Men

Social change, individual lifestyles and flexible work and relationship models are increasingly challenging the traditional role model of men. However, different understandings of roles can also lead to challenges, questions and doubts regarding one's own identity and position. The  Equal Opportunities Department of the City of Stuttgart is dedicated to the target group of men in their different life situations from the perspective of equality-oriented men's policy.

The department supports and promotes equal opportunities for all genders with a focus on characteristics of structural disadvantage. Men are also disadvantaged due to their age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, ideology, religion and ethnicity. They are also victims of domestic violence. The work of the equality-oriented men's policy of the state capital Stuttgart is to be constantly expanded and the focus on inequality of opportunity for men is to be sharpened.

Together with specialists from men's counseling and youth work, the Equal Opportunities Department networks on various specialist topics and reports its needs to the relevant administrative bodies and municipal committees. The department is currently working with experts in the following specialist working groups: the working group on boys' and men's health in the state capital of Stuttgart, the specialist working group on boys' work and the network meeting on men's counseling in Stuttgart.

A separation in the family often entails many developments: moving out of the shared home, new daily routines, often also injuries and strong feelings. The state capital of Stuttgart supports fathers who live apart from their children in a group for separated fathers. Accompanied by experienced counselors, they can talk about their experiences, worries and challenges. The aim of the fathers' group is to encourage each other, strengthen each other and develop new perspectives for the future together.

• Location: Seminar room of the municipal family education center, Marienplatz 3, 70178 Stuttgart
• Dates: From January 2026, always on the last Thursday of the month from 5.30 to 7.30 pm.
• Registration is not necessary.

The group for separated fathers is a project of the  Department for Equal Opportunities with the  Family Education Department of the City of Stuttgart. Cooperation partners are the psychological counseling centers of the  Protestant Church (opens in a new tab),  Caritas (opens in a new tab),  Ruf und Rat (opens in a new tab) and  beratung1 (opens in a new tab).