This year on International Men’s Day, we are focused on highlighting “a positive conversation about men, manhood and masculinity“.

This year “a positive conversation about men, manhood and masculinity” will be theme for International men’s day. Due to the constant propaganda against masculinity, no one wants to talk about this, although one should not forget that “good men do exist”.

The propaganda against positive masculinity has led to the neglect of the human rights of men in law. The police registers an FIR only on the statement of the woman and the men have to run to the courts and police stations to prove their innocence.

Such violation of human rights is not just seen in laws but our boys have to face its implications like government brings many schemes to empower girls but there is no such scheme for our boys. It seems that the propaganda against masculinity is meant to demean our sons and men.

So in such a situation, it become more important to continue conversation about “positive masculinity”.

The No-Shave November campaign is to raise awareness around the hair for cancer patients who lose their hair.

Let’s trace some history. No-Shave November, first started in Australia in 2003. No-shave November is the name of the foundation that created the month-long fundraiser.

In India campaign was started in early 2000 with a mission to educate people about prostate and testicular cancer amongst men.

No-shave November is a month-long awareness campaign during which participants (men) avoid shaving and grow moustaches/beards for the whole month to bring out cancer awareness especially prostate cancer awareness. Prostate cancer is one of the moustaches common types of cancer that males get.

The goal of No-Shave November is to grow awareness by letting hair grow which many cancer patients lose and letting it grow wild and free. The money saved from the shaving and grooming sessions is donated to educate about cancer prevention, save lives, and aid those fighting the battle.