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Equimundo Launches Report on the State of Fatherhood and Caregiving in Portugal

Equimundo-Europe, in collaboration with the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra and the Coimbra School of Nursing, launched its first report on the State of Involved and Nonviolent Fatherhood in Portugal at “Big Plans for Equality,” the fourth meeting of health professionals hosted by the Association for Family Planning in Lisbon on May 31.

Why Dads Should Demand Paid Leave

When Mark Zuckerberg takes paternity leave, the world takes note. While we applaud his ability to “lean out,” we don’t generally talk about the support that a father – or any parent – needs to do it (and just how many don’t have it).

Why America’s Fathers Aren’t Living Up to Expectations

For many American fathers, there’s still a disconnect between what they want, and what they think they can do. They may want to be equal partners, to share the joys and responsibilities of parenting with their partner, but a triple combination of antiquated gender norms, sclerotic workplace culture and lack of family-friendly policies knock that choice off the table.

How Mr. Mom Became a Stay at Home Dad

My colleague had a baby and her husband decided to take a 12-month leave from his job to stay home with the newborn. We, her co-workers, were all surprised, if not shocked. That was nearly 20 years ago. We likely would have been as surprised today. And we wouldn’t have been alone in our American reaction, as we are one of a handful of countries without mandatory paid leave for either parent.

Engaging Men in Unpaid Care Work: An Advocacy Brief for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Unpaid care work is one of the key drivers of women’s inequality. In Eastern Europe, it is also an element in continuing low fertility as the prospect

First-ever State of America’s Fathers Report Reveals a Tale of Two Fatherhoods in the United States

In advance of Father’s Day, Equimundo launched the first-ever State of America’s Fathers report as a MenCare publication. From New York to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, the country’s

Taking Global Lessons to the United States

In the U.S., women’s health rights have recently faced numerous setbacks in the Supreme Court, women continue to bear the brunt of unpaid care work for families,

This Is the State Of Working Fathers in the U.S.

Fatherhood is in the news, whether it’s high-profile dads or renewed pushes for paid leave in the District of Columbia, New York City, and beyond. For those of us urging equality between men and women in the workplace, the discussion is rightly focusing on whether men are, should be, or even can do half of the daily caring for children and housework. But elsewhere, in our court system, custody wars continue, and state child-welfare systems spend millions getting nonresident fathers to pay child support. That leads to a lot of strong opinions about fathers and modern fatherhood. But what’s really happening?

Helping Dads Care

Equimundo and Dove Men+Care partnered to carry out a pioneering study, surveying over 1,700 men and women aged 25 to 45 in the United States, on what

The Tale of Two Fatherhoods

Earlier this year, several major corporations sponsored a night in one of the Smithsonian’s flagship museums in Washington, D.C., for more than 400 “daddy bloggers.” Their motivation? Fathers are now as likely as mothers to be deciding what food, toys, children’s books and clothing to buy.

Engaging Men to End Violence Against Women

This month, more than thirty men allegedly gang-raped a sixteen-year-old girl in Brazil because of her supposed infidelity to her boyfriend. A few months before that, my organization, Equimundo, carried out a study finding that nearly half of girls interviewed at a school in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reported having traded sex for money.

Fatherhood and Feminism with Nikki van der Gaag

Last year, Nikki van der Gaag co-authored a groundbreaking study on the world’s fathers after realizing they were absent from most research. This year, she’s honing in on fatherhood in specific regions and delving into the cultural context behind men’s involvement in their children’s lives. In this interview, Nikki van der Gaag joins David Michael Newstead to discuss her research, gender equality, and Ryan Gosling.

Happy Father’s Day from Equimundo!

What are America’s dads saying about fatherhood? This Father’s Day, take two minutes to watch men from around the United States share their experiences of fatherhood in

In “State of America’s Fathers,” Leading Researchers Take a Critical Look at What Fatherhood Means for American Families in 2016

Today, we’re launching the country’s first State of America’s Fathers report – a landmark analysis of fatherhood. Fathers in the United States are more involved than ever before,

America’s Dads Tell Us What Fatherhood Means to Them Ahead of “State of America’s Fathers” Report Unveiling

“I always win when I put my family first.” Ahead of the first-ever State of America’s Fathers report release, this is what America’s dads are saying about

Online Course Trains Health Professionals to Involve Men in Fatherhood and in Maternal and Newborn Health

Brazil’s “Community of Practice” platform, in partnership with Equimundo and with the Ministry of Health’s National Coordinating Body on Men’s Health, launched the online course “Engaging Men:

Three Years of MenCare+ Engage Tens of Thousands in Brazil

MenCare+, an initiative of the global MenCare campaign, completed its third year of activities in Brazil in January 2016. MenCare partner Equimundo coordinates the initiative in Brazil,

Transforming Gender Relations Within an Existing Project: The Mozambique Experience

Concern Worldwide is collaborating with Equimundo to shift its “Linking Agribusiness and Nutrition” (LAN) project in Mozambique from a gender-sensitive approach to one that is gender-transformative, and to increase the project’s capacity to engage men in order to improve mother and child nutrition.

Join Equimundo at the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on March 14–24, 2016. The annual conference

Am I a Traitor to My Sex?

On International Women’s Day, as we’re asked to pledge our support for women’s leadership and equality at work, we cannot ignore what’s happening at home. Gary Barker explains how shared, equitable household duties between men and women not only promote gender equality, but also men’s health overall.

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