Africa-Press – Lesotho. As to mark an impactful International Men’s Day, which will be commemorated on November 19th, She-Hive Association has called men to take part at their unique upcoming celebration.
The association will facilitate a 90.01Km marathon around Maseru town. This marathon is anticipated to serve a therapeutic purpose and it targets all men, who will also be sensitized on
issues of Gender Based Violence (GBV), including males GBV. She-Hive Association Executive Director ‘Mamakhethe Phomane disclosed at the press conference on Tuesday that
this year’s celebration will run under the theme; ‘Race against Gender Based Violence’. She explained that the association will also campaign throughout the month as to intensify efforts
towards the fight against GBV. November has in this regard been nick-named Movember, a connotation that earmarks this month as fully dedicated to tackle males GBV.
“This day has been observed over the years and the main objective has been to bring awareness, attention and
education to men in relation to mental health,” Phomane said, adding that research states that mental health has good relations to abusive actions to the victim and
the abuser. She said along with the commemoration, men are also encouraged to test for Prostate and Testicular Cancer. Explaining the mandate for this year, Phomane said; “Our message is extracted from the
bible directed to young men as a reminder of what love is, we want them to introspect, ask themselves whether love does still exist, whether their relationships
still have love, value and spark, how do they contribute or take part in brutal killings and women abuse as well as to decide on the route they want to take.
Men’s day is very crucial hence why we invite men and young women to take part and engage in issues that involve GBV,” Phomane indicated. She-Hive Association Treasure ‘Mampai
Lebeko explained that the association works with multiple entities including the government in the fight against abuse or GBV. She insisted that this time
around they will be helping and supporting men. “It is quite known or spoken that we only support women as opposed to men, this programme includes advocating and supporting men who are afraid to speak about
abuse either being done to them directly or to their fellow brothers and friends, at home by their partners or in workplace. She noted that Men engage, which is a programme under She-Hive, was created
after realization that there are a number of men who are being abused while maximum focus has only been on women and children. “Men also go through a lot of abuse, hence they resolve to fights and killings. This is also because naturally they are bad communicators,” she said.
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