Men should be involved in “refarming gender roles in critical sectors and promoting harmony and cooperation in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5”.
Actor Prateik Babbar has become the latest man to defy traditional norms of masculinity. Here’s how.
Prevention work must be gender-transformative, actively challenging sexist and unhealthy aspects of masculinity and gender roles. It must be done in partnership with women’s rights efforts
When we think about fashion and how it tends to put people in boxes, our first instinct is to perhaps ponder about how women sometimes unwittingly bear the brunt of high heels, corsets, tummy tuckers and what not. But such stringent ways can also be toxic for men, keeping them from expressing their true selves. […]
“The slogan Beti Bachao Beti Padao is very common. We all have heard of it but it is time to take a step forward and propagate ‘Beto Ko Samjhao‘ (counsel your boys). If boys are raised right, we would no longer have to save our girls. Instead, we should make it a habit of interrogating […]
Feminists across the world are envisioning an egalitarian world where people from all the genders get opportunities to prove their mettle and help the society flourish. The realization of the dream, however, depends on how parents choose to raise their sons. Melinda Gates, philanthropist and wife of Microsoft Founder Bill Gates penned an essay for TIME to […]
It is not easy to promote feminism in a country that is so deeply rooted in patriarchy. Women, asking for their rights, are either admonished or advised to follow the suit rather than questioning the status quo. But what about the men who stand up for equal rights for both the sexes? Men get ridiculed […]
