Various organizations operating in Zimbabwe are part of the MenEngage country network and these include:
SAfAIDS, the network coordinator
MWENGO
African Fathers Initiative
Ecumenical Support Services (ESS)
Zimbabwe African Fathers for Peace
Students And Youths Working on Reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT)
ZIYON
What we do
Some of the activities include:
Engaging men and boys to address issues of male violence against women
Enhancing the capacity of traditional leaders and religious leaders in strengthening socio-cultural practices that promote gender equality in Zimbabwe
Carrying out community sensitivity workshops, trainings and dialogues on positive masculinities, male violence against women, sexual reproductive and health rights and HIV.
Working with young boys through schools programmes in ending violence in schools specifically against girls
Advocacy programmes through media engagement
Engaging, partnering and networking with women’s only organisations that work on the areas around women empowerment and gender based violence
Engaging men to be involved in the prevention of mother to child transmissions of HIV
Men’s indaba’s
Purpose of the activities
- To strengthen the men’s movement to redefine masculinities
- To promote the transformation of cultural institutions and practices
- To deal with patriarchy, Gender based violence and HIV and AIDS particularly in the rural areas.
- To promote students protection against HIV and AIDS through education on SRHR issues
- To promote gender equal relationships between boys and girls and protection from child-on-child abuse at schools and in home
Target group for activities are:
Men
Boys
Church leaders
Traditional leaders
School teachers and headmasters
Policy makers in government and line government departments
