Gary Barker, PhD, is the President, CEO and co-founder of Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice (formerly Promundo-US), a major contributor to international activism on male allyship in gender equality and healthy masculinities. He is co-founder of MenCare, a global campaign in more than 60 countries to promote men’s involvement as caregivers, and co-founder of MenEngage, a global alliance of more than 1000 NGOs. He co-created the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), the largest survey of men’s attitudes and behaviors related to violence, fatherhood, and gender equality. He leads Equimundo’s State of the World's Fathers reports, which has become a major advocacy platform for the global care economy. He is an Ashoka Fellow and received the Voices of Solidarity Award from Vital Voices for his work to engage men for gender equality. He holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology and a Research Affiliate position at the Center for Social Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He lived nearly 20 years in Latin America and currently lives in Washington, DC with his binational family.

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