Welcome
to Tour for Equality
We are riding our bicycles 10,000 miles across the United States
and through East Asia working to ensure women's rights. We are
men that believe that sexual and legal abuse of women can not
end until men begin to play an active role in bringing about a
solution. In schools across the United States, we will be teaching
young men both about rape prevention and about understanding masculinity
in more positive terms than through violence and competition.
In Asia, we will be visiting and working with organizations that
work to end the trafficking of women and girls. Especially with
the flood of vulnerable orphans in the area after the tsunami,
work on this issue has become an absolute necessity.
We are riding in commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of
the 1995 United Nations Conference on the Status of Women. This
conference specifically states that "The Platform for Action
emphasizes that women share common concerns that can be addressed
only by working together and in partnership with men towards the
common goal of gender equality around the world." We are
riding to honor this message and to do our share to ensure a safe
and equitable world for all people.
We are men. We are riding because we acknowledge that abuse and
inequality are bound up with men's attitudes and behaviors and
we aim to address these attitudes through teaching and action.
We are riding because men are an integral voice in the call for
equality.
Read more about our purpose and goals...