Mainsteaming Men into Gender and Development: Debates, Reflections, and Experiences

Based on research commissioned by the World Bank, this books primary focus is on incorporating men in gender and development interventions at the grass roots level. It draws attention to some of the key problems that have arisen from male exclusion; as well as to the potential benefits of - and obstacles to - men's inclusion. The book then moves on to explore how far men in development; has been a feature in the practices of development organizations. The book concludes with suggestions on the ways in which gender and developoment policy might realistically move towards a more gender-based, male-inclusive approach.

Sylvia Chant is a Reader at the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics, UK;

Matthew C. Gutmann is the Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, USA.