MenEngage Africa Strategic Plan 2024 – 2027
The MenEngage Africa (MEA) Strategic Plan for 2024-2027 presents a comprehensive and visionary roadmap towards the achievement of gender equality and transformative change across the African continent. Grounded in a rigorous analysis of the regional context and fortified by deep-rooted feminist principles, this strategy encompasses three core areas: Advocacy, Accountability, and Partnership. It is designed […]
Accountability to the Feminist Movement in Uganda
While it is true that the work done by MenEngage and its network of like- minded organisations was always going to be met with challenges, given the attitudes towards gender that are prevalent across the continent, the case of Uganda offers an opportunity to examine and reflect upon a very particular kind of challenge. It […]
Working With The Police & Military in Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana & Sierra Leone
One of the most serious challenges faced by those who are involved in the fight to prevent and eradicate gender-based violence (GBV) has been the attitude of law enforcement officers who are, unavoidably, involved in the processing of cases of gender-based violence. Given the fact that GBV remains a criminal offence, even in the most […]
Improving Women’s Security in Marriage in the DRC
MenEngage DRC has been working in partnership with the Congo Men’s Network in order to sensitise men about how to better understand their roles; within the family structure and within society. The rationale for these interventions arose from the recognition that, as husbands and as fathers, most men in the DRC were still caught up […]
Malawi Case Study – A Decentralised Approach
MenEngage Malawi has decentralised the management of their network structures and operations, leading to unique advantages and challenges faced in the rolling out and coordination of their programs. Men for Gender Equality Now (MEGEN) coordinates the activities of the MenEngage Malawi in- country network. In understanding why MenEngage has opted for this decentralised approach to […]
MenEngage Africa Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Strategic Plan 2023–2027
MenEngage Africa (MEA) is a network of women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) activists, people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) activists and networks, and civil society organisations that promote social justice and human rights. The vision of the MEA SRHR Strategic Plan is for […]
MenEngage Africa Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Strategic Plan 2023–2027
MenEngage Africa (MEA) transforms gender inequality and its negative effects on sexual and reproductive health outcomes by involving men and boys as agents of change. MEA is part of the Global MenEngage Alliance and consists of a network of women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) activists; and people with diverse sexual […]
MenEngage Africa Strategic Plan 2019-2023
This document details the MenEngage Africa (MEA) Alliance Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2023 and describes its priorities, goals, objectives and aspired results. The plan is informed by the current discourse, knowledge and understanding from the men and masculinities and women’s rights fields as well as the lessons and knowledge that emerged from the MEA […]