Africa's Young Men are Being Left Behind!

In this episode we sit down with Dr. Charley Pietersen, youth mentor, author, humanitarian, and founder of the Growing Up Without a Father foundation, for a direct and necessary conversation about the African boy child being left behind.

Dr. Pietersen argues that the heavy focus on empowering the girl child, while essential, has created a dangerous imbalance by neglecting young men. Without parallel investment in the boy child, societies produce angry, directionless young men who struggle to relate to empowered women, fuelling gender-based violence and deeper social breakdown.

Dr. Pietersen makes a strong case for practical, community-rooted solutions, mindset change, and collective responsibility across families, institutions, and the continent to stop leaving African young men behind.

Watch this episode for a grounded discussion of the boy-child crisis, the cost of imbalance, and the choices required to restore balance and build a future that includes all of Africa’s youth.