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Padare/Enkundleni in Mbire
Padare/Enkundleni/Men's Forum on Gender
November 05, 2009

Community Outreach Campaigns in Mbire

Padare/Enkundleni Men's forum in partnership with the Musasa Project are holding community outreach meetings in Mbire, Mashonaland Central. Mbire is located in the Zambezi Valley.

One community meeting was held yesterday where community members were targeted. This is an ongoing exercise to conscientise communities on gender based violence, HIV/Aids and the negative effects of failure by communites to respond positively to gender equity and equality. These interventions help to promote gender justice in families, happiness in families and improved relationships between spouses.

Today a community assessment will take place where the team will make findings on the trends of behavior practices of the community following the interventions that have been happening in the communities.

Partnerships with Musasa make it easy to access both the males and females thereby increasing chances of co-operation, co-existence and harmony in families. Importantly there has been improved family communication, creation of empowered women and girls who can resist all forms of abuse and the promotion of peace, harmony and tranquility in families

Meanwhile . . .

Padare/Enkundleni Men's Forum in collaboration with the International Organization on Migration (IOM) will from Monday 9 November to Wednesday 25 November 2009 induct traditional leaders on gender concepts, gender justice, domestic violence and the Domestic Violence Act.

Traditional leaders continue to show willingness and support to the cause of gender justice in communities that Padare has worked in. Their ability and willingness to learn more and impact knowledge on their subjects is a cause for celebration and through such initiatives, visited communities have been transformed.

The platform will allow certain toxic cultural practices that have been used to suppress women to be challenged and interrogated in the bid to bridge the gap that has existed between men and women.

The eight areas to be covered in Mbire are Wards 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 and 20. Leaders will be tasked to cascade down the knowledge that that they will have learnt.

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