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I Tried to Resist and Avoid Bad Friends’: The Role of Social Contexts in Shaping the Transformation of Masculinities in a Gender Transformative and Livelihood Strengthening Intervention in South Africa

Article

Year

2017

Author/s

Gibbs, A, Jewkes, R, and Sikweyiya, Y.

CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATION/PUBLICATION

Men and Masculinities, Volume 21

SUMMARY

The study reviewed a gender-transformative and livelihood strengthening intervention working with young men to reduce HIV risk and IPV perpetration. We sought to understand how the wider social context shaped the project’s outcomes.

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