In recent years the lived reality of women in war have received unprecedented media attention and more and more people are getting involved in the fight against sexual violence in conflict and to support women as changemakers actively taking part in peace processes and peace operations. Nevertheless, the vast majority of those getting involved are women. In the summer I attended a conference in Stockholm, Sweden on sexual violence in Colombia. where the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström lamented that only 1 or 2 out of a hundred who attends conferences, seminars, and other events are men. Where are the men? The growing strength of the women rights movement is great, but we will never end gender-based violence or women's lack of political influence in matters of war and peace without men. That is why it is so important that men who are role models join this movement and raise their voices too. Matt Damon, the narrator of PBS's Women. War, and Peace raises his voice in a PBS video on why men should care. Watch it here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/why-should-men-care/
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