V-Day – Until the Violence Stops
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
Today, one billion people are rising up to demand an end to violence.
Because around the globe, 1 in 3 females will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
Demand an end to violence. Don’t ignore it. Don’t perpetrate it. Report it. Get help.
ABOUT ONE BILLION RISING
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY
ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders.
What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.
ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
+1. gives me chills
Made me cry. Again. Being one in three makes me glad two others didn’t have to go through any of the violence. Wish none of us did, ever.
Yes, Millie, this is a tough one to watch—I hope it’s so for everyone, whether or not they’ve been victimized by violence. Perhaps that will be motivating.