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New Gender Roles for Men Fostering a Caring Masculinity

New Gender Roles for Men Fostering a Caring Masculinity. Lisbeth Reed, Advisor Vest-Agder County Council Norway. Photo: Mimsy Møller. ESTIMADOS SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES, I WILL ADRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:. What are the national Norwegian policies

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New Gender Roles for Men Fostering a Caring Masculinity

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  1. New GenderRoles for Men Fostering a CaringMasculinity Lisbeth Reed, Advisor Vest-Agder County Council Norway Photo: Mimsy Møller

  2. ESTIMADOS SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES, I WILL ADRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: • What are the national Norwegian policies • to change male roles, to approach gender • equality? • Are we making progress in this area? • Measures in my home county, Vest-Agder • But first…..

  3. WHERE ON EARTH IS VEST-AGDER?

  4. VEST-AGDER COUNTY • Norway’ssouthernmostcounty • 7 280 square kilometers • 172 000 inhabitants • 15 municipalities – including Marnardal and Lindesnes • Administrative capital: Kristiansand(82 000 inhabitants) • The County Assembly is thepoliticallyelected • management. Photo: Johan Wildhagen/IN

  5. MY WORKPLACE: • STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION • Networks for education, research, business • and innovation • Living conditions (including • genderequality) • Public Health • International cooperation Photo: Arild Danielsen

  6. NATIONAL POLITICS ON MALE GENDER ROLES • Report nr. 8(2008-09) to Norwegian • Parliament highlights male gender roles. • Reform Resource Centre for men is a • national centre funded by the Ministry of • Children and Equality • Current political debate: Fathers’ quotas • in parental leave.

  7. REPORT NR. 8(2008-09) TO THE STORTING: MEN, MALE ROLES AND GENDER EQUALITY • Upbringing, educational and professionalchoices • The genderdividedlabour market • Fathersbalancingwork and familylife • Men in couples and family relationships, and cooperationbeweenparentsafter break up • Genderdifferences in health • Preventionofmarginalization • Men as perpetratorsofviolence • Contemporaryresearchabout men and • masculinity

  8. REFORM National Resource Center for men • Vision: A societybasedondiversity and equality • wherepower and carearesharedindependently • ofgender • Main foucuses: • Fatherhood • Men’shealth • Men’sviolence

  9. ”BROTHERS IN WHITE” • A study published in 2009 shows: • Higher share of men in nursing homes for elderly improves job satisfaction • BUT: Men think that female collegues are • ”picking” on them, and women think that • male collegues are slow and untidy… • Still low shares of male nurse students. • Currently in Agder University: only 9%

  10. CHANGES IN FATHERHOOD Photo: Arild Danieenls

  11. MEASURES FOR NEW MALE GENDER ROLES IN VEST-AGDER • Recognizing that young boys experience that their choices • are more limited than those for girls. • A main perspective within our 10-years commitment for • gender equality. Attitude change is longterm work… • In the project ”Free Choice” (started in 2008) we • work on gender roles from kindergarten to university. • Systematic development of measures and methods on • each education level • Mens premises and male role models are crucial, both in • the project management and in the wide range of • measures.

  12. MEN PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY Photo: Lisbeth Reed

  13. HOW TO RECRUIT AND KEEP MALE STAFF IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND ELDERLY? Photo:Jannike Kittelsen

  14. WHAT’S IN IT FOR MEN? • More room to takecareofoneself • Better health and longer life • Freedom to be a caretaker for one’sownchildren • (at the same level as themother…) • Options for better body - soul integration. • Better relational and emotionalcompetences • A wider range ofoptionsincludingtheoption to be • weak • A moveaway from prejudicebecauseofone’s sex. • THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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