Abstract On March 11, 2020, the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) Disease, or
COVID‐19, was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As …

The absence of biological fathers in South Africa has been constructed as a problem for
children of both sexes but more so for boy-children. Arguably the dominant discourse in this …

Over the last two decades, a focus on challenging and transforming dominant forms of
masculinity and engaging boys and men towards gender equality and healthy masculinities …

Depending on the position from which it is read, and what is regarded as the beginning of
the history of the field, South African critical studies on men and masculinities have a …

Background High rates of violence and HIV have been documented within the South African
context. Constructions of masculinity and femininity that position men as dominant and …

Suicide is a serious but under-researched public health problem in Bangladesh. In light of
this, we sought to explore the association between masculinities and suicide. We …

The absence of fathers in African black families is high. Therefore research to understand
how this impacts identity formation, the economic survival of households and generally how …

Fatherhood is rooted in various cultural, societal, and even religious belief systems. In the
South African context, where fathers are often perceived to be absent or uninvolved, fathers' …

Abstract Research suggests that South African youth use silence as a sign of respect and
gratitude and to maintain family and kinship bonds. There has not been much research to …

South Africa has an exceptionally high number of absent fathers. Approximately half of the
children in the county are living without daily contact with their fathers, which is assumed to …