Gender Equality

We engage boys and men to advance gender equality.

Gender equality starts when norms, power and accountability shift

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.

The problem runs deeper than access.

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.

What gender equality looks like when men show up.

In schools, communities, and families across Nigeria, boys and men are choosing a different way of being. Women’s lives are changing because of it.

What We Focus On

Our Five Focus Areas

Caring Masculinity

We work with boys and men to build caring masculinity, identities rooted in respect, responsibility, and emotional honesty rather than dominance or control. This framework anchors all of our gender equality programming.

Boy's Wellbeing

Boys’ mental health, emotional development, and healthy identity formation are gender equality interventions in their own right. We invest in platforms, programs, and digital tools that support boys to thrive.

GBV Prevention

We work upstream of gender-based violence by changing what boys and men learn about manhood before harm happens. Prevention through education, dialogue, and caring masculinity is more effective than response after the fact.

Women's Leadership & Allyship

We build the allyship infrastructure where boys, men, women, and girls share leadership for gender equality. Engaging men is not a substitute for centering women. It is a complement to it.

Research & Norm Change

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.

How We Build

Caring masculinity, mental health, prevention, allyship, and research, built every day with the boys, men, women, and girls of Nigerian communities.

Insights & Policy Engagement

We engage in climate justice advocacy that centers lived experience, connects local realities to policy debates, and strengthens accountability for climate commitments at local and national levels. Our engagement focuses on climate accountability, equitable access to resources, and community participation in climate decision-making.

Data-Driven Approaches to Urban Heat Vulnerability

As cities continue to grow and temperatures rise, urban heat has become an increasingly urgent public health challenge.

Navigating Policy Hurdles at the UN Climate Summit

Every year, global leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Summit to negotiate solutions to some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges.

Reimagining Carbon Markets for Indigenous Communities

As global efforts to combat climate change intensify, carbon markets have emerged as a key mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Events & Campaigns

Our research documents the realities of climate vulnerability across frontline communities, providing evidence that informs program design, advocacy, and climate policy reform.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

Reports and Studies

Blogs, press releases, and media coverage related to our climate and environmental justice work.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

ANNUAL REPORT

January 2026

State of Climate Vulnerability 2025

An in-depth analysis of frontline communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the last year, highlighting urgent policy gaps.

Real change for women and girls starts with engaging men and boys.

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.

Expert & Fellows

Meet the community leaders, climate advocates, and practitioners advancing climate justice through our programs and fellowship network.

Dr. Elena Vasquez

Director of Climate Science

Focuses on analyzing intersectional impacts of climate shifts on indigenous agriculture and water systems.

Dr. Elena Vasquez

Director of Climate Science

Focuses on analyzing intersectional impacts of climate shifts on indigenous agriculture and water systems.

Dr. Elena Vasquez

Director of Climate Science

Focuses on analyzing intersectional impacts of climate shifts on indigenous agriculture and water systems.

What this looks like in practice

In Their Own Words

Boys, men, mothers, sisters, partners, and elders on what changes when masculinity is no longer a barrier.