Engaging Men in Feminism and Violence Prevention
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
This talk explores the growing global movement to engage boys and men in feminism and gender justice. Drawing on a decade of experience designing, teaching, and researching men’s violence prevention education programs in the US, UK, Australia, and Germany, Dr William McInerney discussed the benefits, challenges, and risks of this work by examining three key questions: Can men be feminists? Historically, have men been feminists? And practically, what does research show works best when trying to engage men in feminism?
Dr William McInerney is a Co-Investigator on the UKRI Gender, Justice and Security Hub and a Research Officer at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security.
The Insidious Nature of Coercive Control
Wednesday 26 January 2022
Brothers Luke and Ryan Hart shared their family’s story of coercive control and domestic homicide. In 2017 they released their book, Remembered Forever, and set up their organization, CoCoAwareness, to increase the awareness of coercive control. So far, their work has taken them to over 13 countries and they have trained tens of thousands of professionals to identify, understand and combat domestic abuse.
They are White Ribbon Ambassadors and Refuge Champions speaking out against male violence towards women and children. They have also worked with the charity Level Up to produce and advocate for the acceptance of domestic homicide reporting guidelines and have received a number of awards for their work in raising awareness – including the Lincolnshire Police Outstanding Contribution to Public Service 2018/2019, BBC Inspirations 2020 Award and the Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers.
Power Panel x Male Allies seminar, in partnership with the Parents and Carers Network: Fathers, Covid and Work: what's changed and what happens next?
Wednesday 24th February 2021
On 24 February, the Male Allies of LSE Power held an event with Adrienne Burgess, the Co-Chief Executive of the Fatherhood Institute. Titled, ‘Fathers, Covid and Work: what’s changed and what happens next?’ there was an engaging discussion of the effect of lockdowns on fatherhood in terms of childcare and schooling, relationships and societal change. The replay of the event is available on our YouTube channel here.
Women Collaborating with Men to Build Inclusive Workplace Cultures
Tuesday 26th March 2019
Led by Dr Jill armstrong and Jason Ghaboos of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, this workshop reviewed research findings on gender bias in the UK workplace and gave participants ideas for practical steps to positively change workplace practice and culture.
Active Bystander Training
May 2019
What is privilege? How did we get it? What do we do with the advantages we have? When we see discrimination against less privileged groups, what can we do about it? What tools do we need to become active bystanders that improve gender equality in the workplace?
These were some of the questions addressed at two Bystander Training events held in May championed by the Male Allies of LSE Power. The first, facilitated by the Good Lad Initiative explored dimensions of privilege in the academic context, the nature of inequality in our workplace and tools for building equality. Participants agreed that Allyship – supporting a cause or movement for change that does not benefit you personally – is founded on four principles: authenticity (the Ally is it for the right reasons), pro-activity (learning the tools and applying them), accountability (improving your Allyship) and humility (remembering that being Ally is a means to an end, not an end in itself).
The second workshop focussed on the psychology of intervention and non-intervention in society, drawing examples from everyday life and current affairs and the media. Facilitated by Scott Solder – award-winning coach, author and former BBC journalist – participants considered responses to both egregiously inappropriate behaviour but also workplace micro-aggressions: the repetitive interruptions, eye-rolling, aggressive emails or even loud sighing that can characterise gendered behaviour. The Four Ds of intervention include Direct Action – acting immediately to challenge behaviour; Delaying to act later once you have had a chance to speak with those involved; Distracting to de-escalate a confrontation; and Delegating to a senior figure with the authority to act.