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Council of Europe Report on UK and VAWG
Violence remains endemic in the UK yet we are not outraged In 2022 , the UK joined the European Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women, which is a legally binding agreement ratified by 39 states. Last month the Group of European Experts charged with analysing how well each country is performing published their…
A Visit:Men Against Violence and Abuse
In February while cycling my little folding bike in India I paid a visit to MAVA, (Men against Violence and Abuse) at their small office in Mumbai. MAVA work on challenging men’s violence in India. Harish Sadani , the Chief Executive, undertakes education and training, and sets up anti sexist film festivals as part of…
Adolescence
It’s a fine piece of drama, but its not going to be an important step in challenging men’s violence, rather a knee jerk reaction Anyone who wants to watch it already has. While it makes some more older people aware of the Manosphere , it does nothing to challenge it “Making it available” doesn’t mean…
Scary Attitudes -Listening to Teen boys
At a North West FE college last week running 6 workshops with 320 people studying Construction , Engineering and Painting and Decorating . We introduced a discussion about Choking – reminding them that it takes just a quarter of the power needed to open a can of coke to block off someone’s air supply completely…
Is Surrey Safe For Women?
This was the title of the Soroptimist International conference I spoke at ( all the other 8 presenters were women) Prof Sue Edwards talked about the awful consequences for survivors of the delays in the legal process , and said for some the delays cause as much trauma as the man’s attack itself. She also…
Talking to young men
We’re not trying hard enough to engage young men with messages and a culture of equality and respect. I’m 70 years old , and have got very very few points of reference with young men so I shouldn’t be doing it , and yet I still get asked. Particularly during late November and early December…
Men & International Mens Day
I don’t like having an International Men’s Day. It was promoted heavily by men’s rights organisations to “balance” the idea of the very deservedly well celebrated International Womens Day, and as many women have observed every day of the year is men celebrating their masculinity . It has also been used by companies to “celebrate”…
Privilege and Doing More to Change
Today from a friend’s facebook page : “2022 and women are still being told to shut up and sit down- Our voices are silenced and our injuries are minimised. Everyone turns a blind eye………… It isn’t normal and it isn’t how it should be ……. I am so so tired, and nothing has improved…..” A…
Men and Contraception
Contraception has been, and still remains, a massive stumbling block to equality. in the 1980’s I thought about the gendered nature of contraception and as a result had a vasectomy. It was quite unusual for young single men ( I was 24 ) to decide to take such an irreversible step. The average age of…
Men’s Pledges to End Violence against Women and Girls
For 16 years White Ribbon has been asking men to sign the pledge “Never commit, never excuse and never remain silent about mens violence against women” White Ribbon has recorded some 60,000 pledges. Sometimes men have added comments about why they are pledging. Each of the phrases below starts with the phrase: I want to…
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Chris Green on Sexism 