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ORGANIZATIONS & GROUPS WORKING FOR GENDER EQUITY AND THE PREVENTION OF
MEN'S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN



MenEngage
MenEngage is a global alliance made up of dozens of country networks spread across many regions of the world, hundreds of non-governmental organizations, as well as UN partners. MenEngage members work collectively and individually toward advancing gender justice, human rights and social justice to achieve a world in which all can enjoy healthy, fulfilling and equitable relationships and their full potential.
A multiracial organization dedicated to building an equitable society in the United States by decentering white culture and centering an anti-racist multiracial culture free of white supremacy.

Men’s Resource Center for Change
The Men's Resource Center for Change supports men, challenges men's violence, and develops men's leadership in ending oppression in themselves, their families, and their communities. Their programs support men to overcome the damaging effects of rigid and stereotyped masculinity, and simultaneously confront men's patterns of personal and societal violence and abuse toward women, children, and other men.

MVP Strategies
MVP Strategies is an organization that provides sexual harassment and gender violence prevention training to a variety of clients in the public and private sectors by utilizing the concepts and curricular materials first developed in the pioneering Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program. MVP is a mixed-gender, multi-racial, gender violence, bullying and gay-bashing prevention program that was the first large-scale attempt to apply the bystander approach to issues of sexual harassment, sexual assault and relationship abuse.

Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) -- Northeastern Center for Sport and Society
MVP trainings are a series of highly interactive facilitated discussions, not lectures. They provide concrete tools for confronting, interrupting and preventing gender-based violence. Since 1993 the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program (MVP) has addressed sexual assault and domestic violence at over 150 universities nationwide. MVP introduced the bystander approach as a strategy to combat relationship violence and sexual assault.

National Network to End Domestic Violence
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), a social change organization, is dedicated to creating a social, political, and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists. Through cross-sector collaborations at the state, national, and international levels, NNEDV is working to change the way our society addresses and works to prevent domestic violence.

National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities.

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change. The center also works with the media to promote informed reporting. Every April, NSVRC leads Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a campaign to educate and engage the public in addressing this widespread issue.

The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence ("NTF") is focused on the development, passage and implementation of effective public policy to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

NO MORE
NO MORE is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action and fueling culture change. Much like the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness, or the red ribbon for HIV/AIDS awareness and action, NO MORE’s founders set out to create a powerful, visual way to express support for ending domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA). Launched in 2013, NO MORE brought together stakeholders from the public and private sector working to end domestic violence and sexual assault, all under a common brand and a unifying symbol in support of a world free of violence.

PreventConnect
PreventConnect is a national online project dedicated to the primary prevention of sexual assault and domestic violence. It is a project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CalCASA) with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

ProMundo
Promundo is a global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with womven and girls. They work in collaboration with partners to advance gender equality and prevent violence in over 40 countries around the world through research and evaluation, targeted advocacy efforts, and evidence-based educational and community-wide program implementation.

RALIANCE
RALIANCE is a national partnership dedicated to ending sexual violence in one generation. They were founded by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the National Alliance Ending Sexual Violence, and California Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s PreventConnect.

V-Day
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls*. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery.

Voice Male Magazine
Voice Male chronicles the social transformation of masculinity. Beginning as a newsletter for one of the earliest men’s centers in North America, Voice Male evolved into a magazine exploring critical issues relevant to men’s growth and health while cataloguing the damaging effects of men’s isolation and violence. Following in the feminist footsteps of women who sparked the gender justice movement, Voice Male assists men and boys on the journey to an egalitarian manhood championing gender justice for all.