Males tend to keep sexual abuse a secret; never exposing their feelings, living in denial for years. They'd rather take this terrible secret to the grave then tell anyone. #16DaysOfActivism #ShoutTheSilence #ForTheBoyChild

1. Man Rules: Don’t cry. Don’t show your emotions unless it’s anger. Be strong. Don’t ask for help. Don’t be vulnerable. Be sexually aggressive. Work b4 relationships. Success b4 relationships. Having power is central to a man. #16DaysOfActivism #ShoutTheSilence #ForTheBoyChild

2 Man Rules: It’s against the rules for men to acknowledge trauma. Sadly, these man rules (1 & 2) seem to apply even with sexual abuse. #ShoutTheSilence #16DaysOfActivism #ForTheBoyChild

Rather than upholding macho paradigms that encourage men to be aggressive and non-emotional, we should create a culture in which both sexes are free to express their feelings and adopt an attitude of gentleness and sensitivity to the feelings of others #generationequality @covaw

Families of disabled children and children themselves need to be taught on the risks they face, how to protect themselves and report abuse #16DaysofActivism2019 #orangetheworld #generationequality @covaw

#16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ForTheBoychild Day 9: Sexual violence against boys remains hushed up mostly because of our socially and culturally ingrained ways of viewing boys as not vulnerable. And expecting them not to be. Yet they are just children. #ShoutTheSilence

Yes. #ShoutTheSilence #ForTheBoyChild You are not alone

#16DaysOfActivism #ForTheBoychild #ShoutTheSilence Love heals. There is no giving up on you.

Day 5: #16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ForTheBoychild #ShoutTheSilence Being a survivor means you have recognized that you have been through something that should never have happened; and now want to let the wounds heal. You are not alone!

#16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ForTheBoychild If you were abused as a child then IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT YOUR FAULT. #ShoutTheSilence #TellOnThem

Day 4: #16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ForTheBoychild Perpetrators know that if they make a child feel that it was their fault for the abuse, the child is probably not going to tell anyone about it. This enables the abuser go on with the abuse. #ShoutTheSilence #TellOnThem

#ForTheBoyChild #ShoutTheSilence #TellOnThem!

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Day 3 #16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ForTheBoyChild #ShoutTheSilence...you are not alone!

“Not only the government is to blame for Gender Based sexual abuse, it is a collective responsibility for our families and the society at large” @NancyOkoth5 @ShoutTheSilence @KenyaGovernors @PlanKenya @juliawanjiku #BreakfastKBC

#ForTheBoychild #16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld Did you know that the number of reported cases of sexual violence against children who are victims remains low due to ignorance, lack of reporting and the secretive nature of the crime...#ShoutTheSilence

#16DaysOfActivism #orangetheworld #ShoutTheSilence for the boychild. Yeye pia hudhulumiwa. End all violence against women and children. Our focus is the boychild. He too is in trouble.

#16DaysOfActivism #ForTheBoyChild #orangetheworld This years theme: Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against Rape! Where is the boychild in this theme? Join us as we #ShoutTheSilence and act against the sexual abuse of the boychild. He too is vulnerable.

#16DaysofActivism against Gender-Based Violence starts today #ShoutTheSilence features the colour orange on its logo these 16 days. We choose to Orange the World and Stands Against the Rape! of the boychild and raise awareness on boychild sexual abuse. He too is vulnerable!