MAGE-SL
Men's Association for Gender Equality - Sierra Leone
Promoting Gender Justice, Human Rights & Equity
Promoting Gender Justice...
Men’s Association for Gender Equality Sierra Leone (MAGE-SL) is a registered national Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) and an active member of MenEngage Africa and MenEngage Global Alliance – a continental alliance of country networks and inter-national partners working with men and boys to promote Gender Justice, Equality, Women’s Rights and Empowerment.
On the 17th of June, 2001, MAGE-SL was established in a refugee camp in Guinea by Tamba David Mackieu in response to the violence occurring within the camp, particularly against women and children. By that time the effort of MAGE-SL’s efforts were funded and supported by UNHCR.
Since 2011, we have been a registered national NGO in Sierra Leone. We’re a civil society entity, we chair the MenEngage Sierra Leone Country Network, which comprising non-governmental organisations and activists engaging men and boys on Women’s Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), Gender Justice, and social issues through the transformation of Gender Social Norms and Masculinities.
