An Unlikely Journey: How a Man From the Conservative Bible Belt Is Fighting Violence Against the World’s Women and Girls

In this excerpt from the recently released book “Hearts on Fire,” Jimmie Briggs discusses founding the Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to stop violence against women.

Violence against women is a complex set of destructive, primarily male behaviors that include psychological and emotional abuse, forced marriage, son preference, honor killings, sexual harassment, trafficking, and violence against women in armed conflict.

Jimmie Briggs is the founder of the Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to stop violence against girls and women. He didn’t start life expecting he would dedicate himself to mobilizing the world’s youth in the cause of basic justice for girls and women.

But that’s what he did. And this is his story.

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