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Helping Men Get Help | Glen Poole (UK)

November 3, 2015
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Helping Men Get Help | Glen Poole (UK)

COMING TO PARRAMATTA, MELBOURNE, NEWCASTLE, WOLLONGONG & DEVONPORT Helping Men Get Help is a unique course that’s been designed for professionals who want to help more men and boys access public services and social projects. Designed and pre...
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High male death rates throughout the world must be tackled, says new global men’s health body

June 9, 2014
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High male death rates throughout the world must be tackled, says new global men’s health body

Globally, men die five years earlier than women and are 50% more likely to die between the ages of 15 and 60. In countries classified as ‘least developed’ and ‘less developed’ by the United Nations, adult mortality fell faster ...
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Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Domestic Violence against Men – A Guidance Note for Security Sector Institutions

June 7, 2014
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Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Domestic Violence against Men – A Guidance Note for Security Sector Institutions

Large numbers of men are subjected to Sexual and Domestic Violence (SDV). For example, official statistics from Australia estimate that 336,000 men (4 per cent of the male population) have been victims of sexual violence and 448,000 men (5.3 per cent)...
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#ViolenceIsViolence: Domestic abuse advert Mankind

May 25, 2014
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#ViolenceIsViolence: Domestic abuse advert Mankind

The best ad about male victims of domestic violence we've ever seen. Already going viral with almost 1.5 million views. 40% of domestic violence is against men in the UK. #ViolenceIsViolence, no matter who it's aimed at. The Mankind helpline costs jus...
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Insights into men’s suicide (UK)

January 23, 2014
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Insights into men’s suicide (UK)

Authors Susan Beaton, Suicide Prevention Consultant and Dr Peter Forster, University of Worcester, UK recently published an article about men's suicide for the Australian Psychology Society. Titled 'Insights into men's suicide' the article covers such ranging issues as reasons for gender disparity, correlates of suicide in men (eg relationship breakdown and alcohol...
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Working with men and relationship issues – opportunities and challenges (Video)

January 8, 2014
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Working with men and relationship issues – opportunities and challenges (Video)

One of the highlights of the 2013 National Men's Health Gathering in Brisbane was the Men and Vulnerable Families Forum Plenary Session featuring presentations by Dr Warren Farrell (USA) and Glen Poole (UK). Titled Working with men and relati...
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Greater Health Spending Helps Men More Than Women, Study Finds (Canada)

January 5, 2014
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Greater Health Spending Helps Men More Than Women, Study Finds (Canada)

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Increased health spending in developed countries tends to benefit men more than women, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from 27 developed nations to determine the efficiency of health care spending,...
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EMALE Issue 129 (December 2013)

December 1, 2013
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EMALE Issue 129 (December 2013)

In this month's issue: The Global Men’s Movement and Australia’s role in it New book EQUALITY FOR MEN New graduate courses in male studies The Modern Aussie Man whitepaper healthy men in aged care men’s health services training progr...
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21st Century Man: The Way Forward (Video)

November 5, 2013
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21st Century Man: The Way Forward (Video)

A stand-out session from the 2013 National Men's Health Gathering in Brisbane was the world-focus keynote discussion panel sponsored by the Australian Men's Health Forum, titled 21st Century Man: The Way Forward. This discussion about the changing...
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Helping Men Get Help – the integral approach to helping men and boys get better outcomes

October 22, 2013
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Helping Men Get Help – the integral approach to helping men and boys get better outcomes

The Men’s Health Forum New South Wales Inc. invites you to  Helping Men Get Help - the integral approach to helping men and boys get better outcomes  Special Evening Talk by Glen Poole from the UK  Tuesday October 29 6.30 pm - 8.30...
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Too young to be a dad? | The Observer (UK)

August 11, 2013
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Too young to be a dad? | The Observer (UK)

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"Mark" and "Lucy" had been together for three years, on and off, at school when, aged 16, Lucy became pregnant. Soon after, the relationship ended. "I told her I'd broken up with her but I hadn't broken up with our baby," says Mark, now 20. "Right from the beginning, I wanted to...
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Child sex abuse rampant in Afghanistan, documentary shows | Toronto Star (Canada)

July 14, 2013
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Child sex abuse rampant in Afghanistan, documentary shows | Toronto Star (Canada)

Supplied photo   A screengrab from a documentary called This is What Winning Looks Like, produced by Ben Anderson. The film looks at the practice of bacha bazi, or "boy play", in Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Maj. Bill Steuber, like most people in...
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Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them (USA)

July 2, 2013
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Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them (USA)

The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, sometimes seemingly consensual. It is a...
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EMALE Issue 124 (July 2013)

July 1, 2013
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EMALE Issue 124 (July 2013)

In this month's issue: Taking care of men in Canterbury Health system to recognise Maori men's needs 1 in 3 male victims of DV acknowledged by NSW Government man therapy with Dr Ironwood launched Update on National Male Health Policy Gamarada communit...
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Just SOME of the National Men’s Health Gathering Keynote Speakers

May 14, 2013
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Just SOME of the National Men’s Health Gathering Keynote Speakers

Warren Farrell Warren Farrell is an American educator, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues. He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of the leading male thinkers championing the cause of second wave feminism, and serving on...
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Just SOME of the National Men’s Health Gathering Keynote Speakers

May 14, 2013
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Just SOME of the National Men’s Health Gathering Keynote Speakers

Warren Farrell Warren Farrell is an American educator, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues. He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of the leading male thinkers championing the cause of second wave feminism, and serving on...
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