DMÖ Projekte

The international conference on 16-17 September 2024 in Vienna will bring together practitioners from the entire field of gender-reflective work with men, boys and fathers.

Men's health is a highly relevant topic for men and fathers. Men focus much less on their own health care than women, they live more risky lives, they eat more unhealthily and they are exposed to a higher risk of suicide.  At the same time, we have realised that there are still far too few offers in this area. In particular, we believe that health information programmes, which form the basis for health literacy, need to be expanded. In our view, there is a great need for an independent programme aimed specifically at boys, men and fathers. This service should focus on the area of psychosocial health, as defined in the WHO Ottawa Charter.