The position of the boy child in our modern society is changing.
While the issues of girl child empowerment gain prestige, the affairs of the boy child continue to be sidelined.
Most of the challenges the boy child has been facing do not receive that much attention.
When a girl is assaulted, raped, abused, or neglected, such situations become news. On the other hand, there is no news when the boy child suffers the same fate.
This is because the culture around us believes that it is only the girl child who is endangered and needs more support and attention.
Most people and non-government organisations have been coming up with various programmes that are only advocating and promoting the girl child's welfare and forgetting the interest of the boy child.
This is wrong and should never be the case.
Both are equal, hence they should all be empowered.
If we forget the boys, they might end up engaging in dubious activities.
We can all control this by ensuring that there is a gender balance. We all need a balanced society and functional people.
However, we cannot have this by empowering one gender only, hence, inclusivity in assigning both genders is necessary for our community.
The government and other stakeholders in our society should be at the forefront by advocating for inclusivity, whereby both genders are given equal attention and support.
Student, Maasai Mara University
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
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