Social Norms Structuring Masculinities, Gender Roles, and Stereotypes

  • Dr Luisa Dietrich, Zorica Skakun, Rohlat Khaleel, and Tim Peute

Summary

Oxfam in Iraq is currently implementing a Women and Girls Rebuilding Iraq project funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The project contributes to the development of policy, decision-making mechanisms and peacebuilding processes at all levels to ensure that women and girls play a significant role in shaping the new rehabilitation and development agenda. It engages women and girls in two governorates, Kirkuk and Diyala, which have long suffered from protracted conflict and now face the reintegration of different war-affected groups. An added value of this initiative is the community awareness-raising component, which is aimed at ensuring the engagement of community members, especially men, in order to push boundaries and challenge the accepted social norms and cultural beliefs that constrain women and girls’ participation in policy-shaping, decision-making, and peacebuilding.

Citation

Dietrich, Luisa, Zorica Skakun, Rohlat Khaleel, and Tim Peute. “Social Norms Structuring Masculinities, Gender Roles, and Stereotypes: Iraqi Men and Boys’ Common Misconceptions About Women and Girls’ Participation and Empowerment.” Oxfam. September 2021.

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