Understanding Masculinities: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey – Middle East and North Africa
Women across the MENA region experience gender-based violence particularly from intimate partners, and sexual harassment in the streets. A majority of the men surveyed in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine identify with inequitable, traditional attitudes. However, this joint report by
UN Women and
Promundo-US reveals that almost a quarter of the men support some dimensions of women’s equality and empowerment. While men’s inequitable attitudes and practices are still common in the four countries, a growing portion of men and women - from the elite to the most marginalised – see gender equality as possible, and not as a “foreign import”, but rather as emerging from the societies themselves under the right circumstances.
https://imagesmena.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/IMAGES-MENA-Multi-Country-Report-EN-16May2017-web.pdf
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