Men in focus
18 resources in this collection
Men in focus brings together research and practice knowledge to unpack and look at how to address masculinities and work with men.
On this page you’ll find the Men in focus practice guide, the Men in focus evidence review and the Men in focus national consultation report called Strengthening national approaches to addressing masculinities and working with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence.
You'll also find our new Men in focus practitioner resources which include 14 videos, three infographics and eight practitioner support guides.
The Men in focus practice guide is designed to support people to address masculinities and work with men in the prevention of men’s violence against women.
The guide outlines the long-term, collective, and intersectional approach needed to dismantle and transform the norms, structures and practices that reinforce gender inequality and lead to men’s violence against women.
It offers practical strategies on engaging with men and boys on masculinities, such focusing on building empathy and motivation and fostering self-awareness.
Men in focus: Unpacking masculinities and engaging men in the prevention of violence against women is an evidence review from Our Watch.
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It synthesises and analyses existing research on masculinities and violence against women to develop a deeper understanding of the links between dominant forms and patterns of masculinity and violence against women.
It explores how primary prevention efforts can best address and challenge these patterns and effectively engage men in the prevention of violence against women.
We’ve translated the messages and approaches in the peer-reviewed Men in focus evidence review and the Men in focus practice guide into tailored, accessible resources and tools for practitioners who are working on transforming masculinities and engaging men and boys in prevention.
This collection of 14 videos, three infographics and eight practitioner support guides will help a broad range of practitioners implement the evidence-informed Men in focus approaches. These approaches can help foster safe and effective practice to support ending violence against women.
The first video series steps practitioners through the evidence and guiding principles in Men in focus and was developed through a consultation process with practitioners and other experts. The second video series offers practical strategies from a national selection of expert practitioners and advocates working with men and boys to address masculinities to prevent violence against women, such as by focusing on building empathy and motivation and fostering self-awareness, as well as managing backlash and resistance.
In the section below you can find:
Men in focus: Working together to end violence against women (8 videos)
Men in focus: Practitioner reflections (6 videos)
infographics to use in your work
practitioner support guides.
Build a better understanding of primary prevention evidence for why and how we can address masculinities and working with men and boys.
This collection of 8 short videos explains the Men in focus evidence review and the Men in focus practice guide in an accessible way. Learn about the links between socially dominant forms of masculinity and men’s violence against women, and why working with men and boys is crucial to ending men’s violence against women in chapters 1-7, and how to do the work safely and effectively in chapter 8.
Reflect on whether these resources could support your work with your audiences or if they are best suited solely for your own professional development. For additional ideas and prompts on using the video and infographic resources, refer to the practitioner support guides.
This video playlist plays videos that are closed captioned. Toggle below the videos for transcipts and audio described version of the videos.
Video 1/8 1 min watch
Video 2/8 3 min watch
We’ve designed practitioner support guides to accompany video series 1. The guides will support you to develop the confidence to use the Men in focus videos in your work and build your capacity to work with men and address masculinities in prevention of men’s violence against women.
The support guides contain activities for workshops, reflective questions, extra information and links to further resources.
These 6 practitioner reflection videos celebrate positive practice in the prevention of men’s violence against women when addressing masculinities and working with men and boys.
These videos will support you to understand and implement the principles and approaches in Men in focus. The videos are designed to:
These videos provide practice approaches and examples from expert primary prevention and early intervention practitioners in Australia. These professional and personal reflections capture how each practitioner embeds primary prevention principles into their work while simultaneously working effectively with men and boys.
Reflect on whether these resources could support your work with your audiences or if they are best suited solely for your own professional development. For additional ideas and prompts on using the video and infographic resources, refer to the practitioner support guides.
This video playlist plays videos that are closed captioned. Toggle below the videos for transcipts and audio described version of the videos.
Video 1/6 12 min watch
Video 2/6 10 min watch
These practitioner support guides accompany each individual practitioner reflections video in series 2. The guides will support you to develop the confidence to use these videos in your work and build your capacity to work with men and address masculinities in prevention of men’s violence against women.
The support guides contain tips, reflective questions, extra information, links to further resources.
The Men in focus infographics break down three key concepts from the Practice guide into bite-sized, accessible visual tools that will help you enhance your practice in working with men and masculinities in the prevention of violence against women.
The infographics are designed for prevention practitioners and anyone who works with men and boys in addressing masculinities, and cover: men and masculinities, intersectionality and case studies of the five guiding principles in practice.
We consulted with 50 stakeholders from across Australia to explore what’s needed to build more coordinated and evidence-informed approaches to working with men and boys and addressing masculinities nationally as part of primary prevention of gender-based violence efforts.
The findings from this report highlight key opportunities and priorities for strengthening prevention infrastructure to support work engaging with men and boys and addressing masculinities as part of primary prevention of gender-based violence efforts in Australia.
This will support Our Watch’s future scoping of potential activities for the Men and Masculinities in Primary Prevention project and can also be used by governments and the broader primary prevention sector to guide future projects.
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Find information on the prevalence and nature of violence against women in Australia.
Find out about a ‘primary prevention’ approach that addresses the drivers of violence against women.
Find out more about the gendered drivers of violence against women and reinforcing factors.