Gender inequality still shapes who feels safe, who is heard, and who has a say in decisions that affect their lives. We work with boys and men to redefine masculinity, take responsibility, and build a shared commitment to equity in homes, communities, and institutions.
Masculinity shapes behavior, relationships, and power in communities across Africa. When it’s built on dominance, silence, and control, it causes harm. In Nigeria, we start there, engaging boys and men directly to build caring masculinity, accountability, and shared responsibility for the communities they’re part of.
Our work starts there, engaging boys and men directly to build healthier masculine identities, accountability, and shared responsibility for the communities they’re part of.
We generate evidence on what works in changing gender norms in Nigeria through research and partnerships with leading universities. This evidence shapes better programs and stronger policy.
Caring masculinity, mental health, prevention, allyship, and research, built every day with the boys, men, women, and girls of Nigerian communities.
For decades, gender equality work has focused, rightly, on women and girls. But equality cannot be built by only half the population. Real change requires the boys and men who hold gender norms in place to become part of dismantling them. We do this work because women and girls deserve a world that men and boys help build with them.
Focuses on analyzing intersectional impacts of climate shifts on indigenous agriculture and water systems.
