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VMG Steiermark

Verein für Männer- und Geschlechterthemen Steiermark

Graz, Steiermark, Austria

Gender equalityMental healthChildren & YouthHealthTax-deductible donations
AssociationFounded 1996Regional reach
Profile last updated: March 24, 2026

About

Founded in 1996, VMG Steiermark is a non-profit association based in Graz, Austria working on gender equality, mental health, children & youth +2 more.

The Verein für Männer- und Geschlechterthemen Steiermark (VMG) is a non-profit association based in Graz, Austria. It provides gender-reflective and intersectional psychosocial counselling, education and crisis support for men, boys and young men, and conducts gender and violence-prevention research. Its services include men's counselling, boys' work, violence-prevention specialist units, a men's health unit, a crisis helpline and the Institute for Men's and Gender Research. It operates across Styria and Burgenland and takes part in regional, national and international research and networks. The association states it is non-party-political and non-denominational.

Location

Graz, Austria

Founded

1996

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Verein

Legal name

Verein für Männer- und Geschlechterthemen Steiermark

Registration

ZVR 228938979

Languages

DEEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Gender equalityMental healthChildren & YouthHealthEducation

Works for

YouthChildrenVictims of violenceCarers

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationResearchAdvocacy & campaigning

Programmes

SHIELD

Children & Youth · Austria

Strengthens child protection in residential care facilities, helping children and young people disclose experienced violence safely.

MÄNNERINFO-Krisenhelpline 24/7

Mental health · Austria

Around-the-clock crisis helpline for men, run in cooperation with several Austrian men's counselling services.

Fachstelle für Burschenarbeit

Children & Youth · Austria

Specialist unit for work with boys and young men, including peer-to-peer workshops.

Männerkaffee Graz

Mental health · Austria

Information and meeting place for men in Graz.

GenderWerkstätte

Gender equality · Austria

Network of gender experts offering training and counselling, run in cooperation with Frauenservice Graz.

Fachstelle für Männergesundheit Steiermark

Health · Austria

Promotes men's health and the maintenance of personal health.

Countries of operation

Austria

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donations

Ways to support

Donate

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Dachverband Männerarbeit Österreich

Partnerships

Frauenservice Graz

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