Project Title

MenEngage Zimbabwe

Project Duration

2018 - 2020

Project Description

SAfAIDS is the co-ordinator of MenEngage Zimbabwe. SAfAIDS’s vision is to ensure that all people in Africa realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and are free from the burden of HIV, TB and other related developmental health issues.

In recognition of the role that stigma and discrimination, gender inequality and related social structures and norms play in driving the epidemic and creating barriers to access to services in southern Africa, the organisation works to address gender equality and the rights of women, girls and key population groups, to access sexual reproductive health services and rights by confronting complex issues like culture, human rights and stigma.

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