For much of its history, men and masculinities studies have been shaped by concepts, theories, and debates developed primarily in the Global North. Although these contributions have been fundamental to the development of the field, they cannot fully account for the diversity of historical trajectories, social formations, and cultural experiences that characterise masculinities across the Global South. As Raewyn Connell reminds us in the Foreword to this volume, "the global South is not marginal. It is where the large majority of the world's people live" (Connell 2026, xvii).