Mandegruppe har fået nok af, hvad den betegner som udbredt vold fra kvinder i hjemmet og vil i seks dage spise sammen ude. Gruppen mener, problemer er vokset i takt med, at Kenyas kvinder er blevet mere økonomisk uafhængige.
A Kenyan men’s lobby group has called for a six-day food boycott to highlight what it says is increasing domestic violence against men, BBC online reports Monday.
The organisation, Maendeleo Ya Wanaume, wants Kenyan men to stop eating meals cooked at home by wives and partners. It says men should instead eat together outside the home, and share experiences of emotional and physical abuse (overgreb / mishandling).
Maendeleo Ya Wanaume’s leader Ndiritu Njoka called for the nationwide boycott to try to stop women beating up or emotionally abusing their husbands and spouses.
Most meals in Kenyan homes are cooked by women – and culturally it is important for men to eat at home in order to show their appreciation for women.
The group says the problem is growing as Kenyan women become more economically independent – in part, it says, because of govern-ment initiatives to improve the status of women.
Last year, the group conducted its own survey of Central and Nairobi provinces and found that up to 460.000 men said they had been subjected to some sort of domestic abuse.
