Days Until International Men's Day

About International Men's Day

November 19 was established in its modern form in 1999 by a Trinidad and Tobago-based initiative, focusing on men's and boys' health, promoting positive male role models, and highlighting gender relations more broadly.

It's observed with varying levels of official recognition across different countries and is one of several complementary gender-focused observances on the UN and international NGO calendar alongside International Women's Day.

The day's themes commonly include men's physical and mental health, positive masculinity, and father-child relationships, deliberately framed as complementary to rather than competing with International Women's Day earlier in the same UN calendar year.

The day's founder, Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh, specifically chose November 19 to coincide with his own father's birthday, giving the modern observance a personal origin story distinct from the more institutional UN founding stories behind several other days on this list.