Male politicians and gender politics: a long path to walk

We also thank the administrative team in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Universidad de Los Andes for their administrative support, and the Faculty of Education Sciences, and the Doctorate in Education and Society of the Universidad de La Salle for their interest in joining this project. [...] The research investigates the personal and socio-political factors that underpin the actions of male politicians in gender equality, the ways in which they position themselves in relation to gender equality and feminism agendas, and their motivations and forms of political action. [...] As discussed later, the emergence of the studies of men and masculinities in the region has been connected to the development of relevant interventions in social policies and to calls to shift the discussion from concerns about individual crises in men to the promotion of social transformations (Careaga and Cruz Sierra, 2006; Menjívar Ochoa, 2012; Valdés and Olavarría, 1997b; Valdés and Olavarría,. [...] During the 2010s, the institutionalisation of public gender policies and issues of men and masculinities began to include, first, a greater emphasis on the prevention of GBV, and second, ideas of co-responsibility for and the participation of men in care responsibilities. [...] These include the Masculinity Studies Network of the National University (1996-1998); the research group Family Studies, Masculinities and Femininities of the University of Cartagena, created in 1999; the New Masculinities groups of the Industrial University of Santander created in 2008; and the University of Pamplona 10 years later.