Healthier Boyhoods

Making the Connections: Harmful Masculine Norms and Non-Partner Sexual Violence

This blog is part of the Making the Connections series. Each blog focuses on one particular form of violence. This year, Equimundo and Oak Foundation launched Masculine

Making the Connections: Harmful Masculine Norms and Homicide and Violent Crime

This blog is part of the Making the Connections series. Each blog focuses on one particular form of violence. This year, Equimundo and Oak Foundation launched Masculine

Harmful Masculinity Costs the United States More Than $15 Billion a Year, Reveals New Study

New research from gender equality organization Equimundo calculates the social impact and economic cost of harmful masculine behaviors.

Making the Connections: Harmful Masculine Norms and Bullying

This blog is part of the Making the Connections series. Each blog focuses on one particular form of violence. This year, Equimundo and Oak Foundation launched Masculine

Making the Connections: Harmful Masculine Norms and Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

This blog is part of the Making the Connections series. Each blog focuses on one particular form of violence. This year, Equimundo and Oak Foundation launched Masculine

Making the Connections: Harmful Masculine Norms and Physical Violence Against Children

This blog is part of the Making the Connections series. Each blog focuses on one particular form of violence. This year, Equimundo and Oak Foundation launched Masculine

Farewell to Silence: A community group in south Trinidad defines a “man’s identity today”

Content warning: this post contains descriptions of violence. A community group in south Trinidad invited me to their men’s forum to help define a “man’s identity today.”

Join Equimundo at the 25th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi, Kenya

The 2019 staging of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) – dubbed the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 – takes place in Nairobi, Kenya November 12-14, 2019.

What We Know About Masculinity and Asking for Emotional Support

In the US, and around the world, men are often told to value strength, control, and self-sufficiency, and to avoid being vulnerable, or asking for help. Men’s

Announcing Equimundo’s New Global Partnership on Boyhood

Today, Equimundo is pleased to announce our partnership with the creative arts publisher Phaidon and its sister company Artspace, a leading online marketplace, with the support of

The Masculinity Paradox: How does society let men act?

“How does society let men act?” Undoubtedly this is the best question I’ve come across in my decade or so of field research related to harmful gender

Men Want to Learn More about Safer and Consensual Sex, According to Manhood 2.0 Program Evaluation in Washington, DC

Though fatherhood is not always a negative experience for young men and not every teen pregnancy is unwanted or unplanned, research shows that young men and their

New Parental How-To Guide From Equimundo and Plan International Provides 9 Tips on Raising Boys to Embrace Healthy Masculinity

A new how-to guide released by Plan International and Equimundo provides parents with nine concrete tips to help navigate conversations with their sons about healthy masculinity, self-expression,

A Father’s Day Message From Ziauddin Yousafzai, Malala’s Father

From the moment my daughter Malala was born, I wanted her to experience the world. I wanted her to have her own identity. I wanted to be

Reflections from Event on Why Masculinity Matters: Supporting Boys and Young Men Into Healthy Manhood

On May 2, Equimundo, the Center for Research on Men’s Health, Vanderbilt University, and partners convened in Washington, DC to discuss how masculine norms impact men’s health

Sexual Assault Awareness Month: What We Know About Harmful Masculinity and Sexual Violence

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time to stand with survivors of all forms of sexual violence, raise awareness of the issue and what drives

Engaging Men to Improve Nutrition in Rural Mozambique: Results from a Equimundo and Concern Worldwide Partnership

With the goal of improving nutrition in Mozambique, Equimundo partner Concern Worldwide piloted a program based in group dialogue between May 2016 and October 2017. In this program, Concern Worldwide approached the issue of malnutrition among women and children by seeking to collectively address underlying social and cultural understandings of masculinity.

Join Equimundo at Event on Why Masculinity Matters for Health, Well-Being, and Gender Equality

Join Equimundo in Washington, DC on May 2, 2019 for an event exploring masculinity, health, and well-being. RSVP here. In the past year, global and US-specific attention

New Research Attaches Price Tag of Over $15 Billion to Harmful Masculine Behaviors in the United States

The Cost of the Man Box, a new study from Equimundo and AXE, Unilever’s leading male grooming brand, launches today, revealing that “man up” stereotypes – and the

This International Women’s Day, Equimundo is Partnering with Bonobos to Improve Male Allyship for Gender Equality

This International Women’s Day – Friday, March 8 – Equimundo is pleased to partner with Bonobos, a male clothing brand in the United States, by carrying out

Equimundo CEO Gary Barker’s Chapter Featured in Acclaimed Anthology, The Crisis of Connection

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the book argues, people have become increasingly disconnected from themselves, each other, and the world around them. Edited by Niobe Way, The Crisis of Connection examines inequalities and the science of human connection before presenting a path to a more just and humane world.

What We Know About Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality

Gender inequality is one of the most pressing global barriers to social and economic progress and to the fulfillment of human rights; because of this, achieving gender

Youth Living Peace: Scaling up Support for Adolescents in School

“I have confidence in myself now,” shares a female participant in the Youth Living Peace program in Democratic Republic of the Congo; “I have seen that girls can do a lot of things. Having the facilitators and talking with others girls helped me to choose my goals, to choose my friends better- those who will be good influence for me and my future.”

New Research Explores Male Engagement in Premarital Abortions in New Delhi, India

A new research report from Equimundo and the International Center for Research on Women explores male engagement in premarital abortion in New Delhi, India.