Engaging men to support the resilience of Syrian refugee children and youth in Lebanon
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2019-10-20
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Veale, Angela
Hijazi, Alla
Osman, Zenia
Macken, Shelbi
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Springer
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Refugee men’s experiences as parents have been one of the least explored areas of psychosocial interventions with refugee families, yet there is a great need for engagement with men, including in their role as fathers. “Engaging Men” interventions seek to challenge the social norms, attitudes, and practices that increase the risk of gender-based violence against girls and women while also harnessing positive male power to prevent violence and promote safety. This chapter examines the impact of an “Engaging Men” intervention in Lebanon that involved 1028 Syrian refugee and 440 Lebanese men in a 12-week training course structure with the aims of promoting peaceful family and community relations, reducing violence and gender-based violence, and enhancing child protection and caregiving. The chapter focuses on the impact of the intervention on Syrian refugee children and adolescents through men’s reflections on the stressors in their own lives and how this impacted their role as fathers. The challenges of addressing child-specific protection risks of early marriage and child labor are discussed.
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Children , Peace , Conflict , Lebanon , Refugee
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Veale, A., Hijazi, A., Osman, Z. and Macken, S. (2019) 'Engaging men to support the resilience of Syrian refugee children & youth in Lebanon', in: Balvin, N. and Christie, D. J. (eds)., Children and Peace: From Research to Action. Peace Psychology Book Series, Cham, Switzerland: Springer. isbn: 978-3-030-22176-8