MenEngage Alliance Strategic Plan 2021-2024

This Strategic Plan draws on the voices and expertise of the membership and partners of MenEngage Alliance, including women’s rights and social justice activists and organizations, and the Alliance’s ambitious political agenda chartered by our mission and vision. 

It is informed by the lessons from international normative frameworks on the agenda of women’s rights, gender equality, LGBTIQA+ rights and social justice, including that of the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global policy frameworks that support the realization of women’s rights and gender justice within the broader context of social, economic and environmental justice and human rights.

The Strategic Plan consists of 3 sections:

Section 1

Presents the Background and Context analysis to the Strategic Plan. It includes a selected analysis of the political, economic, social, technological and operational contexts that are confronting the world today, and their potential implications for the work of the Alliance. This section also includes a summary of the Evaluation findings and MenEngage’s response; and Implications for the next phase.

Section 2

The Intervention Logic, brings together our Vision, Mission and Guiding Commitments; with the Rationale for Alliance building and MenEngage’s structure. It presents a summary of our Theory of Change – including what has to be changed (patriarchal masculinities and power), who are the agents of change (including diverse men and boys) and how we seek to achieve change. It summarizes our Strategies for Change as: Link, Learn, Improve, and Influence.                       

Section 3

The Program for 2021 – 24, describes the goals, 4 Result Areas, strategies, and aspired outcomes and outputs of the MenEngage Global Alliance for the period 2021 – 24.

About the strategic planning process 

This Strategic Plan of MenEngage Global Alliance for the period 2021 – 2024 was put together through an extensive collaborative process among MenEngage leadership and partners. It is informed by the progress made during the previous Strategic Plan for 2017 – 2020, including the work of the Regional Networks during that period and their emerging insights and needs; the findings from Evaluation of the 2017 – 2020 Strategic Plan, which included good response from members and partners; and a consultative Strategic planning process among the MenEngage Global Board and Secretariat team conducted in the period June-September 2020. 

The process was designed and led by consultant Alan Greig, in close collaboration with the Global Secretariat Co-Directors and the team from Singizi Consulting, who undertook the evaluation of the 2017 – 2020 Strategic Plan.

Based on a review of relevant documentation produced by MenEngage Alliance, as well as academic and grey literature on gender transformative work with men and boys, a set of guiding themes and related questions were identified. These themes and questions were explored through in-depth interviews with external key informants, including activists and leaders from feminist and LGBTQIA+ movements, other social justice struggles, as well as donor representatives. Interviews were also conducted with representatives from each of the regional networks of MenEngage Alliance, Board members and the staff of the Global Secretariat.