Gary Barker, PhD, is a leading voice on engaging men and boys in achieving gender equality and ending violence against women. He is International Director and founder of Promundo, an internationally recognized NGO with headquarters in Brazil and offices in Rwanda and the US that works nationally and globally to engage men and boys in gender equality and violence prevention. He is co-chair and co-founder of MenEngage, a global alliance of more than 400 NGOs and UN agencies working to engage men and boys in gender equality, and a member of the UN Secretary General's Men's Leaders Network to end violence against women. He has carried out research and program development on engaging men and boys in the Balkans, Brazil, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, the Caribbean and the US, including in post-conflict settings.


He holds a doctorate in child and adolescent development and a master's in public policy. He has been awarded an Ashoka Fellowship and a fellowship from the Open Society Institute for his work. Among his publications is the book, Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion (Routledge, 2005). He is coordinator of the multi-country survey on men, IMAGES (the International Men and Gender Equality Survey), one of the largest ever surveys on men's attitudes and behaviors related to violence, fatherhood and gender equality. He is co-founder of MenCare, a global campaign to promote men's involvement as equitable, non-violent caregivers.

His first novel, Luisa's Last Words, about Guatemala's civil war, was published in 2011 by the prestigious Dutch literary publisher, De Geus.

His talk is about the importance of fatherhood and male caregiving in ending gender violence. He also talks a bit about Marcio from Brazil. You can see Marcio's story here:    • MenCare Brazil Film: Marcio's Story  


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