Gary Barker, PhD has extensive experience in promoting gender equity and reducing violence against children, youth, and women. With a background in child and adolescent development, public policy, and journalism, Gary has held various leadership roles in organizations such as Equimundo, Instituto Promundo, and International Center for Research on Women. Gary has coordinated research projects, directed gender-based violence prevention initiatives, and provided technical assistance in youth services and health education. Gary's work has involved projects in Brazil, Central America, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, focusing on engaging youth in violence prevention and promoting gender equality.
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Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice is a non-profit organization and a global leader in promoting gender equality and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls, and individuals of all gender identities. Since 2011, Equimundo has worked internationally and in the United States to engage men and boys as allies in gender equality, promote healthy manhood and prevent violence. Previously called Promundo-US, our work was founded in 2011 in partnership with Instituto Promundo in Brazil. Our work was born out of community-based and evidence-based work to engage men and boys in gender equality and non-violent manhood in numerous settings in Latin America, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and North America. After 11 years as Promundo-US we affirmed our mission to take the promise of an intersectional focus on masculinities and social justice to the next level, and changed our name to make clear our focus on masculinities within and always as part of a social justice framework, and to communicate that message to a broader audience of stakeholders.