Gary Barker, CEO of Promundo-US & Co-Founder of Promundo (USA)

Gary Barker is CEO of Promundo-US and co-founder of Promundo, a consortium of NGOs which started in Brazil and now has affiliated offices in the US, Brazil, Portugal, Chile, Spain and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has worked more than 25 years in more than 40 countries to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and ending violence against women and girls and to carry out research on masculinities and gender equality. He is co-founder of MenCare, a global campaign working in more than 50 countries to promote men’s involvement as equitable, non-violent caregivers, and co-founder of MenEngage. He leads IMAGES (the International Men and Gender Equality Survey), the largest ever survey of men’s attitudes and behaviors related to violence, fatherhood, and gender equality, which to date includes more than 40 countries. He is an Ashoka Fellow and received the Voices of Solidarity Award from Vital Voices for his work to engage men as allies for gender justice. In 2018 and 2019 he was named by Apolitical as one of the “most influential people in gender policy around the world.” He received his PhD in developmental psychology and holds a Research Affiliate position with the University of Coimbra in Portugal.  Gary lived nearly 20 years in Latin America, and is currently based in Washington, DC.