The United Nations Women Kenya has encouraged Kenyan men to embrace positive masculinity and shun toxicity to curb gender-based violence.
According to the women leaders, who acknowledged the legislative efforts to end GBV, more needs to be done by Kenyan men, including avoiding the traditional patriarchal norms that promote violence. ''Despite legislative efforts, deeply rooted patriarchal norms and unequal power structures continue to perpetuate violence, discrimination, and systemic gender inequalities.
GBV continues to manifest in many forms, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, and economic disempowerment, limiting the full participation of women and girls in society," the statement by UN Women, Kenya branch, read in part.
Some of these deeply rooted patriarchal norms cited by the women leaders include cases where men are expected to be dominant and women to be submissive, reinforcing power imbalances that can lead to violence.
