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Gender Against Men

Photograph from the cover of the Gender Against Men DVD.

© Refugee Law Project, Makerere University

Introduction

Gender Against Men exposes the hidden world of sexual and gender-based violence against men in the conflicts of the Great Lakes Region. The film demonstrates how male identities are under attack and how rape when used as a weapon of war affects husbands, fathers, brothers and the community.

The film is a production of the Refugee Law Project, Faculty of Law, Makerere University. Winner of best documentary, Kenya International Film Festival 2009.

Credits

• Produced by: Daniel Neumann, Otim Patrick and Ann Chang
• Written by: Daniel Neumann
• Narrated by: Angela Nabwowe Kasule, Christine Mbawa and Otim Patrick
• Featuring: Dr Chris Dolan, Moses Chrispus Okello, Paulina Wyrzykowski, Rosalba Oywa, Eunice Owiny, Latigi Grace, Jackie Katentera, Priscilla Ciesay, Frank Mugisha
• Soundtrack and Music by: Jeffrey Weeks Harrison and Okello Jackie

Filmed: 2008, Great Lakes region, Africa.

FMO Resources

• Great Lakes, Resource Summary
• Rwanda, Research Guide, Murison, Jude, January 2003
• Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace, Resource Summary

Documents

Selected full-text documents (for more, search in the Digital Library)

• Gender-based Violence: Emerging Issues in Programs Serving Displaced Populations. Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, 2002.
• Gender-based Violence Tools Manual for Assessment & Program Design, Monitoring & Evaluation in conflict-affected settings. Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, 2004.
• Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response, UNHCR, 2003.

Web Resources

Selected web-based information resources (for more, search the FMO website)

• Beyond Juba Project
• Monitoring the return of IDPs in northern Uganda, Social Communications Department, Gulu Archdiocese & Conciliation Resources, 2008.
• Nobody is Immune: Gender Against Men, Press Release, Refugee Law Project (June 2009)
• Refugee Law Project (RLP)