masculinities.org

Some good resources on Men and Masculinities can be found on this website, which is focused on HIV:

>> http://www.aidsportal.org/overlay_details.aspx?nex=1008

In Europe the term “Gender Democracy” is getting increasingly used in the field of equal opportunities policies. Dutch author Peter Redvoort has made a very personal statement about it explaining his view about the possible benefit of such policies: for men and for a whole country.

>> http://genderdemocracy.blogspot.com

And another movie by Michael Glawogger showed the life of men (and women) in big cities like Mumbai, Moscow, New York and Mexico City – Megacities

Austrian director Michael Glawogger gives us five glimpses of the working conditions of men in five different countries:

A movie trailer of “Workingman´s Death” can be seen on Youtube:

Web Keywords: Masculinities in Pakistan, Masculinities in Nigeria, Masculinities in Indonesia, Masculinities in China, Masculinities in Ucraine.

The upcoming EURO 2008TM Soccer Championship is a good opportunity to take a look at publications dealing with gender and sports.

“Arena der Maennlichkeit” (Arena of Masculinity) is a book focusing on masculinity and soccer:

Charlotte Åberg has encouraged prisoners in Tirana / Albania to express their dreams in creative work.

Read more about this project here:

>> http://www.rhiz.eu/article-4849-en.html

A very useful collection about Masculinities in Chile and Latin America can be found on the following website:

>> www.eme.culturasalud.cl

Michael Flood, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Bob Pease and Keith Pringle von Routledge have published a good overview of the current research on masculinities worldwide:

An interesting publication on this topic:

… was the title of an international conference held in Germany in 2007, with speeches focusing on different countries worldwide.

The conference website:

>> www.masculinities.de