Women’s Fund Spring Gathering: Healthy Masculinity: Principles Toward Healthier Men and Boys

It takes more than telling a girl “she can do anything” to break a culture of violence and discrimination against women. It takes more than just telling boys to respect girls. Teaching and promoting healthy concepts of manhood to each other, our sons and other boys means addressing the messages that impact all our children.

Davi Mozie is a trainer, facilitator, advocate and community organizer. She has designed healthy masculinity curricula rooted in encouraging healthy, nonviolent communication, led a county-wide Healthy Masculinity Project fostering community and university collaboration around violence prevention, and facilitates healthy masculinity trainings in schools in the U.S. and with value based sports organizations in communities across Kenya. Davi will present the core principles surrounding healthy masculinity, describe efforts taken locally including examples that adults can put into play.