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Equimundo and Axe Launch New Report Examining Drivers and Consequences of Bullying

Equimundo and Axe, Unilever’s leading male grooming brand, launched The Bullying Crisis – a new study on how young men in the United States use, experience, witness,

Who Cares About America’s Male Caregivers?

As a country, we in the US face a storm of overlapping crises, resulting in exhaustion, grief, stresses on our mental health, polarization, and pessimism. In moments

This is Us? How TV Does and Doesn’t Get Men’s Caregiving

Television has the power to shape our culture. Our report, This Is Us? How TV Does and Doesn’t Get Men’s Caregiving, hopes to inspire new stories and reimagine what caregiving can look like on television for the next generation.

Equimundo Presents Webinar with Casa de Esperanza on Innovative Approaches to Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality in the U.S.

On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Equimundo’s Director of Programs Jane Kato-Wallace and Senior Research Officer Brian Heilman presented on a webinar titled, “What does the evidence say?

Unmasking Sexual Harassment and Lessons for Violence Prevention

Originally posted on the National Latin@ Network, available in English and Spanish There’s been a lot of media attention lately on the behavior of adult men in

Equimundo Joins Activists and Hollywood Leaders for #AskMoreOfHim Campaign, Challenging Men to Take Action for Equality

In March, Equimundo joined The Representation Project, a group of activists, and Hollywood leaders in launching the #AskMoreOfHim campaign, encouraging men to speak out against a culture

Equimundo and Experts Discuss Men and the #MeToo Movement, Providing Recommendations To End Sexual Assault

Equimundo, Vital Voices Global Partnership, and New America hosted a panel event on “Men and the #MeToo Movement: How Can We Move From Silence to Solidarity?” on

“What’s Up With Manhood?” In the #MeToo Moment, This Program is Redefining Masculinity for Teens in Chicago

Equimundo’s President and CEO Gary Barker appeared on Chicago’s WGN-TV news program on February 21 to talk about the #MeToo movement and the need to redefine masculinity

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The Double-Edged Sword of Online Gaming: An Analysis of Masculinity in Video Games and the Gaming Community

This groundbreaking study examines masculinity and representations of different identities (gender, race, LGBTQIA+ individuals, disability, age, and body size) in the most popular video games and in

Canada

Care Leads to Care

In March 2021, Equimundo and Dove Men+Care carried out a nationally-representative survey in the United States focused on the links between men’s care for themselves (physical, emotional

Findings and Lessons Learned From an Evaluation of a Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Young Men

Findings and Lessons Learned From an Evaluation of a Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Young Men provides a brief introduction to the Manhood 2.0 intervention, describes Child

Fatherhood 2.0 engages Bhutanese, Burmese, and Nepalese fathers in the United States

In December 2017, MenCare global co-coordinator Equimundo and Steering Committee member MenEngage Alliance conducted a training of facilitators on engaging Bhutanese, Burmese, and Nepalese refugee and immigrant fathers in the United States through a new program called Fatherhood 2.0.

First-Ever Regional Training Initiative (RTI) Works To Strengthen Capacity, Build Network of Gender Justice Advocates in Central America

Over the past 20 years, Equimundo’s work in research and program implementation has shown that meaningful, transformative engagement with men and boys can have a significant impact

Paid Leave and the Pandemic: Effective Workplace Policies and Practices for a Time of Crisis and Beyond

Promundo and Paid Leave for the United States (PL+US), in collaboration with the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force (PLCTF), surveyed and interviewed 40 companies across the US

Putting Fathers’ Care to Work: Landscape Report on Working Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave (2020)

This landscape report, produced by the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force, reviews current research on access to and uptake of parental leave by working fathers—and identifies barriers

The State of America’s Boys: An Urgent Case for a More Connected Boyhood

The State of America’s Boys: An Urgent Case for a More Connected Boyhood presents research and expert perspectives and investigates what it is about boyhood that too

If He Can See It, Will He Be It? Representations of Masculinity in Boys’ Television

“If He Can See It, Will He Be It? Representations of Masculinity in Boys’ Television” was developed through a collaboration among Equimundo, the Geena Davis Institute on

Caring Under COVID-19: How the Pandemic Is – and Is Not – Changing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Responsibilities in the United States

Caring Under COVID-19: How the Pandemic Is – and Is Not – Changing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Responsibilities in the United States, a new report by

Staying-at-Home with our Sons: Fostering Healthy Masculinity in Challenging Times

Staying-at-Home with our Sons: Fostering Healthy Masculinity in Challenging Times, a new report by Equimundo and the Kering Foundation, summarizes the findings from a national survey of

Equimundo and Axe Launch First-Ever “Man Box” Report, a Critical Look at Being a Young Man in the US, UK, and Mexico

Today, Equimundo and Axe are launching a landmark analysis of what it means to be a young man in the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. On

Join Equimundo and Axe at “Stuck in the ‘Man Box’: Young Men, Identity and Why It Matters” Launch Event on March 30

Provider, guardian, hero – cultural changes have been loosening these narrow roles for men, right? Maybe not as much as we think. New research on attitudes in