Nairobi, Nov. 18 -- The African Union (AU) is spearheading a campaign to enhance positive masculinity in the fight against violence against women and girls.

The AU held its second Men's Conference on Positive Masculinity Initiative in Dakar, Senegal, on Thursday. The theme was 'Advancing actions and promoting positive masculinity to end violence against women and girls'.

The initiative focuses on involving men in influential leadership positions to bring on board other men and boys in efforts to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), a critical means to ending structural and institutional inequalities.

The AU, in a press statement issued after the conference, noted that most cases of violence against women and girls are perpetrated by ...