Men's Activism to End Violence Against Women

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Some have argued that more men should play a role in ending violence against women - but what do we know about those men who are already doing so? Using case studies from Spain, Sweden and the UK, this book highlights those men who are already taking action. Examining the social, cultural, political and economic factors that support men to take a public stance, the authors explore what we can learn from their experiences in order to help build the movement to end violence against women. This important study will inform scholars and students of sociology and gender studies, as well as social movements and organisations working to involve and engage men and boys in achieving gender equality.

Nicole Westmarland is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse at Durham University in the UK. Anna-Lena Almqvist is Associate Professor of Social Work in the School of Health, Care and Social Welfare at Mälardalen University in Sweden. Linn Egeberg Holmgren is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Centre for Social Work (CESAR) in the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University in Sweden. Sandy Ruxton is an independent policy advisor and researcher, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University in the UK. Stephen Robert Burrell is Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Sociology at Durham University in the UK. Custodio Delgado Valbuena is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Seville in Spain.