This webinar, hosted by the IGWG's Male Engagement Task Force, showcased research and programming for better understanding and addressing of the mental health experiences and needs of men and boys across diverse contexts (in Colombia, Eswatini, Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania). It also demonstrated how men’s mental health intersects withother health outcomes related to family planning, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS.Read More
Male Engagement
State of the World’s Fathers 2021: Structural Solutions to Achieve Equality in Care Work
This report presents research on care work during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on structural barriers that prevent equitable distribution of caregiving between women and men. The report provides seven solutions—from the individual to the structural level—that need to be implemented to create a more care- and gender-equal world. Read More
What Does Power Mean to Men? Podcast Episode
In episode two of the What’s a Man? Masculinity in India podcast, host Deepa Narayan, an award-winning researcher, explores what power means to young boys and men. Narayan highlights the most common responses about power from some of the 250 middle and upper-class boys and men interviewed before exploring the nature of power and its consequences in different models of masculinity. Read More
Male Engagement Task Force Resources
The IGWG's Male Engagement Task Force has created a curated list of key resources related to 1) Men, Masculinities, and Health, 2) HIV/AIDS, 3) Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, and 4) Family Planning and Reproductive Health.Read More
Webinar Recording: Harnessing the Private Health Sector for Gender Equality
View this webinar recording to learn about approaches pioneered over the past six years by the SHOPS Plus project, including examples from Afghanistan (male engagement and social marketing), Nepal (gender capacity building), and Tanzania (empowering female health care providers through access to credit and business support).Read More
Couple-Based Approaches in Reproductive Health: Implications for Global Policy, Practice, and Research
This extensive technical report and summary brief comprises three core components—a literature review, a global reproductive health policy analysis, and key informant interviews—that explore the extent to which programs and policies consider couple-based approaches as a means to improve reproductive health outcomes, the reasons such approaches do not feature more prominently, and recommendations for program designers/implementers, policy makers, and researchers.Read More
