As part of our campaign work this year, Keith Berry, one of our Community Engagement and Social Action Advisers, and a White Ribbon Ambassador, shared why he was taking a stand against male violence towards women.
My name is Keith, and I became a White Ribbon Ambassador because I've seen it first-hand, the pain and turmoil that male violence against women, either physical or mental, can wreak upon an individual and their family.
But I have also heard the banter and sexist comments in the pub, at the football, or while playing golf. These undermine and degrade the position of women in our society and it's this attitude that sets the social framework for many men to believe that it's okay to abuse and to threaten or use violence towards women.
My teenage daughter when walking home from her job in the evening feels it's necessary to be on her phone to someone the whole time she's walking, such is the climate of fear that men have created. This has to change, and it starts with us men.
Only by changing our behaviour can we create a better and safer society for our wives, our daughters and friends.
So please, start now by going to whiteribbon.org.uk and find out more about the need for all men to be prepared to speak out against sexist or misogynist behaviour. Then make the promise to never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women.