A Call to Action: men speak out against male violence experienced by women & girls
Mon, 19 April 2021
18:00 – 19:30 BST
A Call to Action: men speak out against male violence experienced by women & girls
This is an event that provides space for men to challenge male violence against women and girls, supported by the violence against women and girls sector, activists, and academics.
In the wake of the deaths of Sarah Everard, Blessing Olusegun, Bibaa Henry, and Nicole Smallman, and every woman and girl whose name is less familiar or not known at all, this is moment for men to speak out and to listen.
Every 3 days a woman is killed by a man and each day 1,639 women are sexually assaulted. 98% of rape or sexual assault by penetration victims report that the perpetrators were male.
There is an epidemic of male violence against women and girls but men's silence can be deafening.
This event will see men come together to speak out and examine what men can do to stop violence and harassment from being the norm.
Schedule
18.00 Welcome & intros - Dr Olumide Adisa, Head of Centre for Abuse Research, University of Suffolk & Suzanne Jacob, SafeLives CEO
Speakers:
18.10 Professor David Gadd - University of Manchester Professor of Criminology and author of the From Boys to Men project;
18.15 Darren Laville - CEO The Epiphany People CIC, Supporting families who are impacted by criminality, exploitation and serious violence;
18.20 Michael Conroy - Founder of Men at Work CIC helping to end sexism, male violence and the harms that flow from rigid gender rules/roles;
18.25 David Challen - Domestic abuse campaigner who successfully campaigned to free his mother Sally Challen in a landmark appeal;
18.30 Stephen Burrell - Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and academic at Durham University looking at men, masculinities and violence;
18.35 Imran Manzoor - Head of Service at Breaking the Silence, working with brown and black men experiencing sexual abuse;
18.40 Darshan Sanghrajka - Founder and CEO of Super Being Labs and co-founder of Being Mankind;
18.45 James Rowlands - Doctoral Researcher, Domestic Homicide Review Chair and Board member of Respect;
18.50 Duncan Craig - CEO of Survivors Manchester and Co-founder of The Male Survivors Partnership and the Men and Boys Coalition.
18.55 Q&A to panel
19.25 Closing remarks, SafeLives CEO, Suzanne Jacob
This event is brought to you by H.O.P.E Training and Consultancy, SafeLives, Drive, Respect, University of Suffolk and Domestic Abuse Research Network (DARNet).
Join the conversation: #MenSpeakOutVAWG
Event recording:
Watch recordings of the individual speakers:
- Professor David Gadd
- Darren Laville
- Michael Conroy
- David Challen
- Stephen Burrell
- Imran Manzoor
- Darshan Sanghrajka
- James Rowlands
- Duncan Craig
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