"Violence Against Women is a Men’s Issue" - Lecture by Jackson Katz Ph.D.

“Katz is one of the pioneers of gender violence prevention education in school, universities, sports culture, and the military.”

Who should attend: This exciting event is for everyone, but particularly men who are interested in working to end male violence against women. This will be of particular interest to individuals interested in allyship/bystander work in their organisation.

When: 10am-12pm, Thursday 30th June 2022 (registration from 9.15am)

Venue: Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.

Dr. Jackson Katz, one of the leading global figures in the growing movement of men working to end men's violence against women, will outline key conceptual frameworks and practical tools for engaging men and young men of all ethnic/racial backgrounds in the prevention of sexual assault, relationship abuse, and other forms of gender-based violence, including violence against LGBTQI+ individuals.

He will discuss the "bystander" approach to prevention, of which he is one of the early architects. He will acknowledge and honour women’s transformative leadership and explain why gender violence prevention is also fundamentally a leadership issue for men at all levels of political power, institutional authority, and cultural influence.

This exciting event is for everyone, but particularly men who are interested in working to end male violence against women. This will be of particular interest to individuals interested in allyship/bystander work in their organisation.

He will share lessons learned from his and his colleagues’ extensive work in professional and youth sports culture, and all branches of the U.S. military.

He will also discuss the interconnections between men's violence against women, other men, and themselves, all with an intersectional lens that links incidents of interpersonal abuse to larger institutional and societal forces, and the belief systems that underlie them.

About Jackson Katz

Jackson Katz, Ph.D., has long been a major figure and thought leader in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equality and prevent gender violence. He is co-founder of the multiracial, mixed-gender Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, one of the longest-running and most widely influential gender violence prevention programs in North America, Europe, Australia, and beyond. MVP and its spinoff programs have been implemented widely in universities, high schools, colleges and professional sports culture, and all branches of the U.S. military. Katz’s books include the classic bestseller The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help. He is the creator of many award-winning educational videos, including the Tough Guise series, as well as The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at its Roots, and The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump. His TEDx talk, Violence Against Women Is a Men's Issue, has been translated into 27 languages and has more than 5 million views. He has lectured and trained in all fifty U.S. states, eight Canadian provinces and every continent except Antarctica.

Venue is fully accessible and Irish Sign Language Interpretation is available upon request. Please email policy@womensaid.ie with any accessibility requirements.

This event is organised by Women’s Aid in partnership with the School of Social Work and Social Policy and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office, Trinity College, Dublin.