{"id":6579,"date":"2018-08-22T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mencare.org\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2018-08-22T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:22:53","slug":"dr-christopher-ugwu-executive-director-society-improvement-rural-people-sirp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mencare.org\/es\/dr-christopher-ugwu-executive-director-society-improvement-rural-people-sirp\/","title":{"rendered":"La historia de Ejike: un modelo de relaciones solidarias y equitativas en Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Por el Dr. Christopher Ugwu, Sociedad para la Mejora de la Poblaci\u00f3n Rural (SIRP)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mencare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chris-Ugwu-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"424\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Christopher Ugwu, Director Ejecutivo de la Sociedad para la Mejora de la Poblaci\u00f3n Rural (SIRP).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ejike y su esposa, Beatrice, viven juntos en Edem, Nigeria. Ejike es profesor en una comunidad con muchas pr\u00e1cticas y creencias r\u00edgidas y profundamente arraigadas. Sin embargo, cuando Ejike era joven, personas como su profesor de ingl\u00e9s, el Sr. Smith, le inculcaron un profundo respeto por las mujeres y por la igualdad de las mujeres que mantuvo hasta la edad adulta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cuando Ejike y Beatrice tuvieron su primer hijo, una ni\u00f1a, los padres de Ejike se negaron a celebrar el nacimiento de la reci\u00e9n nacida con ellos. Sus padres hab\u00edan estado esperando un ni\u00f1o. Edem es una sociedad profundamente patriarcal y muchos valoran m\u00e1s a los ni\u00f1os varones que a las ni\u00f1as. La pr\u00e1ctica de la mutilaci\u00f3n genital femenina, a menudo de ni\u00f1as de no m\u00e1s de cinco d\u00edas de nacidas, es una extensi\u00f3n de ese dominio masculino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sin embargo, Ejike se neg\u00f3 a dejarse influir en sus convicciones. No s\u00f3lo se neg\u00f3 a permitir que \u201ccortaran\u201d a su hija, sino que tambi\u00e9n intent\u00f3 ser un padre comprometido participando en las tareas de cuidado. Apoy\u00f3 mucho la lactancia materna de su esposa y particip\u00f3 en el proceso para fortalecer su v\u00ednculo con ella y su hija. Incluso en mitad de la noche, Ejike estaba dispuesto a lavar los pa\u00f1ales reutilizables de su hija y apoyar a Beatrice mientras amamantaba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Los efectos positivos de la relaci\u00f3n solidaria y equitativa entre Ejike y Beatrice comenzaron a influir en otros miembros de la comunidad para que adoptaran las mismas actitudes y conductas en sus propias familias. En toda su aldea, Ejike es visto como un modelo a seguir para otros padres y es respetado por su apoyo a la elecci\u00f3n de las mujeres de amamantar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ejike es ahora un defensor masculino de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres en la Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP), un socio de MenCare en Nigeria. Acompa\u00f1a a SIRP a muchos de los programas de extensi\u00f3n masculina de la organizaci\u00f3n y comparte sus convicciones y experiencias con los hombres que participan en los programas. Anima a los hombres a adoptar la igualdad de g\u00e9nero, la participaci\u00f3n masculina en el cuidado y la paternidad, y la lactancia materna.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ejike y su esposa, Beatrice, viven juntos en Edem, Nigeria. Ejike es profesor en una comunidad con muchas pr\u00e1cticas y creencias r\u00edgidas y profundamente arraigadas. 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