This short article details the initial findings from a 3-month conversation between 21 male activists who work to prevent violence against women. Using Participatory Action Research methodology, this research project investigates what men who do this work would like to learn from other men who do this work. To date, no research has been done that examines what it is that motivates and sustains men who work, as their primary effort, to prevent men’s violence against women. This article examines some of the initial findings from this research, and examines the implications for engaging and mobilizing other men to prevent men’s violence against women. This article begins with a description of the research project, followed by an overview of the findings, continues with a discussion of the implications from these initial findings for preventing men’s violence against women, and ends with some lessons learned from the process of this research project and a brief overview of the next step of this conversation.
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Citation: Funk, Rus. (2008). Men’s work: Men’s voices and actions against sexism and violence. Journal of Intervention and Prevention in the Community, 36: 155-171.