A pat on the back for Alex’s Adapt collaboration

Alexandra’s anti-gender-based violence activist organisation, Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (Adapt) has received a pat on the back for a job well done in collaboration with Primestars, What About the Boys? programme.

Primestars general manager Refiloe Mohale said he was impressed by the collaboration delivered by Adapt in the partnership with What About the Boys?, a programme that seeks to raise a nation of good men by grooming boys to adopt positive masculinity in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide.

“If it were not for the incredible work and assistance we got from Adapt in our efforts to change the mindset of the high school youth from under-resourced communities across the country, we would not have achieved the tremendous [results] that we have, which has impacted thousands of boys countrywide, since its formation five or so years back,” Mohale said.

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He was speaking at the launch of a winter clothing range branded: What About the Boys? by Markham, which is a way of raising funds for the Primestars project in its fight against gender-based violence.
“Evil will always triumph when good men do nothing, and we are seeking to ensure we build and capacitate good men, who can change the patriarchal narrative for a good cause,” Mohale added.

He said the What About the Boys? programme was not meant to shift away the justifiable focus from the victims of gender-based violence, and the empowerment of women and girls, but rather to compliment work done by others, by paying attention to the very people behind the cause of the violence.

“We are teaching boys, on their journey to become good men of the future, to change their mindset, and use their masculinity for a good cause, to deal with seemingly toxic stereotypes of masculinity,” Mohale said.