WOMEN ARE OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS

Every woman has a father, and most women have a husband or boyfriend, brothers, sons, and other men they deeply care for.  Bottom line, men and women need each other. Many of the strongest supporters of the International Council for Men and Boys are women.

UN Women and Families Conferences

ICMB has organized panels at three of the CSWF conferences in New York City:

1. March 12, 2026: “Restoring Respect and Trust Between Men and Women:”

  • Larry DeMarco, LLM, International Council for Men and Boys: “Listening to Understand: Avoid the Conflict, Not the Issue”
  • Rael Lapenta: Professional Alliance for Child Centered Safety: “Respect Through Rule of Law: Child-Centered Standards in Family Conflict”
  • Edward Bartlett, International Council for Men and Boys: “Is There Really Such a Thing as the ‘Patriarchy’?
  • Ed Stephens, Foundation for Male Studies: “Wholistic Management of Pregnancy: Dadcare”

2. March 13, 2025: “The Essential Role of Fathers in Families” — see photograph —>

  • Tim Rarick, Ph.D., Brigham Young University: “Research Shows the Essential Role of Fathers for Economic Development”
  • Rael LaPenta, Interference with Child Custody Coalition: “How Family Courts Enable and Encourage False Allegations”
  • Don Hubin, National Parents Organization: “Progress in Shared Parenting”
  • Edward M. Stephens, MD, Foundation for Male Studies: “Bringing Fathers into Pregnancy”
  • David Heleniak, Attorney and Independent Scholar: “Challenging Our Approach to Treating Domestic Violence Offenders”
  • Larry DeMarco, LLM, International Council for Men and Boys: “New York Declaration on Men and Boys: Implications for Fathers and Families”

3. March 13, 2024:  ICMB made a well-received series of presentations on the Twelve Areas of Male Disadvantage. A video of the session can be viewed HERE. During the question-and-answer period, the women offered these comments:

  • “I am happy to be here and I am a supporter of men being men!”
  • “I want to tell you, thank you very much for discussing such an important issue because I’m from Liberia, Africa. Since I came here, I see how children are disconnected from their fathers. I want to tell you guys, thanks very much for raising these important issues.”
  • “I am with an organization called Big Ocean Women and we believe in faith, family, and motherhood, and the irreplaceable need for men in family situations. I am tired of the media maligning you and only projecting men as testosterone filled, violent people because they are not.”
  • “The feminization of poverty worldwide is because men have been removed from caring for their families.”

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