White Ribbon is using this Father’s Day to encourage all men, particularly fathers and father figures, to understand and undertake the positive role they can play in preventing violence towards women.
White Ribbon have launched a new report exploring the important role of fathers and ather figures in helping to stop men’s violence against women. The report focuses on the six everyday steps men can take as a positive contribution to preventing this violence.
A number of White Ribbon Ambassadors, including Andrew O’Keefe (Chair of White Ribbon) and Clint Newton (Penrith Panthers), will help raise awareness of the report findings and promote the use of the six steps.
White Ribbon Chairman, Andrew O’Keefe, says the six steps can apply to all men, whether they themselves are a perpetrator of violence, or they just want to help make a difference. This includes acting equally and respectfully towards women and exemplifying these positive behaviors to children and other men.
“The report highlights how men, especially fathers and father-figures, can contribute to reducing and preventing men’s violence against women” says Andrew. “This means more than being non-violent. It involves re-shaping ideas about fathering, and about what it means to be a man, and actively promoting gender equality and respectful relationships with women”.
Check out the full report and more online at www.whiteribbon.org.au/fathers
