How ‘We Men Club’ is reshaping boys’ attitudes in Nepal’s schools 

The “We Men Club” is being run in various community and private schools in Lalitpur and Kathmandu. The program gives schoolboys practical knowledge about gender equality, respect, consent, awareness against violence, emotional expression, and social responsibility, going beyond textbook learning through dialogue, games, group activities, and shared experiences. Participants say it has already begun to change students’ thinking, behaviour, and even family relationships.

For Riwaj Adhikari, a ninth grader, the club became more than an extracurricular activity, a chance to understand himself and society differently. He says he now understands why discrimination occurs and how it can be changed, whereas before he saw society only in ordinary terms. He learned to question the idea that boys must always be strong and tough.