“The single clearest lesson that I’ve learned is that peaceful and prosperous and just societies only emerge when we draw on the leadership and the full contributions of all of our citizens, and especially women, people with disabilities, the LGBT community, displaced people and other marginalized groups.
“Whether it’s debates around what we’re discussing today—gender equality—whether it’s debates about racism, whether it’s issues around countering extremism, we’re looking at the communities to provide resolutions. Yes, they should. “So the question that we need to ask ourselves is: How can we engage the majority of men, who are not violent against women, but who are hesitant to act? […] I think one male champion is enough to start influencing change in a community. “Ambassador Neil Bush, UK ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says: