November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day.

On this day, we ask men everywhere to recognise the necessity for them to stand up and take responsibility in working towards a future without violence against women. The first step towards this is wearing a white ribbon and making the promise to never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women.

There’s a fashion today to reach for alternative facts when the truth is inconvenient.  Where we succumb to this, we lose a grip on reality and have an excuse not to act. So let’s not do that.