Last Updated on 15 November 2025 IST: International Men’s Day 2025 falls annually on the 19th November. This day commemorates all of the men in our lives and their contributions in making society a better place. It focuses on improving gender relations, men’s health, encouraging positive expressions of masculinity, and highlighting their roles in attaining required physical, mental and social well being. Explore this article to know details.

International Men’s Day 2025: Highlights

• It is observed on the same date of 19th November annually. 
• The official website for International Men’s Day states this year’s theme as ‘Supporting Men and Boys’.
• It was first commemorated in 1999.
• International Men’s Day promotes Men’s health, masculinity, and improving challenges faced by men globally.
• Usually men are considered to be the pillars of the family carrying most of the family’s responsibilities, but life’s spiritual alignment can give them the right way of living. 
• The increase in mental breakdown faced by men in current times is what drives various themes for International Men’s Day. 

International Men’s Day 2025 Theme

International Men’s Day 2025: Every year a dedicated theme is taken into consideration to observe International Men’s Day. This year’s events are focused on the theme of ‘Supporting Men and Boys’. The focus this year is especially on the mental health of men, whether it is by young boys attending school or grown up men facing challenging times in their lives.

As part of this year’s theme for International Men’s Day 2025, the message to the global community stands clear – urging them to be kinder to men, undertaking even acts as small as checking on how they are doing. This could help men open up more about the challenges they are facing on a day-to-day basis.

Various other foundations across the globe are observing International Men’s Day on their respective themes, promoting similar agendas. For example, Dads4Kids foundation is observing International Men’s Day with the theme ‘Celebrating Men and Boys’ whose objective also aligns with the theme mentioned earlier.

International Men’s Day History

International Men’s Day 2025: In 1968, a publication published by American journalist John Harris, he highlighted the need for an international observance for females or women’s empowerment, but failed to provide a male counterpart. While Harris agreed that a day to celebrate women should exist, he saw the day as a flaw in the communist system.

Thomas Oaster (Director, Missouri Centre for Men’s Studies) invited organisations from across the globe including prime nations, USA, Australia, and Malta to hold events in February in early 1990s, in reference to International Men’s Day. They hosted these events for two years but their 1995 attempt didn’t go the same way as planned. Disappointed, he cancelled plans to continue the function. Following this, organisations started backing down, leaving Malta as the sole member at the end.

How did International Men’s Day begin?

International Men’s Day 2025: In 1999, Jerome Teelucksingh from the University of West Indies once again initiated the idea of International Men’s Day. He realised that, while there was a day to honour fathers, there was no day to honour men who did not have children or who were young boys and teenagers. Teelucksingh recognised the importance of positive male role models, as his father was an excellent example for him. He chose 19 November to commemorate International Men’s Day as the day a local soccer team united his country in their efforts to qualify for the World Cup as well as his father’s birthday.

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Since that day, the initiative again came into the limelight, the challenges faced by men globally are improving globally. On the hypothesis that men react more constructively to positive role models than to negative gender stereotyping. The day has centralised its focus on enhancing men’s physical and mental well being by addressing the hurdles faced by them.

International Men’s Day 2025: Aim

International Men’s Day 2025: International Men’s Day is to promote men’s positive contributions to society; highlighting the underrated discrimination with men; gender equality and gender relations should be improved, and a safer and better world should be created.

Other overarching goals also include promoting men’s health as a subject of discussion, acknowledging the contributions made by men to society, being vocal about disadvantages faced by men and ultimately, helping build gender positive relationships.

An alarming concern has been the rise in men suicide cases owing to mental breakdown or some form of mental illness. This downturn of events needs to be addressed on the International Men’s Day 2025 platform, symbolising the theme’s prime motive.

Men Vs Women Facts 

International Men’s Day 2025: Given that one of International Men’s Day’s primary goals is to promote men’s health and well-being, here are some statistics to back up that goal.

• As per statistics, men are more likely to suffer from lung cancer and heart diseases as compared to women. 

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• The suicidal rate of men is two times higher than women. (Source)
• As per a survey conducted in January 2023, females are expected to live longer (72.7 years) in comparison with males (69.2 years).

International Men’s Day 2025 Events

International Men’s Day 2025: Every year there are a lot of events arranged globally on the occasion of International Men’s Day. Events and activities include, workshops, talkshow, webinars, conference meetings, aiming at uplifting health issues surrounding men globally. While events are location-specific with each private organisation arranging events as per their localised goals and agendas, it is advisable to check with your local communities for events organised on 19th November 2025.

• Mental Health First Aid India (MHFAINDIA) has encouraged citizens to share inspiring stories, personal thoughts and opinions on social media platforms with the hashtag #WhatToMENtion, as part of their International Men’s Day 2025 campaign. 

• Worldwide, International Men’s Day is observed by numerous foundations and organisations in their respective nations. In the UK, the Association of Male Health and Wellbeing is responsible for observing International Men’s Day every year. It is actively posting on the social media platform ‘X’ regarding the event. Similarly, there are other global organisations in other nations as well.

• Aside from in-person events, Australian Men’s Health Forum – organisation responsible for observing International Men’s Day in Australia, is also holding a webinar ‘The Importance of Creating Father-friendly Workspaces’ on 18th November 2025. The key speaker, Thomas Docking, is the Co-Founder and CEO of ‘Dads Group’. For other events, one can enquire here.

• Dads4Kids Fatherhood foundation, an Australian based foundation, is observing International Men’s Day through its online webcast. One can register for the event by registering here. This webcast is expected to start by 3 PM to midnight Sydney, Australian AEDT time, Wednesday 19th November. Many great speakers will be speaking at the event.

International Men’s Day Quotes

• A real man never discriminates between a son and a daughter
• God created men to follow his path and attain complete salvation by performing true worship.
• There is no need to show physical strength to prove that you are a man. Show your true values, ethics and morals to prove that you are a real man.
• A true man is someone who walks on the true path of life by taking the refuge of an enlightened spiritual teacher.
• A true man casts aside all the evils like intoxication, bribery, theivery, scamming, adulteration, etc.
• A real man performs spiritual practices and charity as guided by his spiritual teacher (Guru).
• The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too’ – Vincent Van Gogh
• ‘A pious man is the one who sees all other women (except his wife) as his mother, sister and daughter.’ – Jagatguru Tatvdarshi Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj 

The Right Way of Living for Men

Almost every family across the globe is headed by a man who looks after every major responsibility, therefore it becomes equally important for him to stay fit both physically and mentally.

A righteous man maintains purity in his thoughts and behaviour. Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj advises that every man should view women, apart from his wife, as his mother, sister, or daughter, and every woman should see men other than her husband as fathers or brothers. When both uphold this vision of respect, society becomes morally strong and free from the suffering that arises from adultery.

Let us discover the right ‘Way of Living’ promoting to aid men across the globe both in their physical and mental health. 

This ‘Way of Living’ helps to align their life spiritually, raising the moral standard of men globally. Currently, Jagatguru Tatvdarshi Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj is granting us the true way of living through His scripture based method of worship. This way of worship helps them attain happiness in this life and beyond.

Salvation is Our Goal

Salvation gives us complete liberty from the vicious circle of birth and death, and we take birth for one and only time in the everlasting abode Satlok after our death here and never die afterwards there. This is only made possible through the power of worship given by Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj. Because salvation can only be attained by performing true worship outlined in our sacred texts. 

To learn more about His true spiritual knowledge visit www.jagatgururampal.org or watch videos at ‘Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’ YouTube channel.

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