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gender toxic masculinity

The mental health of humanitarian aid workers and gender dynamics: between “the risks of the job”, toxic masculinity and the burden of care

How does gendered socialisation affect women more than men in the humanitarian sector? This is the question that the three authors attempt to answer here. The past few years have seen a proliferation of studies on the importance of mental health among humanitarian field workers and on the practices that help reduce the psychological effects […]

Janyck Beaulieu - Laurie Druelle - Rosalie Laganière-Bolduc