Development Trends Increasing engagement of men and boys for gender equality

Development cooperation has an increasing focus on genderequality with the aim to improve women and girls’ disadvantagedposition and status. The focus is mostly on women and girls astarget groups, but there is now a clear trend for a greaterengagement of men and boys in these efforts. Evidence showsthat the involvement of supportive men and boys contributes tolasting socio-cultural changes in favour of gender equality.