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As we embarked on our journey with The Men’s Project, we were keen to understand more about the drivers of violent and anti-social behaviour and to contribute a significant piece of research to the field. Our first research project was The Man Box – a study of 1,000 young men (aged 18–30 years) about the…
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Unpacking the Man Box creates safe spaces for boys to become their true selves
Nina supported Oliver to challenge his Man Box behaviours The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services developed the Unpacking the Man Box training package for schools and community groups in response to findings from several rounds of Man Box research conducted since 2017. The training explores the pressures on boys and men in Australia, while…
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Winning hearts and minds through COVID-19
Matt Tyler, Executive Director of The Men’s Project Like many of our programs, The Men’s Project was forced to change the way it worked to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. It successfully adapted its Unpacking the Man Box sessions for online audiences, delivering training to over 1,700 teachers and students…
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The Men’s Project partners with Just Voices
Paul Zappa, General Manager of Primary Prevention and Community Engagement with The Men’s Project. The Just Voices Speakers Program is a Jesuit Social Services program that brings inspiring speakers from diverse backgrounds, communities and cultures to classrooms, workplaces, community and church groups, public events and festivals. The Men’s Project collaborates with Just Voices to raise awareness,…
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Julie Edwards reflects on International Women's Day
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world resonates strongly for me with the campaign’s call to #ChooseToChallenge. Both present me with an invitation to pause and reflect on what kind of world I want to live in and what I’m prepared to do to help…
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Unpacking The Man Box report finds too many young men constrained by rigid masculinity
A ground-breaking new report from The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services finds that a young man’s belief in rigid masculine stereotypes can much more accurately predict harmful behaviours such as violence and sexual harassment than other demographic information such as education levels, cultural heritage and where he lives. Executive Director of The Men’s Project,…
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The Men’s Project work more vital than ever
In 2017, Jesuit Social Services launched The Men’s Project, informed by our 43-year history of working with men and boys who are in trouble and causing trouble. By looking at the root causes of violence and challenging behaviours, The Men’s Project seeks to move from crisis to prevention and early intervention; going up-stream to support…
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Role models can free our men and boys from the Man Box
As we begin the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, MATT TYLER, our Executive Director of The Men’s Project, reflects on the vital importance of working to create and equip role models of healthy and positive masculinity, to lead in challenging deeply engrained attitudes and behaviours towards women. “You don’t ask, you don’t get”.…
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Raising sons to embrace healthy, positive masculinity
The Men’s Project recently collaborated with leading girls’ rights agency Plan International Australia and Promundo, a global leader in engaging men and boys in promoting gender equality and preventing violence, to produce a guide for parents to help boys embrace healthy, positive masculinity. The guide offers parents nine simple, practical tips to talk to their…
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Launch of Stop it Now! scoping study
Jesuit Social Services’ The Men’s Project, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, was pleased to recently launch a scoping study into the feasibility of a Stop it Now! service in Australia to prevent child sexual abuse and offending involving child exploitation material. Dr. Gemma McKibbin, Matt Tyler, Julie Edwards, Jesuit Social Services CEO, Patricia…