The 5th International Conference on Men and Equal Opportunities: Men who care will take place in Tallinn (Estonia) on 3-4 September 2020. The conference will consist of four plenary sessions and five workshops, and the organisers have created possibilities for panels and workshops to work both online and on-site, using the platform Hybridity.
While the importance of men’s and boys’ active participation and responsibility as actors of change for gender equality and their role as co-beneficiaries of gender equality policies is widely acknowledged in principle, this general awareness is not very often backed up by long-term commitment and initiatives. At the conference we will seek to provide a space for continuing and furthering discussions and learning from each other’s experience on topics ranging from caring to toxic masculinities. In this framework, we are addressing issues such as men’s responsibility to care for oneself, care for others and care for well-being and sustainability of societies, including for promoting gender equality. Both challenges and good and promising practices covering these topics will be discussed in a panel and workshop format, involving a wide range of stakeholders, among them decision-makers, policy-makers, researchers and activists.
The Tallinn conference is a follow-up from the previous conferences held in Germany (2012), Austria (2014), Luxembourg (2016) and Sweden (2018). The general aim of this series of conferences is to address both the issues of involving more men in promoting gender equality and of gender-specific challenges men face, including due to restrictive gender norms.
On the 3rd of September, Josep María Armengol will be talking about the MascAge project in one of the sessions about inspiring actions in the field of men, masculinities and aging.
Conference day 1 (Youtube)
Conference day 2 (Youtube)