Men: although we're preparing to celebrate Father’s Day in many countries around the world, we have to do more. I don’t always endear myself to my guy friends when I say things like that – but it comes from experience. Two years ago, I was part of the team that launched the first ever State of the World’s Fathers report, presenting an analysis of global research. We found that when it comes to caring for children, and in terms of helping women to achieve the lives they deserve, men really matter.If we do our share of the care work (changing children’s nappies, doing the laundry), we make our communities and countries better places. That's not idle talk; it's a conclusion reached from looking at hundreds of studies. Furthermore, where men and women share household chores, and where we are closer to gender equality, murder rates are lower, and our countries are less likely to be in conflict.

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