The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on Wednesday warning that parents are facing growing mental health issues due to financial instability, the loneliness epidemic, the youth mental health crisis, the threat of gun violence, and other modern challenges. Our data supports the findings highlighted in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) advisory. According to our 2024 report on the caregiving burden in the US, men and women who have caregiving responsibilities are far more likely to be concerned about future work opportunities and career trajectories than those who do not have caregiving responsibilities. Our research also shows that a majority of male and female caregivers across the political spectrum say increasing investments in child care, elder care, and care for people with disabilities, as well as ensuring access to paid leave for all workers, are among their policy priorities. Murthy says we need a fundamental shift in how we value and prioritize parental well-being, ‘recognizing that the work of raising a child is crucial to the health and well-being of all society.’ He calls on policymakers to promote and expand funding for programs that support parents and caregivers and their families, and to establish a national paid family and medical leave program and ensure all workers have paid sick time, among other crucial initiatives which align with our MenCare Parental Leave Platform. Read more in Murthy's The New York Times Opinion piece, ‘Parents Are at Their Wits’ End. We Can Do Better:’ https://lnkd.in/e2b-724V #ParentsUnderPressure #MentalHealth #Parents #HHS #ChildCare #PaidLeaveforAll
Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
Non-profit Organizations
Washington DC, District of Columbia 6,866 followers
Promoting nurturing, equitable, non-violent masculinity since 2011.
About us
Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice is a non-profit organization and a global leader in promoting gender equality and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls, and individuals of all gender identities. Since 2011, Equimundo has worked internationally and in the United States to engage men and boys as allies in gender equality, promote healthy manhood and prevent violence. Previously called Promundo-US, our work was founded in 2011 in partnership with Instituto Promundo in Brazil. Our work was born out of community-based and evidence-based work to engage men and boys in gender equality and non-violent manhood in numerous settings in Latin America, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and North America. After 11 years as Promundo-US we affirmed our mission to take the promise of an intersectional focus on masculinities and social justice to the next level, and changed our name to make clear our focus on masculinities within and always as part of a social justice framework, and to communicate that message to a broader audience of stakeholders.
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External link for Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
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- Washington DC, District of Columbia
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- Nonprofit
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- 2011
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- Research, Program Development, Policy Advocacy, and Gender Equality
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1367 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC, District of Columbia 20036, US
Employees at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
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Giovanna Lauro
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Christopher Hook
Equimundo / Kent (OH) City Council
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Wessel van den Berg PhD
Senior Advocacy Officer at Equimundo
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Héctor Sánchez-Flores
NCN works to build the capacity communities to honor their authentic identities, values & practices to achieve sustained well-being & dismantle…
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Learn more about our grant partner, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice. Equimundo is a global organization that promotes men’s involvement as equitable, nonviolent fathers and caregivers. They co-founded MenCare, a campaign that aims to achieve family well-being, gender equality, and better health for mothers, fathers, and children. The Generation Foundation is supporting Equimundo’s research, advocacy, and programming to support men’s participation in the care economy and challenge harmful gender norms. Some of their initiatives include the International Men and Gender Equality Survey, or ‘IMAGES’, a comprehensive survey that measures attitudes and practices on gender equality topics like caregiving, as well as the State of the World’s Fathers report. SOWF is a biennial report that provides up-to-date global data on fatherhood and its impact on families, societies, and gender justice. If you are interested in learning more about Equimundo and their work, please visit their website: https://equimundo.org/ #SOWF #UnpaidCare #CareEconomy #GenderEquality
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📸Calling All Photographers & Activists! Submit your photos for a chance to be featured in the flagship exhibition “Co-Responsibility of Care: A Photographic Exploration of Families.” In partnership with MenEngage Alliance, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice and the Organización de los Estados Americanos (OAS), Vital Voices seeks to highlight diverse expressions of caregiving, including active and responsible fatherhood. Help us showcase how healthier masculinities contribute to a more gender-equitable society and the reduction of violence against women and girls in the Americas. 📅Deadline: September 30, 2024 📍Learn More & Submit: https://lnkd.in/eNbP_DN8 #masculinities #caregiving #genderequity #vitalvoices
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Equimundo's Deputy Director of Programs, Cody Ragonese, is speaking at the United Nations Global Compact #GCLeadersSummit 2024 about male engagement for gender equality in the workplace. This year’s Summit is set to bring together global leaders to explore how we can move #ForwardFaster towards a responsible future. Register to join: https://lnkd.in/d54-3R37
