The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,250+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs.

Man Up - A documentary on masculinity and mental health in Australian men

Movember Funding to Date

AUD 3,121,389

What we seek to achieve

To raise awareness about male mental health and suicide, while challenging harmful masculine norms and encouraging help-seeking, by developing and evaluating a TV documentary and digital media campaign.

Country
Australia
Implemented by
University of Melbourne & Heiress Films
Project start date
Dec 2014
Project Status
Project complete

About the project

Man Up came about through a collaboration between the Movember Foundation, the University of Melbourne and Heiress Films. It was motivated by the fact that over 2,000 men and boys take their own lives in Australia each year. The team hypothesised that masculine norms – that is, the internalised perceptions of what is acceptable and expected male behaviour that guides how men act – might exert an influence on this. Man Up is a 3-part documentary that explores the relationship between masculinity and suicide. It was designed as a large-scale intervention to challenge masculine norms and encourage men to lower their guard and reach out to others when times are tough.

Man Up was screened by the ABC in primetime over three consecutive weeks in October and November 2016, plus there has been subsequent screenings on the ABC and other platforms such as Stan. The documentary was accompanied by a comprehensive digital campaign comprising a website and a social media. A multi-faceted evaluation of Man Up was conducted, which showed that Man Up was efficacious in terms of increasing men’s likelihood of seeking help in tough times and shifting views of masculinity. These outcomes were positive and made all the more so by the fact that the documentary, and the digital campaign that surrounded it, had such a broad reach.

Man Up demonstrated the potential to save the lives of men by shining a spotlight on the relationship between masculinity and suicide via a large-scale intervention. The Man Up project was overseen by an Advisory Group made up of expert researchers, clinicians and program managers in mental health and suicide prevention.

>
Page 1 of 29