Kectil World Youth Network

Male Promise Keepers: Why Men Must Lead the Change against Gender-Based Harm

Season 99 Episode 1

This episode introduces the Male Promise Keeper series with a conversation that defines harmful practices: early marriage, teenage pregnancy, FGM, gender violence, discontinuity from education and femicide. The conversation emphasizes why male involvement is crucial in tackling harmful practices and the role men can play in ending harmful practices against girls and women while diving into understanding masculinity: how traditional ideas about masculinity often perpetuate harmful practices and how they can be redefined for positive change. The guests elaborate on the Importance of men being allies in the fight for gender equality by responding to the questions.