SysteMALEtizing Resources for Engaging Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health Introduction Methodology Family Planning/ Contraception Maternal and Neonatal Health and Fatherhood Male Identities and Roles STI and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Gender-based Violence Policy				Home > Publications/Tools > SysteMALEtizing Resources for Engaging Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health: Policy SysteMALEtizing Resources for Engaging Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health: Policy Download printable brochure (PDF: 836KB) “Male involvement policy” is elusive, so it may be preferable to begin by articulating principles that acknowledge gender inequities and state the need to involve men in overcoming these inequities in order to improve health for all. A high level commitment of this kind—be it at the national or grass roots level—can be implemented across various sectors. Relatively little has been done through national policy to address the social relationships that limit health and support men’s constructive engagement in sexual, reproductive, and family life. Please note: some of the following links lead to PDF or Powerpoint documents that may take a little while to load. If no helper program is available, they will download automatically to your hard drive. Policy Examples Policy Project. From Adding to the Burden to Sharing the Load: Guidelines for Male Involvement for Reproductive Health in Cambodia (January 2006). The Royal Government of Cambodia. Policy on Women, The Girl Child, and STI/HIV/AIDS (July 2003). Policy Tools Policy Project. From Adding to the Burden to Sharing the Load: Guidelines for Male Involvement for Reproductive Health in Cambodia (January 2006). UNFPA. ICPD: Programme of Action: Male Responsibilities and Participation Basis for Action (1993). UNFPA. Male Involvement and Masculinity (1998). Research and Evaluation Bellagio Statement on Working with Men to End Gender Based Violence (October 2001). Oxfam. Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond Rhetoric (2001). POLICY Project. Challenges and Opportunities for Male Involvement in Reproductive Health in Cambodia (June 2005). UN, Division for the Advancement of Women. The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality (2003). Expert Group Meeting Final Report UN Millennium Project. Involving Men in Reproductive Health: Contributions to Development (2003). UNFPA. ICPD: Programme of Action: Male Responsibilities and Participation. Basis for Action (1993). UNFPA. Male Involvement and Masculinity (1998). The Urban Institute. Young Men’s Sexual and Reproductive Health. Towards a National Strategy (December 2000). Conferences IGWG Conference. Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive Health for All (2003) www.igwg.org/eventstrain/conf.htm and www.jhuccp.org/igwg/. JHUCCP. Better Together. A Report on the African Regional Conference on Men’s Participation in Reproductive Health (1996). JHUCCP. Men: Key Partners in Reproductive Health, A Report of the First Conference of French-Speaking African Countries on Men’s Participation in Reproductive Health (1998). Ms. Foundation. Supporting Boys’ Resilience: A Dialogue with Researchers, Practitioners and the Media (2004). Save the Children, Sweden. Let’s Engage the Boys! 1st Pan African Seminar on Working with Boys and Young Men to Address Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS (May 2006). UNFPA. Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), especially Section 4.24-4.29, Male Responsibilities and Participation (1994). See also www.unfpa.org/gender/icl_06.htm. The World Health Organization. Programming for Male Involvement in Reproductive Health (2001). Organizations of Interest EngenderHealth Family Violence Prevention Fund Fathers Direct, a National (UK) Information Center on Fatherhood Instituto Promundo Men Can Stop Rape Naz Foundation Instituto PAPAI Population Council Sahayog White Ribbon Campaign YouthNet Acknowledgments The literature review and analysis for this IGWG electronic brochure on constructive male engagement were conducted by Margaret E. Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University. This work could not have been accomplished without the research assistance of Kara Tureski, and the guidance and support of Michal Avni, Diana Prieto, and Rebecca Callahan of USAID’s Global Health Bureau. Thanks also go to reviewers Harris Solomon, Judith Helzner, Anne Eckman, and Gary Barker. The editing and production of the brochure were done by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs and Emily Poster of the Population Reference Bureau, with funding from USAID under the BRIDGE project (GPO-A-00-00004-00).