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International Men’s Day
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Besides the importance of appreciating women on International Women’s
day, there is a special day celebrated for men as well, November 19th is
recognized as International Men’s Day to maintain equality on the basis
of gender and value all the men for the multiple roles they play in their
personal and professional life. Men deserve the same
importance as women get.
The theme for 2019 on Men’s Day was “Make
a difference in men and boy’s life”. This
emphasizes on health and well-being of a man.
Going back to history, men’s day was to be
celebrated on 23rd February every year.
A person named Jerome Teelucksingh brought
up the concept of celebrating men’s day just
as women’s day is celebrated. He was a
History lecturer at one of the Universities in
West Indies and since 1960 there have been
attempts to have a special day for men as well,
it successfully happened in 1999.
Usually, this day is celebrated by conducting
public seminars, panel discussions, lectures,
award ceremonies, and art exhibitions. This day
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is celebrated with a theme every year. The
main objective of this celebration is to focus
on improving men’s health, bring a change
in gender equality where even men are
given importance and take inspiring men as
role models.
Importance of International Men’s Day
1. To appreciate and applaud for the way
men take ca re of the society, their families
and the community.
2. To do good for men’s social, mental,
physical, spiritual and emotional well-being.
3. To talk about gender discrimination
against men and focus on gender equality.