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In this excerpt from the recently released book \u201cHearts on Fire,\u201d Jimmie Briggs discusses founding the Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to stop violence against women.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Jimmie Briggs is the founder of the Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to stop violence against girls and women. He didn\u2019t start life expecting he would dedicate himself to mobilizing the world\u2019s youth in the cause of basic justice for girls and women.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what he did. And this is his story.<\/p>\n

Read the rest here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"