Gary Barker

Gary Barker is a Visiting Researcher at the Centro de Estudos Sociais at the Universidade de Coimbra in Portugal. He is also International Director and founder of Promundo, an organisation promoting gender justice and preventing violence. He has conducted extensive global research and program development around engaging men and boys in gender equality and violence prevention, and is a leading voice for the worldwide effort to establish positive, healthy dynamics between men and women.

He is also co-founder of MenCare, a global campaign to promote men’s involvement as equitable, non-violent caregivers, and co-chair and co-founder of MenEngage, a global alliance of more than 400 NGOs and UN agencies working toward gender equality. He coordinates IMAGES (the International Men and Gender Equality Survey), a pioneering multi-country survey of men’s attitudes and behaviours related to violence, fatherhood, and gender equality, among other themes.

He is a member of the UN Secretary General’s Men’s Leaders Network and has been awarded an Ashoka Fellowship and a fellowship from the Open Society Institute. Gary earned a PhD in child and adolescent development from Loyola University in Chicago and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University.