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New survey on swedish fathers' experiences of separation

29 November 2023

Separations are often a crisis period for both adults and children, as well as a risk situation for destructive conflicts between parents and for domestic violence. A new survey by IPSOS, commissioned by the organization MÄN, shows that half of the

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MÄN and Sverok release games to prevent violence

22 November 2023

Samspel Skola is a method material, made possible with support from Arvsfonden, where games are used to prevent violence and violations. The material is aimed at grades 4–6 and teaches students to recognize and intervene in violence in a smart and

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MÄN launches Pappor.se – Sweden's first digital support platform for fathers

8 November 2023

On Father's Day, MÄN launched Sweden's first digital support platform specifically for fathers. The goal is to become a meeting place where fathers, regardless of their life situation, can seek advice and support, as well as engage in conversations

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World-renowned band Bon Iver chooses MÄN as their Swedish partner

15 May 2023

The American band Bon Iver has selected MÄN as their partner when the band comes to Sweden to perform at Dalhalla in Rättvik on June 10. Exclusive ticket packages for the sold-out concert have now been released, and all proceeds go to MÄN.

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Defenders of Gender Equality From all Over Europe Met up in Berlin

3 January 2023

Many ideas, reflections and smiles were exchanged when members of the MenEngage Europe Network met in Berlin for the bi-annual members’ meeting. The purpose of these meetings is to strengthen each other in the fight for gender equality and against

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MÄN meets this year's Right Livelihood Award winners

1 December 2022

The Right Livelihood Award, also known as “the alternative Nobel Prize", is an international award to honour and support human rights defenders and change makers from around the world. The 2022 award was presented at a ceremony in Stockholm last

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MÄN and Bianca Kronlöf urge all men to write letters to another man

16 December 2021

Over the past year, Swedish author, actress and comedian Bianca Kronlöf has written lots of letters to men she has met. About emotions, sex, violence, masculinity. To the slack and the hard, to dad and grandpa, to the unborn son and to the one night

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How does MÄN view the thriving misogyny on certain incel communities?

16 December 2021

Lately, people have reached out to MÄN to ask where we stand on issues related to so-called incels. We see that many young men who end up in these communities have needs and questions to which they seek answers. However, we take a strong stand

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More than 1,000 men demonstrate against men's violence in Seville

1 November 2021

MÄN recently took part in a major European gathering in Seville, Spain, for organizations that engage boys and men against men's violence. As a final, a demonstration was organized that mobilized close to a thousand people, primarily men, marching

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MÄN on the UN climate report

19 August 2021

Vidar Vetterfalk, leader of MÄN’s work on the climate crisis, comments on the recent report on climate change from the UN’s IPCC climate panel.

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