Tony Porter, co-founder of A Call to Men, stresses the importance of positive role models for young boys - men who both speak out and live a life against domestic violence.
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WIE Inspiration Day: Men Playing Their Part for Women and Children's Health
Sarah Brown
Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
Babatunde Osetimehin
Director of the United Nations Population Fund
Ray Chambers
Co-founder, Malaria No More
Mark Dybul
Co-director, Georgetown's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
John Tedstrom
President of the GBCHealth
Tonte Ibraye
Head of WRA Nigeria
Tony Porter
Co-founder, A Call to Men
WIE Network is a next generation media company that aims to inspire social change through the creation of engaging and inspirational filmed content, large scale forums and innovative social media programs. The company's properties include the annual women's conference, The WIE Symposium; WIE Interact, an online social network for women, and a new online reputation service to be announced. Other projects include a feature film about legendary African heroine Yaa Asantewaa; and a documentary that explores the role of forgiveness in conflict resolution around the world.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
FORA.tv - Male Role Models: Preventing Violence Against Women
This is a very short video from FORA.tv (under 5 minutes) from the WIE Forum (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise) - Tony Porter talks about how men have been conditioned to devalue women, and that to change this we need to recruit men who other men look up to who can set a different and better example.
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