CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION = 5
1.1 Aspects of awareness = 5
1.2 The youth programme on human rights education = 6
1.3 The seminar and participants = 7
CHAPTER 2. Boys, young men and masculinties = 10
2.1 Why discuss masculinity? = 10
2.2 Masculinity as a socio-cultural construction = 10
2.3 Learning masculinities = 11
2.4 Social change and unsettled masculinities = 14
2.5 Legacies of masculinity = 15
2.6 Challenging and pluralising masculinity = 19
CHAPTER 3. Violence, young men and boys = 22
3.1 The simplicity and complexity of violence = 22
3.2 Aspects of violence = 22
3.3 Violence and masculinity = 25
3.4 Victims of violence = 29
3.5 Violence and justification = 33
CHAPTER 4. Good practice in youth work with boys and young men = 37
4.1 Questions for youth workers = 37
4.2 Self-awareness and skills of the youth workers = 37
4.3 Peer education = 38
4.4 Working with masculinity = 40
4.5 Working with violence = 42
CHAPTER 5. Recommendations = 44
5.1 Recommendations = 44
References = 47
Appendicies = 48
1.1 Aspects of awareness = 5
1.2 The youth programme on human rights education = 6
1.3 The seminar and participants = 7
CHAPTER 2. Boys, young men and masculinties = 10
2.1 Why discuss masculinity? = 10
2.2 Masculinity as a socio-cultural construction = 10
2.3 Learning masculinities = 11
2.4 Social change and unsettled masculinities = 14
2.5 Legacies of masculinity = 15
2.6 Challenging and pluralising masculinity = 19
CHAPTER 3. Violence, young men and boys = 22
3.1 The simplicity and complexity of violence = 22
3.2 Aspects of violence = 22
3.3 Violence and masculinity = 25
3.4 Victims of violence = 29
3.5 Violence and justification = 33
CHAPTER 4. Good practice in youth work with boys and young men = 37
4.1 Questions for youth workers = 37
4.2 Self-awareness and skills of the youth workers = 37
4.3 Peer education = 38
4.4 Working with masculinity = 40
4.5 Working with violence = 42
CHAPTER 5. Recommendations = 44
5.1 Recommendations = 44
References = 47
Appendicies = 48