Zambia National Men's Network for Gender and Development - Znmngd

Guest of honor Mr. Patrick Kangwa Secretary to Cabinet represented by Mr. Kennedy Kalunga PS special duties says one in three women in Zambia are violated.

He noted that even men and boys suffer GBV but there numbers are smaller as compared to women and girls.

Unless men do something the statistics against women and girls will continue to be appalling sad.

Men's Indaba underway in Lusaka.

Secretary to Cabinet Mr. Patrick Kangwa is guest of honor represented by Mr. Kennedy Kalunga PS special duties at the event.

CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF INTENTIONAL MEN'S DAY GAINS MOMENTUM AS MORE COUNTRIES JOIN

19 November, 2024
As the world celebrate the International Men' Day today the 19th November, the Africa regional campaign for the recognition of the International Men's Day which is led by Men’s Network for Gender and Development (MNGD) is gaining momentum with five more countries joining the campaign bringing the number to 13 from 8 countries. The five countries that have joined are Sierra Leone, Nigeria, South Sudan, Seychelles and Uganda.
The African campaign to advocate for the recognition of the International Men’s Day aimed at promoting men’s health and wellbeing as well as men and boys participation in gender equality started last year with 8 countries namely the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Mali and Zambia.
Consultations to have more countries to join the campaign to recognize the International Men's Day which falls on 19 November are still going on.
The objectives of the International Men's Day among others is to promote gender equality and the well-being of men and boys as well as promoting male role models who are living an honest life and working to promote gender equality. The Call to Action Statement will be presented to the African Union. The 13 countries will also lobby their government to recognize the day as an important day for men.
In additional a pan-African Men’s Learning and Exchange Conference led by Community Life Project (CLP),Nigeria in partnership with Men’s Network for Gender and Development will host an online men’s conference during the 16 Days of Activism where organisations working on positive masculinity in Africa will come together to share best practices.
Nelson Banda
NATIONAL COORDINATOR

TWO ZAMBIAN MEN CROWNED AS AMBASSADORS OF ILO CONVENTION 190
For immediate release 09/08/2024

Two Zambian men have been crowned as ambassadors of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 aimed at fighting Gender Based Violence in the place work. The two were recognized at the International Trade Union Confederation ITUC-Africa Biennial African Trade Union’s Women Conference at a colorful investure ceremony in Cotonou, Republic of Benin yesterday.

The two are Men’s Network for Gender and Development National Coordinator, Nelson Banda and Zambia Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) General Secretary Mr Joy Beene. The Ceremony was attended by 170 participants from 50 Countries.
Convention 190 is an international treaty adopted by the International Labour Organization in June 2019 to address violence and harassment in the workplace. The Convention recognizes the right of everyone to a work environment free from violence and harassment and sets out measures for its prevention and elimination. It defines violence and harassment as a range of unaccepted behaviors and practices that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, psychological, sexual, or economic harm.
Counties that have ratified Convention 190 are required to implement laws and policies to prevent violence and harassment in the workplace. Zambia ratified the Convention in June 2024
The objective of the Conference was organized to enhance trade unions’ understanding of feminism and its application in advancing the Decent Work Agenda (DWA) for social justice that benefit both women and men workers. This will contribute to improved welfare and wellbeing, fostering a more equal, and workplace/community violence-free Africa

Nelson Banda
National Coordinator
Men’s Network for Gender and Development

ZNMNGD National Coordinator, Nelson Banda talking to the Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Mr Johan Hallenborg at the Police Command Center during the launch of the Police Training manual on 27th March, 2024.

POLICE URGED TO ARREST 2900 MEN BEHIND TEEN PREGNANCIES IN EASTERN PROVINCE

Media statement for immediate release.
Zambia National Men's Network for Gender and Development calls on the police to arrest men behind the over 2800 teen pregnancies in Eastern Province.
Sunday 18th February, 2024.

The Zambia National Men's Network for Gender and Development (ZNMNGD ) is calling on the Inspector General of Police, Graphael Musamba to sanction a special operation in Eastern Province to arrest the more than 2900 men behind the 2946 teen pregnancies recorded in the province in the month of January 2024.

We call for this special operation because these teen pregnancies constitute defilement cases as according to statistics, one hundred and thirty three (133) involve girls below 15 years and Two Thousand Eighty Hundred and Thirteen (2813) between the ages of 15 to19 years have been impregnated within a one month period.

Eastern Province has recorded too many statistics regarding teen pregnancies and other forms of gender based violence cases with very little action being taken to bring those committing sexual atrocities to book.

For instance in 2022 Eastern province recorded 31,000 teen pregnancies and we believe that authorities should have by now put up interventions to prevent such occurrences.

The 2,946 teen pregnancies means that 2,946 men who are responsible should be rounded up through a special operations to face justice as they could be easily identified if the police work with the girls, teachers, the community and the health centres.

We believe that through this action the country will be sending a strong message to perpetrators of sexual violence that there will be no business as usual in dealing with sexual predators who are robbing the country of its precious resources of future leaders.

Two thousand Nine Hundred and forty six( 2,946) girls between the ages of 15 to 19 have been robbed of their childhood.

Nelson Banda
National Coordinator

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ZNMNGD calls for appointment of female UN secretary general The Zambian group advocates for gender equality and engages men and boys as allies in fighting inequality.

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