A transformed society of Kenyan boys and men promoting positive masculinities grounded on human rights values and practice in their life

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COMING SOON

3C-STRATEGY.

Connect:

MAIN’s Kenya first contact point is to connect our interventions with boys and men. At this stage, our interventions work to build trust and friendship with the rights holders. At this introduction stage, the project develops a convergence and a social contract on eradicating patriarchy and the concept of a transformed man.

Convince:

Strengthening of capacity and knowledge about manhood. The push for personal transformation and a process towards peer to peer social transformation is cocreated with stakeholders. Boys and men at this stage challenge themselves on patriarchal systems, attitudes, and structures. They also account for their actions at individua or peer-to-peer levels in promoting transformative masculinities.

Convert:

At this stage, boys and men have gained a deeper understanding of patriarchy and are able to push for legislative and policy changes. They are able to sustain community actions, support local constituencies of men and engage in advocacy. The main advocacy target includes religious and cultural institutions, duty bearers, and policymakers at county and national level.

Our overall objective is “a transformed society of Kenyan boys and men promoting positive masculinities grounded on human rights values and practice in their life”.

MAIN KENYA

Our Aim

A society of boys and men promoting transformative masculinities grounded on human rights values and practice in their life.

Our vision

A humane society of boys and men in Kenya.

Our mission:

Empowering boys and men as consumers and beneficiaries of human rights, equality, and peaceful coexistence.

Our core values:

  1. Adherence to human rights as a lifestyle for men and boys.
  2. Transparency and accountability.
  3. Quality and violence-free life for men and boys in all spheres of life.
  4. Men and boys-centered programming.
  5. Diversity and inclusivity.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVES:

  1. Boys and men championing community advocacy actions to end violence and discrimination of boys and men in families, communities and national level.
  2. Boys and men re-oriented into a gender transformative lifestyle fostering new masculinity in families and communities.
  1. Boys and men adopting a health-seeking behavior for lifelong social, physical, and mental well-being in communities in Kenya.
  1. Men and boys adopting positive sexual and reproductive health rights practices in their private and social life.

interventions work to replace negative SRHR among boys and men with transformative masculinities.

OUR INTERVENTIONS SEEK TO HELP BOYS & MEN:

  • Promoting sexual and reproductive health rights among boys and men.
  • Eradicating sexual violence and aggression.
  • Increasing the uptake of sexual health services and adherence to treatment for sexual-related ailments among boys and men.
  • Ending overbreeding.

Objective: Men and boys adopting positive sexual and reproductive health rights practices in their private and social life.

“It is sad that one teenage boy can impregnate 9 girls in one community while one girl can carry 1 pregnancy for nine months. Are we investing our SRHR efforts on the right side?” – Mr. Samuel Yegon from Kericho reacting upon receiving a report on the increase in cases of teenage pregnancy in their community during Covid 19 pandemic.