Programme where men can talk about their emotions

CHANGING gender norms, speaking about trauma, and getting rid of toxic generational norms is what men need.

- NABEELAH MOHEDEEN

This was echoed at the launch of the Callas Foundations Men's Engagement Programme.

About 80 people attended the launch of the programme at the Bridgetown Community Centre on Wednesday May 28, under the theme “Reclaiming brotherhood: A journey of healing, connection, and growth.”

This will be a weekly programme held on a Thursday afternoon at the Bridgetown Community Centre, for all men. The sessions will include weekly interactive group discussions, personal storytelling, wellness activities, and skills-building workshops, offering tools to help men model healthy masculinity, emotional resilience, and mutual respect.

This comes after the launch of their Building Bonding Beyond (BBB) Programme for boys, last year.

The new programme focuses specifically on adult men and deepens the Foundation’s commitment to addressing the root causes of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through inclusive, healing-centered interventions that begin within communities themselves, said founder of the Callas Foundation, Caroline Peters.