Men and Boys

Improving the health of men and boys in Canada

CURRENT NEWS

1. Education

Boys underperform in education, and face higher illiteracy rates in almost all countries surveyed.

Men live 5 years shorter; triple the suicide rates of women.

Child labor and hazardous work, child soldiers, extortion, and undernutrition.

False allegations harm both the innocent accused and real victims.

Men, especially boys, face higher homicide and wartime death rates.

Men face court biases, harsher treatment, and undue child support burdens.

Men receive harsher treatment at every step of the criminal-legal process.

Men face equal domestic violence, more online harassment, but fewer services.

Men face 15 times workplace deaths, nearly double the injuries of women.

Fathers left out.

Men: 69% unfavorable, 12% favorable, and 19% neutral or balanced.