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7.2 Men, Women, and CaregivingObjectives1. To increase awareness about traditional gender divisions in caregiving2. To promote men’s increased participation in caregiving in their homes,relationships, and communitiesAudienceTimeAge: Youth or adults; Sex: Men or mixed groups; Literacy: Medium; Resources:HighOne hour and 30 minutesMaterials • Two empty boxes (a shoe box, for example)• Cut-outs• Photos or drawings of people, animals, plants, and other things men and•women care forResource Sheet 10: HIV and Caregiving• Enough copies of Handout 9: Tshepo’s Story for all participantsStepsPart 1 – 45 minutes1. Prior to the session, the facilitator should prepare up to 10 images (drawn orcut from newspapers or magazines) of babies, elderly persons, large and smallanimals, plants, houses, cars, clothing, diapers, garden tools, and otherpersons/objects that men and women “care” for. If possible, the facilitator canbring some of the objects themselves to the session. It is okay to have multiplecopies of certain images or objects. When working with school groups, thefigures can be replaced with words, but the use of images, even in these groups,makes the activity richer.2. At the beginning of the session, present the two boxes to the participants,saying that one of the boxes will be given to a man and the other to a woman.3. Present the images and objects to the participants and ask them to place theimages and objects that women know how to care for. or are better at caringfor, than men.4. In the man’s box, ask the participants to put the images and objects that menknow how to care for, or are better at caring for, than women.5. After they have done this, take the images and objects out of the box, one byone, showing them to the group.6. Then, try to explore how the men grouped the images and objects together,using the following questions: Why are some types of images and objects found only inthe man’s box?? Why are some types of images and objects found only in the woman’s box?? Why do some images and objects appear in both boxes?? Looking at the images and objects in the box for women, do you think that a62