, who has worked directly with low-income youth and witnessed first hand the violence he describes, provides a compelling account of the young men's struggles. He discusses the problems these men face in other areas of their lives, including the difficulty of staying in s…
Dying to be men
"Young men are on the front lines of civil unrest, riots and gang warfare worldwide. In countries such as Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia and South Africa, young men are dying at rates higher than in countries with declared wars, and at rates that are far higher than young women and older men. The principal causes of death for these young men are violence, traffic accidents and HIV/AIDS. Because they are trying to live up to certain rigid models of wha…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Measuring Attitudes toward Gender Norms among Young Men in Brazil
This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a twenty-four-item scale to measure attitudes toward gender norms among young men: the Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale. Scale items on gender norms related to sexual and reproductive health, sexual relations, violence, domestic work, and homophobia are designed. Items are based on previous qualitative work in the community and a literature review and administered to a househol…
Questioning gender norms with men to improve health outcomes
This article describes a review of 58 evaluation studies of programmes with men and boys in sexual and reproductive health (including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support); father involvement; gender-based violence; maternal, newborn and child health; and gender socialisation more broadly. While few of the programmes go beyond the pilot stage, or a relatively short-term timeframe, they offer compelling evidence that well-designed programme…
Reconceiving the second sex
I can do women's work’
The benefits of women's economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda's Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that deliberately engaged men as partners of women beneficiaries of the micro-credit …
Global pathways to men's caregiving
Promoting men's participation in unpaid care work is part of the Programme of Action for the International Conference on Population and Development. However, men's involvement in care work does not mirror the advances women have made in paid work outside the home. This mixed method study explores which men are more involved in caregiving, and what childhood and adulthood factors influence their level of involvement. Quantitative research presents…
Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work
This article draws on Promundo and RWAMREC's programmatic experiences in Rwanda of implementing MenCare+, a gender transformative approach to engaging young and adult men (ages 15–35) in caregiving, maternal, newborn, and child health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. We present initial results from fathers' groups with more than 600 men, including the impact of participation in these groups on men's participation in care work. The …
A Radical Agenda for Men's Caregiving
The gender equality agenda has long discussed the unequal burden of care work for women and girls. But this debate has seldom focused on how to create the conditions necessary for men and boys to do more care work and be part of a global effort to value care work, regardless of who carries it out. In this analysis of global data and trends, the author argues for a radical shifting of the conversation to understand the resistance to men's care wor…
Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-based Violence
In spite of tremendous progress toward including gender equality as a global goal-included in numerous UN conventions and the Millennium Development Goals-much progress remains to be made. Men's violence against women remains a pervasive feature of life in every country in the world. Increasing attention is being paid to engaging men and boys to end men's violence. Programs and policies have been successfully piloted by nongovernmental organizati…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners
This paper examines men's lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration across eight low- and middle-income countries to better understand key risk factors that interventions can target in order to promote gender equality and reduce IPV. We use data from men (n = 7806) that were collected as part of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of …
Globalized Fatherhood
Male violence or patriarchal violence? Global Trends in Men and Violence
Policies and research have focused recently on men's use of violence against women, and the terms "gender-based violence" or "domestic violence" have often been used rather than "patriarchal violence." This article argues that instead of talking about "male violence," or gender-based violence, a more useful analytical framework is "patriarchal violence." Applying this lens examines how violence is based in complex power relations - with low-incom…
Pathways between childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, and harsh parenting
BACKGROUND: Although childhood trauma and violence against women are global public health issues, few population-based data from low-income and middle-income countries exist about the links between them. We present data from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific, exploring the pathways between different forms of childhood trauma and violence against women. METHODS: In this multicountry study, we interviewed multis…
Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Rigorous evidence of the effectiveness of male engagement interventions, particularly on how these interventions impact relationship power dynamics and women's decision-making, remains limited. This study assessed the impact of the Bandebereho gender-transformative couples' intervention on impact on multiple behavioral and health-related outcomes influenced by gender norms and power relations. METHODS: We conducted a multi-site random…
Gender-Transformative Approaches to Engaging Men in Reducing Gender-Based Violence
Brush and Miller’s paper is critical of gender-transformative interventions and they believe that the paradigm is in trouble. In this response, we examine the body of evidence and the conceptual frames that undergird gender-transformative interventions, along with the emergence of these interventions and their efficacy. We argue here that it is reductionist to state either (a) that gender-transformative programs do not work, or (b) that gender-tr…
Sociology (19 obras) · Psychology (18 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Gender Studies (12 obras) · Medicine (12 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (11 obras) · Developmental psychology (10 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Demography (7 obras)