Based on a UNESCO expert group meeting held in Norway in 1997, whose outcomes were disseminated in several languages, along with the book Male Roles and Masculinities and Violence (see para. 22 below), university programmes and courses, discussion groups and other activities and programmes have been developed for reducing men's violence and strengthening groups of gender-sensitive young men working against violence, including violence against women.
A partir de una reunión de expertos de la UNESCO celebrada en Noruega en 1997, cuyos resultados se difundieron en varios idiomas, y del libro titulado Male Roles and Masculinities and Violence (véase el párrafo 22), se han organizado cursos y planes de estudios universitarios, grupos de debate y otras actividades y programas para reducir la violencia masculina y fortalecer los grupos de jóvenes conscientes de las cuestiones de género que combaten la violencia, incluida la violencia contra la mujer.