"A Call to Men UK has 55 coaches working in schools, youth justice
departments and youth centres across Worcestershire. The organisation has
one principal aim, explains development manager Michael Conroy: to spark a
'cultural shift in the way boys relate to girls', and through this to
prevent violence against women and girls.... 'As a culture it’s time that
we gave our young men permission to be complex, sensitive and happy human
beings who transmit positivity and respect to others'.” [1]
They have a program "for young men from 11-19", which if you think about
it, is pretty much the demographic of Wikimedia's admins and functionaries.
[2]
This is all the more interesting right now because of the recent Newmark
Foundation grant to combat harassment, which it seems is to be used for
developing more forceful blocking tools for admins and functionaries "with
the participation and support of the volunteers who will be using the
tools". If anyone has not seen the Susan J Fowler / Uber piece on
harassment that has started going viral in the last 24 hours, it is
here. "...they
didn't do anything because the manager who threatened me was a 'high
performer.'" [3] Sound familiar? This happened in a company with HR
oversight; Wikimedia admins and functionaries have no oversight at all.
[1]
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2017/feb/20/teaching-boys-a…
[2]
http://acalltomenuk.org.uk/
[3]
https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-…