A school for husbands. How Senegal is reshaping gender roles

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In Senegal, a grassroots initiative known as the School of Husbands is challenging deeply rooted gender norms among men.

Held weekly in community courtyards, the programme encourages fathers and husbands to question traditional roles at home.

Led by former soldier El Hadj Malick, the discussions aim to promote shared responsibility and mutual respect in families.
Backed by the government and the United Nations, the initiative has helped reduce infant and maternal mortality in participating communities.

More than 300 respected men have been trained across 20 schools nationwide.
Home visits show real change, with women reporting better communication and shared decision-making.
The programme seeks to break cycles of domestic violence by reshaping attitudes, one household at a time.

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[Stargazer99]

1. It would be a benifit to society for American men to have some training in this as we have domestic

murder of women in the US and would benefit the society greatly in the US

[2naSalit]

2. It's been ingrained...

For a very long time here in the US. In junior high school, for instance, girls have home economics classes where they learn to be a 'homemaker' and boys have shop classes where they learn to be manly men and make stuff with tools. If the boys were taught the same classes in home economics and the girls were taking shop classes too, things would be different.