Conscientising Male Adolescents - Nigeria

The programme leaders facilitate dialogue and critical thinking about how men perpetuate gender-based discrimination, especially regarding sexual and reproductive rights and health, and how boys can break the cycle by rejecting certain behaviors and prejudices.

In addition to the weekly session, it also holds regular public forums, trains educators, provides counseling, and publishes a newsletter called "The Male Adolescent," which is distributed throughout the country.

College-age participants are encouraged to become campus activists on issues of sexism, human rights, and violence against women. "Since the programme's launch in 1995, it has expanded to reach more than 800 boys each year."

Youth

The project aims to defend and promote the interests of women and other oppressed groups in Nigerian society. The organisers believes that men must be held accountable for the reality that HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancy, physical violence, and economic dependence disproportionately burden women.