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UID:161@victoria.cmha.bc.ca
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver;VALUE=DATE:20211119
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver;VALUE=DATE:20211120
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URL:https://victoria.cmha.bc.ca/events/international-mens-day/
SUMMARY:International Men's Day
DESCRIPTION:International Men’s Day will fall on the same date it does ev
 ery year – the 19th of November. One of the main reasons for Internation
 al Men’s Day is to raise awareness for male suicide. The event has been 
 running for a number of years and many charities run awareness campaigns a
 round it.\n\nWhat issues does International Men’s Day seek to address?\n
 International Men’s Day seeks to address many different issues surroundi
 ng mens mental health. This is supported by men\, women and organizations 
 in over 60 countries across the globe. In Canada\, the focus of the Intern
 ational Men’s Day supports raising the awareness of the following:\n\n
 – The high male suicide rate across the world\n– The educational chall
 enges that face both men and boys at all stages of life\n– Men’s healt
 h\, their shorter life expectancy and the fact that they suffer from workp
 lace deaths at a much higher rate than women\n– Male violence\, and the 
 fact that males are also victims to things such as rape\, sexual exploitat
 ion and domestic violence\n– The challenges faced by men as parents\, es
 pecially as single parents or parents that do not have a good relationship
  with the Mother of their children. There is also focus on Fathers rights\
 n– Male survivors of violence or abuse\, including domestic abuse\n– T
 he negative portrayal of men in the media and beyond. This includes male s
 tereotypes that are used by well-known brands in advertising campaigns\n\n
 Learn more at https://internationalmensday.com/
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