Patriarchy has created a notion that men and boys must dominate the sexual life of human beings. This behavior is contrary to national, regional, and global laws, protocols, and policies. In Kenya, the Sexual Offences Act 2006 outlaws’ sexual violence including but not limited to rape, defilement, harmful cultural practices that lead to sexual violence such as child marriage, fish for sex or female genital mutilation among others. Poor SRHR among boys and men lead to negative outcomes on sexual violence prevention, HIV and AIDs infection, and sexually transmitted infections among others. It also affects national family planning interventions. Our interventions work to replace negative SRHR among boys and men with transformative masculinities.
Our interventions seek to help boys and men:
- Promoting sexual and reproductive health rights among boys and men.
- Eradicating sexual violence and aggression.
- Increasing the uptake of sexual health services and adherence to treatment for sexual-related ailments among boys and men.
- Ending overbreeding.
Objective: Men and boys adopting positive sexual and reproductive health rights practices in their private and social life.
“It is sad that one teenage boy can impregnate 9 girls in one community while one girl can carry 1 pregnancy for nine months. Are we investing our SRHR efforts on the right side?” – Mr. Samuel Yegon from Kericho reacting upon receiving a report on the increase in cases of teenage pregnancy in their community during Covid 19 pandemic.