THE MEN’S
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME

The Men’s Development Programme has been in existence since 1997 and is central to engaging men and boys and creation of gender-equal communities and society. The Programme has 3 core elements: 

• To engage men and boys in new conversations around their physical, mental, emotional, social, and interpersonal health and wellbeing. 

• To develop capacities and skillsets of men and boys, including as community leaders and advocates for gender equality. 

• To assist participants in the Development Programme to be their most authentic selves. 

The Men’s Development Programme creates spaces which enable lifelong long learning, the development of new realisations and of self, in an environment which fosters development in collective settings. 

The Development Programme also creates innovative evidence and practice-based methods for engaging men and boys. One such tool is The 7 Key Questions, a method which is regularly applied in the Development Programme in engaging men in personal reflection, in one-to-one conversations, or in a men’s development group setting. 

Following a strengths-based approach, The 7 Key Questions encourage individual reflection, identification of challenges and an invitation to take the identified action(s).