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...
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? 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...
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...
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...
The Steel City Ally Community Campaign calls upon allies to end gender-based violence. Through an online promise (or pledge), allies can take their #firststepfirstchange. This is a call to action to end gender-based violence. In Canada, a woman or girl is killed every...