Men Engage Africa 2019-2024 Men Engage Afrika 2019-2024 Insatsen är ett stöd till Men Engage Africa 2019-2023 med Sonke Gender Justice (nätverkets regionala sekretariat) som avtalspart. Men Engage Africa med Sonke Gender Justice som avtalspart har varit en samarbetspartner i svenskt utvecklingssamarbete sedan 2011 genom Sveriges ambassad i Lusaka. Sidas stöd kommer vara ett programstöd till Sonke Gender Justice och gå till hela Men Engage Africa:s strategiska plan som implementeras av Sonke som det regionala sekretariatet, 22 nationella sekretariat och medlemmar. 

Men Engage Africa är ett av globala Men Engage Alliansens regionala nätverk. Men Engage Africa nätverket består av 22 nationella Men Engage Africa nätverk (Botswana, Burundi, Kamerun, Etiopien, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini) med medlemmar på nationell nivå. Men Engage nätverket fokuserar hur maskulinitetsnormer är formade, hur de påverkar samhället, relationer och individer. Kärnan i nätverkets arbete är att bidra till jämställdhet mellan könen, förbättra sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (SRHR), och minska förekomsten av könsbaserat våld genom att engagera pojkar och män genom "gender transformation" - metoder som utmanar och förändrar negativa manlighetsnormer. Nätverket har etablerat sig som en ledande aktör på global, regional och nationell nivå inom detta fält sedan 2009. The contribution is a project support to Sonke Gender Justice for the implementation of Men Engage Africa's Strategic Plan 2019-2024. The core of Men Engage Africa's work is qualitative work on men and masculinity within women’s rights, SRHR and gender justice for all with the aim to contributing to Gender Equality. MEA has a new strategic plan from 2024. Hence, the overall objectives are slightly modified, however, it is Sida's assessment that the core work of MEA remains the same.  

Overall goal

Scaling up gender transformative approached in advocacy, accountability culture and partnersip effectiveness to advance MEA regional impact ad sustainability as we leave no one behind. 

The Strategic Plan 2014-2027 has three strategic areas under which they have in total seven objectives: 

Strategic area 1: Advocacy 

Objective 1: Position MEA as a leading male engagement movement n the region within its thematic areas by mobilising collective voices and actions to influence policies and legal reforms. 

Objective 2: Scale up gender transformative advocacy through capacity strengthening MEA's network and strategic partners to advance feminist approaches and principles. 

Strategic area 2: Accountability 

Objective 3: Improve systems and structures to operationalize and popularise existing MEA accountability mechanism for effective collaboration responsiveness and functionality of the movement. 

Objective 4: Advance MEA's joint actions an initiatives through capacity strengthening of partners utilising country and regional channels to achieve MEA's goals

Strategic area 3: Partnerships 

Objective 5: Implement capacity strengthening initiatives on gender transformative approached including MenEngage Africa Training Initiative (MATI)

Objective 6: Identify strengthen and maintain strategic partnerships for collaboration across MEA thematic areas at national, regional and global levels. 

Objective 7: Contribute to resource mobilization for the sustainability of the MEA network