Group urges men to fight patriarchy, gender-based violence

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development has called on men to play a more active and accountable role in challenging patriarchy, preventing gender-based violence, and advancing women's rights. Dr. Otive Igbuzor, the Project Director of the Male Feminists Network and founding executive director of the Centre, made this call during a two-day capacity-strengthening programme for Women’s Rights Organisations in Abuja.

Igbuzor emphasized that male participation should strengthen women's leadership, voice, and agency, rather than overshadow them, and warned against "performative allyship," where men participate in gender-equality platforms without confronting patriarchal practices in their own lives and institutions.

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