Richard Reeves, the president of the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM), received a landmark $20-million grant from Melinda Gates to help address ongoing gender gaps disadvantaging males.

“I think this is a really big moment, signalling a shift to a more expansive view of gender equality,” Reeves, the founder of AIBM, told National Post by email. “It shows that more people, including prominent voices for women like Melinda French Gates, understand that gender equality is not a zero-sum game.”