19th of November – International Men’s Day

Every year on November 19, the world celebrates International Men's Day.

It was first celebrated in 1999 by residents of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, an island nation in the southern Caribbean, consisting of two large islands. Subsequently, this holiday found support in other countries of the Caribbean, Australia, North America, Asia, Europe, and the United Nations.

The idea of holding such a holiday sounded back in the 1960s when there were proposals to celebrate International Men's Day on February 23 - by analogy with International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8. However, for 30 long years, things did not go beyond proposals. Only in the early 1990s, on the initiative of Professor Thomas Oaster, who led the Center for Male Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas, did minor events take place in the United States in February.

The initiator of today's International Men's Day was Dr. Jerome Tiluxingh from the University of the West Indies. He proposed the establishment of a holiday that emphasizes the positive role of men in the family and society. Dr. Tiluxingh chose the date of the meeting on November 19 - the birthday of his own father, who, according to him, was a great role model.

And today this holiday is celebrated in more than 50 countries: Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Ghana, Israel, India, Ireland, Italy, Canada, China, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, USA, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Jamaica, and others.

The goal of International Men's Day is to draw attention to gender discrimination of men in determining the importance of their role in the family and parenting. The organizers of the holiday also emphasize the preservation of the health of boys and men, their social, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.

On this day, various seminars, events in schools, programs on radio and television, peaceful demonstrations and processions, round tables, as well as displays of art objects on the role of men in society are held around the world.

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