M.A.N:Culture Plymouth Conference 2024

M.A.N:Culture Plymouth are very excited to announce our Second conference, scheduled for Wednesday 25th September at Home Park in Plymouth.

Following on from our incredibly successful inaugural Conference in 2023, we want to continue to push the conversations about Men and Masculinity and our roles and responsibilities in both talking and doing something about violence against women and girls.

We are still in the process of finalising speakers, but rest assured they will be as amazing as those we had at our first conference.

Booking is now open, and as with last year there are a limited number of tickets so best to book early to get a seat.

About M.A.N:Culture Plymouth

At the end of 2021, following a number of high––profile national cases and tragic events within Plymouth, the topic of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) was made a key priority both nationally and locally. Part of these discussions rightly centred on seeking the experiences, views and opinions of the women and girls in the city. However, it was identified that half the city’s population was being omitted, the men and boys.

To enable culture change, we need to be open and listen to the views and opinions of the men and boys in the city while challenging behaviours that cause the fear and harm of male violence. Consequently, 12 men from various industries, backgrounds and agencies came together to form an allyship that would listen to men and boys in the city, facilitate the difficult conversations needed to address male culture, and support the safety of women and girls in the city.

We are building a growing ‘Male Allyship Network’ who will provide the space to have honest conversations about masculinity and male violence, address cultural issues regarding equality and stand up to harmful behaviours that act as a barrier to everyone being safer in Plymouth.

We are doing this to raise the awareness of the impact of violence against women and girls (VAWG) to men and boys in Plymouth, to influence culture change, contribute to reducing male violence and make Plymouth a safer place.

By encouraging empathetic dialogue between gender groups to understand and engage the voices and experiences of men and boys in Plymouth while informing and disrupting negative influences to facilitate social change.

Will are doing this through the development of a network of male allies in Plymouth, all of whom acknowledge male privilege and bias, listen non-judgementally and facilitate effective conversations in male-populated environments regarding people’s experiences of masculinity and how this may impact other groups.

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