Men Lead Fight Against Gender-based Violence In Plateau

Men from assorted sectors person stepped guardant to instrumentality progressive relation successful the combat against gender-based violence, arsenic the Male Feminist Nigeria (MFN) Project was launched successful Pankshin, Plateau State .

The event, organised by the Kozaki Transformation and Development Foundation, brought unneurotic stakeholders including accepted rulers, spiritual leaders, transport national executives, barbers and different cardinal actors agreed successful the ngo of promoting antheral engagement successful ending gender-based violence.

Meanwhile, the stakeholders’ engagement gathering marks the advancement of the MFN Project crossed North Central Nigeria focused connected engaging men arsenic allies successful promoting sex justness and challenging harmful societal norms.

Communication serviceman of the MFN Project Caleb Akighir successful his code emphasised the request to face entrenched patriarchal ideologies.

He warned that antagonistic masculinity is damaging not lone to women and girls but besides to men, who are often confined by unrealistic and harmful sex expectations.

Similarly, Manfred Akpen, programme serviceman of the MFN Project who delivered a keynote presumption titled “Becoming a Male Ally: From Conviction to Consistency called connected men to spell beyond symbolic gestures and alternatively show accordant enactment successful advancing sex equity wrong their communities.

The participants embraced the message, expressing readiness to go ambassadors of antheral feminism successful their communities.

Representatives from transport unions, barbers, section world institutions, spiritual and accepted councils, and community-based groups pledged to actively beforehand affirmative masculinity and assistance dismantle violence-supportive norms.

Rev. Dr. Kashim Basil, the coordinator of JDPC Caritas, welcomed participants connected behalf of Very Rev. Fr. Barr. Isaiah Ter, the rxecutive manager of the Kozaki Foundation, portion prayers were offered by Fr. Gogwim to unfastened the session.

The engagement marks a important milestone for the MFN Project successful Plateau State, North Central Nigeria and sets the code for further enlargement crossed the region.

Pankshin present serves arsenic a captious hub successful a increasing question for male-led advocacy against gender-based violence.