Opening of the MenEngage Ubuntu Symposium
Event description
The MenEngage Ubuntu Symposium will be a space for listening, critical reflection, and commitment to action across work to transform masculinities and engage men and boys for gender equality and social justice. By coming together from across regions, cultures, backgrounds, and languages, the Symposium aspires to help make “men and masculinities” work more effective and accountable for women’s rights, LGBTQI+ rights, racial justice, economic justice, climate justice, and other social justice issues.
The Symposium is co-organized by MenEngage Alliance together with Rwanda Men’s Resource Centre (RWAMREC), the Rwanda MenEngage Network (RWAMNET), and MenEngage Africa. It follows the two previous MenEngage global symposiums in Rio de Janeiro (2009) and Delhi (2014). These events were pivotal moments in shaping collective work and a shared political agenda. The symposium is being organized by a number of organizing committees consisting of MenEngage Alliance members around the world, working together with the MenEngage Alliance Global Secretariat and hosts in Rwanda. The program is being created based on hundreds of submissions from members, partners, and allies, which were read and reviewed by more than 50 independent reviewers.