What does MEGEN stand for?

In this issue of FEMNET News, we bring you a collection of articles highlighting some emerging strategies being used by FEMNET's Men for Gender Equality Now (MEGEN) programme in advocating for an end to GBV.

Since the inception of the Men for Gender Equality Now (MEGEN) programme in 2003, members have constantly worked to develop and open new frontiers which involve men to end gender based violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS in our communities.

During this period, Men for Gender Equality Now (MEGEN) conducted counseling sessions on GBV sensitization in three areas in Nairobi: Tigoni, Mathare and Huruma.

The late Daniel Mbekar, Chairman, Men for Gender Equality Now (MENGEN) It is with deep sorrow that MENGEN announces the death of Mr.

Community Seminars and follow-up visits: After a successful Men's Traveling Conference (MTC) 2004 which took 70 gender activists to Central, Western and Coastal regions of Kenya, the Men for Gender Equality Now network has been in contact with the visited communities through letters, telephone conversations, e-mails and short messages service (SMS) on post MTC follow-up activities.

Nelson Banda is a journalist, reproductive and sexual health counsellor and a member of FEMNET's Men for Gender Equality Now Regional Network as well as of the Men's Network Project in Lusaka, Zambia.

Men for Gender Equality Now is a FEMNET initiative founded on FEMNET's experience of working with women and men.

Men for Gender Equality Now is a regional network whose members are drawn from various countries including Kenya, Malawi, Somaliland, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zambia.