Healthy Masculinities Roundtable

This Healthy Masculinities (HM) Roundtable brought together senior Australian Government officials and academic experts to progress a shared, evidence-informed approach to HM across Commonwealth policy.

HM work is expanding rapidly across multiple Australian Government portfolios. However, there is currently no unanimous conceptualisation or measurement of HM to inform policy development, monitoring or evaluation, limited cross-portfolio coordination and emerging research priorities. This roundtable was designed to address these gaps by building consensus across 4 focus areas:

1. Defining healthy masculinities in an Australian policy context

2. Policy, research and evaluation priorities

3. Transforming systems for gender equitable outcomes

4. Communicating healthy masculinities to the public

The proceedings document summarises the opening remarks, key themes from each focus area, cross-cutting themes from the discussion and areas identified for further consideration in relation to healthy masculinities in an Australian policy context.