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International Men’s Day 2010 – Press Release
International men’s day is about celebrating and honoring men in our lives for all the contributions, services and sacrifices they make for the well-being of the family and society. It is an opportunity to revive respect towards men and improve gender relations. It is an occasion to promote positive male role models, to reinforce the self-esteem and pride of young men and boys about being male. It is a day to remind everyone of the fact that men are human too and that they desire and deserve love, care and respect just as much as women do.
Calls pour in from men in need
Time of India reports from Bangalore: Men from across the city began calling the All-India Men’s Welfare Association for help immediately after its launch on Thursday! Although the association does not have an office yet, the founder-members have opened a helpline. Besides, they organize meetings every Sunday at the Press Club. Men can discuss their [...]
Cheers! Men too have their day
BANGALORE: There are days to celebrate women, children, father, mother and a million other things. Until recently, the idea of raising a toast to men on a particular day was not high on anybody’s agenda. That is, until former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev came up with the idea of celebrating ‘being men’ in 1999, an [...]
What about tax, and father’s custody rights?
BANGALORE: The All India Men’s Welfare Association, which is making its mark in Bangalore on Thursday, has raised some points to ponder: while a few seek sympathy from society, others are more serious and beg debate. The association, questioning the regulations of the National Commission for Women, alleged that it is essentially against men. They [...]
‘Men do cry’, says Bangalore’s men’s rights group
Bangalore, Nov 18 (IANS) As the world celebrates International Men’s Day Thursday, a Bangalore-based group wants an end to stereotyping male gender, and says men too get hurt, both emotionally and physically. The group is demanding justice for various social abuses against men. “Men are always stereotyped. They are considered as perpetrators of injustice against [...]
Men of the world, unite
On the eve of International Men’s Day, the men in the city feel it isn’t a man’s world after all The “dominant sex”— male — is not so dominant after all. Forming solidarity on the eve of International Men’s Day (IMD) on Thursday, pro-men activists in Bangalore are set to launch an All India Men’s [...]
Launch of All-India Men’s Welfare Association in Bangalore
Sub: Launching the Bangalore Chapter of the All India Men’s Welfare Association (AIMWA) About AIMWA: All India Men’s Welfare Association (AIMWA) was launched in Hyderabad on the 11th October 2009 to work in the area of elimination of all kinds of discrimination against boys and men. Today, this press conference is being conducted to launch [...]
Now, a forum for ‘tortured’ husbands
HYDERABAD:It wasn’t the voices of victimised women but those of men complaining of “wicked wives” that were heard the the most during this domestic violence awareness month that ends today, October 31. The month may have been earmarked to coax women to step out of their homes to file cases against cruel husbands, but in [...]
Launch of “All India Men’s Welfare Association (AIMWA)”
11 October 2009 Venue: Public Gardens, Opposite Jubilee Hall Date and Time: 11 October, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. India is observing this occasion for the first time this year, and four organizations in Hyderabad – Save Indian Family Foundation, All India Forgotten Women, Rishtey and Children’s Rights Initiative [...]
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