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The perpetrators of violence against women are almost exclusively men; it is up to them to |
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stop it. |
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Women are at greatest risk of violence from men they know. |
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Women and girls are the most frequent victims of violence within the family and between |
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intimate partners. In every country where reliable, large-scale studies have been conducted, results indicate that between 10% and 50% of women report they have been physically abused by an intimate partner in their lifetime. |
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Most men do not agree with men's violence, yet do nothing to challenge or stop it - these |
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men need to be mobilized to prevent violence. |
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Gender-based violence continues despite years of antiviolence work. The missing piece is |
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effective violence prevention work with men. |
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Men are not born violent-they become violent as a result of beliefs and norms about what it |
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means to be a man. Work with men and boys can change these beliefs and norms and support men in rejecting violence. |
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Men have the potential to stop violence. Not only can they choose to not perpetrate acts of |
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violence, they can choose to challenge the attitudes and assumptions that support gender-based violence. |
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Some men are already working to prevent violence but lack support; many more would like to |
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get involved but don't know how. |
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Many women want men to step up and take a stand against violence. |
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Men experience violence too-many are survivors but few get the support they need to heal |
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from their experience. |
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Men and boys listen to their peers-we need to mobilize men and boys to spread the violence |
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prevention message in their families, workplaces, and communities. |
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Decision makers and opinion leaders are mostly men-we need to work with them to get the |
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political, financial, and moral support necessary to prevent gender-based violence. |
