Book IWD Speaker: Dr Finn Mackay

Dr Finn Mackay has been involved in feminist direct action for over thirty years.

In 2004 they founded the London Feminist Network and revived the London Reclaim the Night march against all forms of male violence against women and children.

Working for a London Local Education Authority Finn developed and managed award-winning projects on domestic abuse prevention education and anti-bullying for all young people’s settings.

Finn is experienced in policy and training delivery for a variety of audiences, including police, social work, teaching.

After gaining a PhD from the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol, Finn now teaches at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK as an Associate Professor in Feminism & Gender Studies. Author of ’Radical Feminism: Activism in Movement’ published by Palgrave and ’Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars’ published by Bloomsbury. Frequent commentator in mainstream media including Comment Is Free in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/finn-mackay

An experienced speaker and media commentator, including TEDx Covent Garden London; BBC Radio 4 Today, Moral Maze; Woman’s Hour, BBC World Service The Conversation; BBC 2 TV The Big Questions.

Featured panellist at How the Light Gets In with all previous debates available to view on IAI TV.

Published in academic journals and The Guardian, Huffington Post, Open Democracy.

Recent open-access, free to read, article in a Special Issue of the Journal of Gender Studies on ’Positive Humanity When? Is Masculinity Worth Saving?’ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2025.2502679

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