Cultural norms and traditions are formulated under sacred trees. We are engaging elders, who are the custodians of culture, in re-looking at oppressive and retrogressive cultural norms, esp FGM and Child Marriages under the same sacred trees.
#MenEndFGM#wednesdaythought
In engaging girls on SRHR, we're cognisant of the important role boys play as supportive friends. During our engagement, we challenge negative masculinity, destigmatize menstrual health and help boys understand consent & bodily autonomy concepts to aid them speak up against SGBV
Gender Based Violence will not end if we isolate ourselves either as men or women & tell each other what we want to hear! To #EndGBV we have no option but to sit together as men & women & have those uncomfortable conversations. Watch Now! https://t.co/EBH8iSt0ll #16DaysOfActivism
Children can influence decisions at households. Further, a sustainable behaviour change requires attitudes and practices to be changed early in life. In Naisunyai, we are sustaining engagement with school going children, using wall paintings to promote hygiene and sanitation
According to Kenya Economic Survey (2026), more than 13,000 girls drop out of school yearly due to teenage pregnancies. Girls in marginalized areas & informal settlements are the most affected. We're building girls agency in Nairobi's informal settlements to #EndTeenagePregnancy
Equality was never meant to be a conversation with anyone left out.
The Commission’s new Division of Male Engagement invites men and boys to join every Kenyan in building a fairer nation.
Article 27 of the Constitution guarantees every Kenyan equality and freedom from discrimination. Delivering that promise requires everyone, including men and boys, many of whom have felt left out of the conversation.
Listen. Engage. Act.
#EngageForEquality #MaleEngagement. @MenEngageKenya
The biggest mistake we keep making is imagining that we can condem our way out of #FGM! On this one I can authoritatively state that we have no option but to actively sensitize & stop ignorance of men.Most men have no idea what the cut entail #MenEndFGM
https://t.co/NawvGRAuPR
DYK? Limited contraceptive knowledge, access to youth friendly services, socio-economic challenges, and substance abuse contribute to teenage pregnancy especially in informal settlements?
We are sustaining our engagement with girls in informal areas to prevent teen pregnancy
“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” - Kofi Annan.
As @SDG2030 target draws closer, we're sustaining community conservations to #EndFGM
Ending FGM and child marriage requires investing in the next generation. We're sustaining campus dialogues with young people in on SRHR and harmful practices, helping them understand their rights, recognize risks and challenge practices that limit their future
#TubongeNaComrades
Patriarchy affects everyone. Promoting positive masculinity helps men and boys move from being custodians of unequal systems, to becoming champions of equality, shared responsibility and social norms change. We are sustaining engagement with men and boys to #EndFGM#MenEndFGM
@ashoswai When the immigrants still believe they need to get cut to get married or fit into their religion, have more suitors etc. The culture is carried forward. https://t.co/TJ28y3wUQ2
Everstrong Capital proposed to build a totally new 6 lane Usahihi highway from Mombasa to Nairobi at Ksh. 365B. The government has rejected this and proposed upgrade of current Mombasa road, which might actually cost the same amount. Is it logical?
https://t.co/wEVwjBhjvA
Thread Notification!
On today's #MondayMotivation I will share the faces of men from different communities in 🇰🇪 on watching a film of the actual cutting of women & girls during #MenEndFGM training. I repeat men have no idea of what #FGM entails cc @Atayeshe@unicefchief
As part of preparedness for the predicted El Nino rains, we are sensitizing residents of Lengusaka sub-location on the importance of using pit latrines to improve the hygiene and sanitation conditions. We're partnering with Public Health department to promote #DignifiedSanitation
Samburu community has one of the highest prevalence of FGM at 76%. Despite elders Kisima declaration to abandon the practice, deep in the villages, FGM remains prevalent. We are sustaining conversations with elders to champion for elimination of FGM & child marriage.
#MenEndFGM
The biggest problem we have is how quick condemn men yet we don't want to invest in driving this ignorance out! I have met like him. Majority have no idea of what is cut, have never seen their wives naked & are just ignorant Here is the Thread! #EndFGM https://t.co/NawvGRAuPR