Men's Empowerment
Overview
For the past decades, there have been tremendous women’s movements in Uganda and other parts of the world advocating for gender equality. This agenda has been driven by governments from different corners of the world, and non-governmental organizations both local and international. Great achievements have been seen in the lives of women, however, the debate is now on whether gender equality means empowering the woman alone. For what does it profit an empowered woman to marry a non-empowered husband? Read More
It is important to take into account the empowerment of all sexes. GOSHEM is revealing today how boys and men are routinely disregarded, compromising their ability to achieve their full potential. The difficulties men experience, such as PTSD, domestic abuse, managing stress, anxiety, and depression, problems relating to sex and intimacy, and how to increase their empowerment, are highlighted here. When it comes to gender equality and equity, both men and women should be brought on the same page regarding empowerment. It is therefore not the girl child alone but also the boy child. It therefore should remain a point to ponder / emphasis in every stakeholder that while girls and women need to be empowered, boys and men should not be left behind at any point in time. Therefore Men empowerment is something more than enabling the male gender to achieve economic growth and development over a certain period of time. It is rather a combination of efforts directed towards ensuring that the male gender achieves independence (economic, social, emotional, and psychological) as well as striking a balance between their treatment and that of the female gender in a given society.