Conference in Girona

The conference Fostering Caring Masculinities took place at the University of Girona (Spain) from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 October 2006.

At the conference we presented the national and comparative results of the project and discussed future guidelines for fostering caring masculinities.

Target groups

The target groups of the conference were employers, researchers, politicians, journalists, gender equality consultants and representatives from social partners such as trade unions



Victor Seidler's speech "Masculinity and work-life balance"

Victor Seidler's speech "Masculinity and work-life balance"

On Friday the 20 October key note speaker Victor Seidler, from Goldsmiths College, gave a speech on masculinity and work-life balance.

You can read the speech here.


Read the conference report

Read the conference report

The conference Fostering Caring Masculinities took place at the University of Girona, in the northern part of Spain, from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 October 2006. This report documents the speeches and outcome of the workshops of the conference.


Conference program

Conference program

The conference was held at the University of Girona (UdG), Friday 20 - Sunday 22 October.

Below you find the conference program.


Fostering Caring Masculinities

Fostering Caring Masculinities (FOCUS) aims to examine and improve men’s opportunities for balancing work and private/family life in order to encourage the preparedness of men to take over caring tasks.
With the support of the European Community: Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality. The information contained on this webpage does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission.
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