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Cities and regions are typically spaces where public services to individuals and families are delivered, and hence they represent a space of tremendous potential. This action group will propose solutions on how local governments can design public spaces, transport, housing, and services that support caregiving and engage men as caregivers, as well as violence prevention, and create safer, more inclusive communities. Changemakers will include city leaders who are already designing cities where care is visible, shared, and accessible to everyone.

In partnership with: Van Leer Foundation

In some countries, men are becoming more oppositional to gender equality and are more likely than women to support autocratic leaders and policies. In other countries, men are also becoming disengaged from civic life and are the majority of those who engage in extremist and backlash activism and violence. This group will develop solutions on how to engage young men in positive, pro-social ways and how to strengthen civic life, rebuild trust, and reduce polarization.

In partnership with: The Christchurch Call

Globally, men’s health is still largely missing from international public health discussions, outside important efforts in mostly Global North settings. In addition, men’s poor health outcomes and gender-specific health vulnerabilities have largely been seen separately from the health of women, children, and others. This action group will look at solutions related to men’s mental and physical health, and identify solutions on how health systems can support them. This will include a lens on loneliness, and the stigma that keeps men from seeking help – especially among marginalized men. Rather than siloing men’s health, this group will focus simultaneously on the role that men can play in ensuring that those in their lives (partners, parents, sons, daughters, and their community at large) can access the health support that they so desperately need. Among the challenges to be addressed: How can we bring needed attention to men’s health while also engaging men as allies for the health of all?

Workplaces play a huge role in supporting or hindering gender equality and care policies, and supporting or hindering positive ideas about manhood. This group will identify solutions that engage companies, unions, and relevant government agencies. This will also include solutions that consider the ever-changing landscape that is global, in some places, remote, and discuss the implications of artificial intelligence and automation.

In partnership with: Champions of Change Coalition

Globally, men continue to do less than an equitable share of hands-on care of children, the elderly, and others due to a combination of policy gaps, poverty, and social norms. The global MenCare campaign, led by Equimundo, has worked globally to push care policies that promote men’s engagement alongside necessary care policies that support female caregivers. Bringing together the largest global platform of feminist-informed care advocacy, this group will look at the hinderances to progress on care policies and how to engage men as full allies in them. 

In partnership with: Alianza Global por los Cuidados (Global Alliance for Care)

Boys are falling behind girls in more than 100 countries around the globe. While some countries are looking at gender-specific solutions for boys’ education disengagement – and learning from efforts to improve girls’ education – the global discussion is still limited. What works to support boys to stay in school and thrive? And how can such efforts avoid a zero-sum approach when it comes to supporting girls in schools?

In partnership with: American Institute for Boys and Men