Welcome!
Welcome to the homepage of the Global Research Program on Mobilizing Men for Violence Prevention (MMVP). This project will develop and test early prevention strategies to engage new fathers and non-violent men in preventing violence against women and children. It is a collaborative project of Richard M. Tolman, a Professor in the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, and Jeffrey L. Edleson, a Professor in the University of Minnesota's School of Social Work and Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
.We presented two sessions related to this project at the Bridging Perspectives conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 13-15, 2009. These included:
A symposium entitled Global Perspectives on Engaging and Mobilizing Men as Allies to End Violence Against Women
A presentation entitled Preventing Men's Abuse During Pregnancy
Edleson also presented Engaging Men Early on a panel related to this project at the Canadian Conference on the Prevention of Domestic Homicides in London, Ontario, on June 14-16, 2009.
We invite you to read about our current projects. In the near future we will start to post papers resulting from this project as well. We have also developed a list of website for U.S. and International organizations and programs focused on engaging men in violence prevention.