Activism & Politics

Tuesday Night - Mark Wynn Film "This is Where I Learned Not to Sleep"

Wednesday Day- Plenary and Workshops

Thursday Day- Plenary and Workshops

Thursday Night- What the Constitution Mean to Me by Heidi Schreck

Friday Day - Plenary and Workshops

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Wednesday- Friday Student Activists Ending Dating Abuse Concurrent Training (High School Students)

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The following describes initiatives and strategies that can be adopted by Government that will build capacity in Australia to effectively engage men and boys in violence prevention. Note that these initiatives are focused on primary prevention rather than initiatives aimed at men and boys at risk of using violence (secondary prevention / intervention) or already using violence (tertiary prevention / intervention).

This new book addresses the historical debate within feminism and critical studies of men and masculinities on whether men should be encouraged to develop alternative masculinities, or whether they should be challenged to renounce masculinity altogether. Bob Pease argues that men have to move beyond the illusion of masculinity to address their habitual ways of relating that reinforce dominance and oppression, and that they have to discard their adherence to binary gender identities and foster subjectivities that are multiple and fluid.

Several years ago I was in the National Rugby League (NRL) Hall of Fame in Australia where I was giving a talk to players, owners, managers, and staff. I posed the question: why should men in the NRL work to end violence against women? After all, I knew this was a key issue in male allyship, along with many other important workplace and social issues of women’s rights. 

The State of American Men 2025 is a groundbreaking new study that offers an unflinching, data-driven look at the emotional, economic, and cultural pressures facing American men.

A report looking at the progress, challenges, and opportunities for working together globally to engage men and boys in gender justice.

This report looks at some of the most important questions facing those working to transform masculinities in the world today:

This report presents invaluable guidance in working with men and boys to end men's violence against women and build gender equality, organised in terms of five thematic priorities:

In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the number of young people engaging with online influencers, including those who post motivational health and fitness videos on social media. Online influencers can have a positive impact on their followers by providing them with information (albeit of varying degrees of accuracy), entertainment and opportunities for learning and skill development.

These notes were prepared by Professor Michael Flood in September 2021, to guide a largescale organisation in Australia in its development of bystander education to prevent and reduce workplace sexual harassment.

General principles for effective education

There are some general principles for effective education that can be applied to education and training strategies focused on bystander intervention in sexual harassment. Such strategies are more likely to generate change if they:

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To what extent do people in Australia have anti-feminist attitudes? A number of Australian surveys support the point that significant proportions of the population endorse anti-feminist beliefs that men are treated unfairly or discriminated against.