MICHAEL KAUFMAN, PhD has spent almost four decades engaging men to support gender equality in efforts to transform the lives of both women and men. He's the cofounder of the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest international effort of men working to end violence against women. As an advisor and speaker, he has worked across America and in fifty countries with the United Nations, governments, NGOs, and businesses. He grew up in Ohio and North Carolina and lives in Toronto, Canada. He is a senior fellow with Promundo, based in Washington D.C. Kaufman is the author or editor of eight books, including Theorizing Masculinities, Cracking the Armour: Power, Pain and the Lives of Men.