International Men’s Day 2025 

- UNMASKED Panel

Why This Dialogue Matters

To mark International Men’s Day 2025, SHER FOUNDATION, Australia’s first multicultural men’s mental health charity, is hosting a panel that brings together leaders across health, government, academia and community to examine:

  • The urgent and under-recognised challenge of multicultural men’s mental health.

  • Masculinity, vulnerability, and the cultural cost of silence

  • Community-led and trauma-aware models that centre cultural safety

Wednesday 19th November 2025 | 9:30am - 12:30pm | SYDNEY CBD (VENUE TBC)

Theme: UNMASKED

Unmasking the pressures, expectations, and exclusions faced by multicultural men in Australia — and reimagining systems that truly see, support and include them.

This year’s IMD theme invites reflection, honesty, and imagination — from personal identity to systemic reform. In the spirit of International Men’s Day, we ask:

What are the masks men wear to survive — and who gets left behind when those masks are never questioned?

What to Expect

  • Powerful real-world perspectives on men’s resilience, identity and wellbeing

  • A chance to connect across sectors on shared challenges and opportunities

  • Stories of strength from lived experience advocates

  • A space that recognises and uplifts the strength and complexity of multicultural masculinities

  • Executive-level insights from sector leaders

  • Alignment with a national and global movement toward inclusive wellbeing

Why You Should Attend

If you work in leadership, social impact, health or policy – this panel offers:

  • Fresh thinking on how to respond to one of the most under-served groups in Australian mental health

  • Connection with peers who are serious about inclusion, prevention and men’s wellbeing

  • A chance to listen, learn, and lead in shaping culturally safe systems

  • Visibility and alignment with a progressive, sector-wide agenda for men’s mental health

  • A place to pause the noise and focus on what really matters

Contact & RSVP

By invitation only. For enquiries or to express interest, please:

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