RUSSIAN-BORN American feminist, anarchist and author Emma Goldman is supposed to have once said: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

It seems an appropriate slogan for the Lismore Rising event, which is essentially a dance party for women's rights. It is to be held next to the Transit Centre in Molesworth St on February 12.

The event is part of the worldwide One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women and promote equality.

The theme of this year's campaign is 'revolution' and Lismore's revolution is all about male feminism.

One of the men who has declared himself a male-feminist is Troy Dunn, a youth worker in Kyogle, who has worked in the community sector for the past 15 years.

He said being brought up by a single-mother and seeing the "spiky end" of what young girls go through have been key influences in his desire to join the campaign.

"(The term feminist) simply means wanting equality for women in things like access to education and employment ... There is still a stigma to the word 'feminist' which is sad, and scary to watch, which I think comes from neo-conservatives... It's seen (by some) as a dirty word, which is just crazy to me. It just means equal access - how can that be a bad thing?"

Mr Dunn said a dance in a public space was just one way of bringing some visibility to the issue.

"Hopefully it will generate some dialogue and discussion. There are a number of approaches to raising the profile of an issue ... Different groups come to things in different ways," he said.