Report says Kenyan father's role in children's lives can promote gender equality

MenCare Campaign Global Co-coordinator Wessel van den Berg (left) and musician David Mathenge aka Nameless during the launch of the State of the World’s Fathers 2015 report at Sarova Panafric Hotel in Nairobi Thursday. [PHOTO: NYARONDA MOTSI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Kenya offers one of the longest paternity leaves in Africa, which according to an international men and boys' advocacy group allows men's participation in the children's care.

In a recent report, the group, MenCare, said father-child relationships, whether positive, negative or absent, have profound effects on children.