Overview
- The 2025 program includes a nine-hour live event on the official YouTube channel featuring speakers sharing research-backed guidance for supporting men and boys.
- Organizers emphasize the observance complements International Women’s Day rather than competing with it.
- Core aims include promoting men’s physical and mental health, highlighting positive male role models, encouraging responsible fatherhood, and advancing respectful gender balance.
- The November 19 date was established in 1999 by Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh in Trinidad and Tobago, which helped the observance gain global traction.
- International Men’s Day is now recognized in more than 80 countries, with media offering ways to participate and messages to mark the day.