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What does it mean to #VoteLikeADad? We're launching the #VoteLikeADad campaign to get men to exercise their democratic right to vote while centering care as a major policy priority. Eighty-five percent of fathers with children under 18 say being a parent is the most or one of the most important aspects of who they are as a person, and we want to mobilize men to vote with this in mind. To #VoteLikeADad means voting and advocating for better care policies like equal paid parental leave, accessible childcare and other initiatives that promote families’ well-being. #ChildTaxCredit #PaidLeaveForAll #RaisetheMinimumWage #ChildCare #GetChildCareOnTheRecord #VoteLikeYouCare Want to participate in the campaign? Add the #VoteLikeADad sticker to your photos here: https://lnkd.in/eWh8_aif
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Engage. Listen more. Don’t panic. Our research in the US finds that young men’s largest gathering spaces are online and much of their lives are spent in virtual meeting spaces. This means that we have to pay attention to what’s happening there—the positive, the harmful, and the in between. How can parents, educators, and media content makers help prevent violence online and off? Stay in the room for the difficult talks. By engaging with men, caring for them, listening to them, and understanding what they consume online, they both live better lives and they become better allies for others—for women’s rights, for racial justice, for our democracy. Read more about men’s online lives in a piece for TIME by Gary Barker, PhD, Equimundo President and CEO, and Esta Soler, Founder and President of Futures Without Violence. https://lnkd.in/g4HF4zNv #TIMEIdeas #Masculinity #Psychology #MensMentalHealth #MensOnlineLives #MensHealth
The Precarious Online Lives of Young Men
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We've been invited to participate in a session at SXSW with Sandy Hook Promise on the connection between online communities, masculinity and gun violence, which is currently being voted on via the SXSW PanelPicker. Voting ends Sunday, August 18! About the event: Our children face two major threats: gun violence, the number one killer of youth, and social media. Meanwhile, questions abound about whether video game platforms foster violence among young men, or even train shooters. These are all related. As research from Sandy Hook Promise and others will share, firearm manufacturers target young adults, especially men, in online communities, using dangerous tactics to prey on them and define what it means to be a “man.” Join Sandy Hook Promise and leading voices in digital media and public health to discuss solutions what we can all do to “un-target” kids. Vote here: https://lnkd.in/em_2sSqi Nicole Hockley Jillian Peterson The Violence Prevention Project Dr. Chethan Sathya MD Northwell Health Caroline Hayes
Vote for our #SandyHookPromise panels in the #SXSW PanelPicker: - Triggering Change: Online Media, Masculinity, and Violence Join Nicole Hockley, Co-Founder of Sandy Hook Promise, Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center, Dr. Chethan Sathya MD of Northwell Health and Caroline Hayes of Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice as we discuss the dangerous tactics used to target young men in online communities and the crucial steps we can take to protect our children from gun violence and the risks posed by social media. https://lnkd.in/em_2sSqi - The Responsibility of Storytellers To Prevent Gun Violence Explore how film, TV, music, and news media can reshape the narrative around firearms and promote responsible gun ownership. With insights from experts, including our Co-Founder Mark Barden, this panel will dive into the media's power to curb gun violence, the #1 killer of our youth. https://lnkd.in/efaqjtxx Voting is simple and takes just a few minutes! #EndGunViolence #ProtectOurKids
Triggering Change: Online Media, Masculinity and Violence
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Despite the prevalence of mental health struggles among both men and women, men are much less likely than women to ask for help in scripted TV. Our partners at the Geena Davis Institute collected data about mental health portrayals in 409 episodes of scripted television from 2021–2022 that were popular with children and teens, and then conducted statistical analyses to learn how on-screen portrayals of mental health varied by gender. Some key takeaways: 💡 Male TV characters were about 2x as likely as female characters to struggle with substance use disorder. ❗ Female TV characters were 12x more likely than male characters to struggle with self-harm. 🧠 Women on TV were more likely than men to discuss their mental health issues. Our colleagues Larissa Terán, PhD and Meredith Conroy from Geena Davis Institute wrote about these findings and recommendations for content creators as well as media consumers on our blog. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eCdTu4uv
Women on TV are more likely than men to seek mental health help | Equimundo
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We're still in awe of this news. Our President and CEO, Gary Barker, has been selected by Melinda French Gates to join a select group of global leaders in distributing a $20 million fund to organizations working on gender equality. This partnership with Pivotal Ventures is a unique opportunity to advance our mission to promote healthy manhood and achieve equality globally. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eqw_Nb3c #GenderEquality
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Are we losing momentum for gender equality among young men? Gary Barker, PhD, President and CEO of Equimundo, delivered a wake-up call at the Global Empowerment Meeting 2024 about the backward trend on men's support for gender equality. How can we turn the tide? Watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/ekuxZekX #GEM24 #GenderEquality #BreakBarriers
"We are not winning the hearts and minds of young men with the gender equality agenda." Gary Barker, PhD, Equimundo President and CEO, started off his remarks on a panel about Innovative Interventions in Advancing Gender Equity with the unfortunate truth that we're seeing a backward trend on men's support of gender equality. How can we change course? The panel, as part of the Global Empowerment Meeting 2024 (GEM24): Breaking Barriers for Women and Girls hosted by the Harvard Center for International Development, shed light on pioneering research, practices, and policies that have proven to significantly drive gender equality, justice, and economic opportunities for women and girls in various settings, emphasizing lessons from effective interventions. Gary presented alongside Latanya Mapp, President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Claudia López Hernández, Former Mayor of Bogotá, and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government professor Eliana La Ferrara. Watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/ekuxZekX #GEM24 #GenderEquality #ImpactfulPolicies #InternationalDevelopment
GEM24 Panel 1: Innovative Interventions in Advancing Gender Equity
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