The manosphere - a diverse ecosystem of anti-feminist and male supremacist online communities, influencers, and platforms - has emerged over the past decade as a significant site of gendered harm. From men’s rights activist (MRA) networks and incel forums to “red pill” influencers and anti-feminist social media channels, these online environments shape how some men and boys understand masculinity, relationships, and gender relations.
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We are a group of organisations that are committed to bridging work to address both violence against women and girls (VAWG) and men and boys’ wellbeing.
Chapter 1: Where the Journey Begins: Why the Observatory Was Born?
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).
Men in the US want to care, and they are doing more of the care work than ever before. The State of America’s Fathers study and report start from the belief that empowering and supporting men to be caregivers is necessary for all of us – for women and gender-diverse individuals and the equality they deserve, for children, for men themselves, and for our country.
This new report explores how a care-centered approach can strengthen efforts to prevent men’s violence against women and girls. Produced by Equimundo for the MenCare Changemaker Summit 2026, the report examines how empathy, caregiving, relational accountability, and gender equality can help foster healthier masculinities and safer communities.
Drawing on global research and decades of violence prevention work, the report highlights practical strategies for engaging men and boys as caregivers, allies, and active partners in building a more just and non-violent world.
The scene: I was leading a multi-day river rafting trip with 20 young offenders from a juvenile detention centre in Oregon along with seasoned river guides and four prison officers.
By about day eight of the trip, things had changed. It was subtle, not dramatic, but nobody had become a saint. Fred (the little toughie) was still capable of stirring up trouble if he got bored, and some of the boys could still produce a put-down faster than a paddle stroke. But the river had been working on them.
This resource provides a rapid landscape analysis of the organisations, institutions, and initiatives working across Australia to engage men and boys in gender equality. Conducted as a collaboration between Dalberg Advisors and Equimundo, this mapping highlights the depth and diversity of work already underway, spanning violence prevention, education, men’s health, caregiving, and digital culture.
The fact that we stand in solidarity to stop violence against women is crucial. What we do when we leave here is a matter of life and death. We cannot afford not to change the world as we know it right now.
And I am here to speak specifically to men. Those of us who believe that women MUST be able to speak freely, to live a life free of manipulation and abuse, to achieve all that they strive to achieve- must dedicate ourselves to the struggle to stop domestic violence now. To look closely at the role men as a group play in the perpetuation of domestic violence.