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Our Partners

MenCare is coordinated by Equimundo and Sonke Gender Justice in collaboration with steering committee members Save the Children Sweden, Oxfam GB, Plan International Sweden, and the MenEngage Alliance. MenCare has local and national campaigns active in over 60 countries, implemented by MenCare’s partners. For more information about our partners and their work, see the list below. Americas Canada | Chile | Costa 

MenCare News | April 2023

Co-Coordinators Editorial MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Employers  MenCare 50/50 Commitment applications are now open! We are accepting Expressions of Interest from businesses to be included in the 2023 cohort of the MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Employers. To sign the Commitment, employers must have tangible plans or show progress on two or more of the following: 

State of the World’s Fathers 2021 Report Finds That During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Men are Participating More in Unpaid Care; Yet the World is Still 92 Years Away From Achieving Equality in Unpaid Care Work Between Men and Women

On June 15, 2021, MenCare launched the State of the World’s Fathers 2021 report, exploring the persistent individual and structural challenges – and providing recommendations for addressing them – that contribute to the unequal distribution of care work. The fourth State of the World’s Fathers report launches today as part of the MenEngage Ubuntu Symposium, 

Employers

The MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Employers MenCare 50/50 Commitment applications are now open! The MenCare Global Fatherhood campaign is now accepting Expressions of Interest from businesses to be included in the 2023 cohort of the MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Employers. What is the MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Employers? To sign the Commitment, employers must have 

CARING Webinar: Normalize Equal Parental Leave

On November 3, 2023, MenCare hosted the fifth webinar in the CARING series, Normalize Equal Parental Leave, highlighting strategic recommendations from the State of the World’s Fathers report. Our expert panel includes parents, lawyers, and advocates with a wide range of experiences navigating and advancing access to paid parental leave, including advocates who worked on the groundbreaking case that just granted equal 

MenCare News | December 2022

Greetings MenCare partners and colleagues. As we are drawing closer towards the end of 2022, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to each one of you for the amazing work that you are doing in your countries to promote the global fatherhood campaign.  This year has been an amazing one with the Co-Coordinators 

#HowICare

Launching Thursday, June 18, before Father’s Day 2020: Join us in showing each other how you care for your children – as well as your family, your community, and yourself – and in advocating for support for all parents and caregivers Visit the social media toolkit to download #HowICare graphics and messaging. About the #HowICare Campaign 

Advocacy

From promoting paid parental leave to raising awareness of the harmful effects of corporal punishment, our advocacy efforts aim to target and change policies of inequality. MenCare provides call-to-action platforms to guide partners in taking on local, national, and international advocacy efforts. The MenCare 50/50 Commitment is an initiative to accelerate men’s uptake of 50 

Government Departments

The MenCare 50/50 Commitment for Government Departments Gender norms and a lack of supportive government policies hold both women and men back. Governments have a role in creating laws and policies that support all parents, caregivers, and families, in all their diversity, to thrive – from affordable childcare to living wages, social support to affordable 

Where You’d Rather Be (English Subtitles)

MenCare: Where you’d rather be? Be an engaged and caring dad from day one. Use your right to father’s leave! For more information about father’s leave in Croatia visit festivaltata.hr.