Europe
MenEngage Europe brings together more than 128 European members, with a focus on men and boys to achieve gender justice. From Georgia in the East, to Iceland in the West and North, to Turkey in the South, the network offers a unique space in the region for organisations, activists and practitioners to exchange, strengthen each other and build links and collaborations across borders.
As a European network, we are unique in providing a feminist/profeminist platform for networking, capacity development, and advocacy on issues relating to working with men and boys on gender equality. The network works across borders and cultures in Europe to support boys and men to reflect on how their ways of being men influence their wellbeing and the people around them.
MenEngage Europe works to transform masculinities by addressing a variety of topics relevant to the lives and experiences of men and boys and exploring the links between them. For example, how to involve men and boys in sharing parenthood and caregiving, tackling all forms of violence, shifting limiting/damaging norms of gender and masculinity, addressing structural inequalities, and challenging homophobia and transphobia.
MenEngage Europe is a pan-European network and thus we define the European region in a broad sense where we include all EU members states, the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership region, Turkey and those countries who are not part of the EU but part of the European continent, such as the UK, Norway and Switzerland. The network welcomes both organisational and individual members.
MenEngage Europe was formed in 2009 and has since then seen a steady development both in the number of members and scope of activities. The network is governed by a Steering Committee, under the leadership of two co-coordinators, elected through a democratic process at its members’ meeting.