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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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
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.
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
"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.
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.
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
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
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
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