Why?

Because 1 in 4 women in the UK will be a victim of domestic violence and one incident of domestic violence is reported to the British police every minute.

Because domestic violence has been shown to have a higher rate of repeat victimisation than any other crime and over 80% of reported domestic violence is against women.

Because in the UK around 170 women are raped every day.

Because at least one in every 3 women globally has been abused, beaten or raped in their lifetime.

And because the vast, vast majority of these crimes are carried out by men.

It is time that we men stood up and acknowledged our role as a gender and our complicity through silence, in all violence against women. And through our standing we accept that this is not simply a women's issue but that it is our problem too.