News and publications

Why is it always a man?

9 February 2025

DEBATE. A terrible act of violence—a mass shooting. A man enters a building and shoots to kill, leaving behind a Sweden filled with sorrow and fear. Many theories are going around about the motive of the perpetrator in Örebro. But one thing is 100

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MÄN and MenEngage advocating for change at COP29

10 December 2024

The UN Climate Summit in Baku, COP29, has been summarized with the words “too little, too late”. However, one small but important success was the inclusion of a statement on gender and climate justice, which a working group from MÄN and MenEngage

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MÄN's method "Lilla rummet" exported to Finland

27 September 2024

When the Finnish gender equality organization Miehet ry wanted to start men's discussion groups, they reached out to us at MÄN. Now, our discussion methods have been translated into Finnish.

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Partner Organizations from Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, and Armenia Visit MÄN

14 June 2024

Starting in 2023 and continuing for five years, MÄN is collaborating with organizations in Georgia, Moldova, Belarus (in exile), and Armenia. These organizations are all working to promote gender equality and combat violence. The goal is to engage

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MÄN's Chairperson: "Care is the Opposite of Violence"

29 May 2024

"When I didn't believe in myself, there were people around me who did." Shahab Ahmadian, MÄN's chairperson, writes about being a boy in the suburbs – then and now.

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An Upswing for MÄN Karlstad

17 May 2024

MÄN Karlstad is one of MÄN’s 21 local chapters, and one of the busiest. Over the past year, they have had an upswing in member activities as well as local reach.

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Redefine Project Meeting in Armenia

25 March 2024

In March, MÄN visited the Armenian capital Yerevan for a regional meeting within the framework of the five-year regional programme Redefine – Gender transformative work with men in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. The purpose of Redefine is to

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Project on Young Men and Porn Draws to a Close

7 February 2024

Many young men and boys regularly watch porn, and for some it becomes their first introduction to sex and a form of sexual education. In MÄN’s project “Killar om porr” (in English: “Guys on Porn”) we set out to understand how watching porn affects

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How MÄN is preventing sexual harassment for a better work life

15 December 2023

Several studies indicate a lack of preventive measures against sexual harassment in workplaces. Therefore, since 2022, MÄN has been leading a project supported by the Swedish Equality Agency to counteract sexual harassment in workplaces. The project

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Protect Civilians – We Demand an Immediate and Lasting Ceasefire

13 December 2023

MÄN and a large collection of organizations today publish an open letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström. As part of the international community, the Swedish government should do everything in its power to act and initiate a

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