Each February, we bring awareness to our Be More Than A Bystander campaign. The Be More Than A Bystander campaign is a layered approach and focusses on educating, advocating and rallying allies to end gender-based violence. In the month of February, we focus on...
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What is Gender-Based Violence?
What is gender-based violence? Isn't it the same as domestic violence? Often people think gender-based violence is the same as violence against women or intimate partner violence - but this is not accurate. Gender-based violence is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender...
Steel City Allies
The Steel City Allies is an online call-to-action campaign to end gender-based violence. By making their promise to end gender-based violence, allies have taken their #firststepfirstchange. Gender-based violence is a global pandemic. We all have women and girls in our...
Healthy Masculinity – What is it and how can we achieve it?
Healthy masculinity - what is it and how can we achieve it? Where do beliefs about gender come from? As with a lot of things that adults have learned, beliefs about gender are heavily influenced by childhood experiences. Traditionally, the messages that boys receive...
End Gender-Based Violence – Men as Allies
Men are important contributors as allies to the movement to end gender-based violence. For men, allyship gets entangled with the fact that men benefit from their privilege as men relative to women. And, men have been raised in a society that bakes-in certain...
MentorAction Steering Committee Member – Volunteer
When I first came on board as a volunteer with the MentorAction Steering Committee, it was something I saw as of benefit to me professionally: an opportunity to make some connections with men on the Steering Committee and the staff of Interval House of Hamilton. At...