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# V-Day

A Global Activist Movement to End Violence Against All Women, Girls and the Planet

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- [Dear Everything is coming to BAM in NYC on Earth Day - featuring Jane Fonda!](https://www.vday.org/2025/10/30/dear-everything-is-coming-to-bam-in-nyc-on-earth-day-featuring-jane-fonda/) - On the heels of its first tour, Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth is coming to BAM in NYC on Earth Day (April 22) 2026 – featuring the iconic Jane Fonda in the role of narrator. "I am honored to have the opportunity to stand on the BAM stage, alongside these powerful performers
- [Embracing Transformation: My Experience at the Mariandale Retreat Center](https://www.vday.org/2025/10/29/embracing-transformation-my-experience-at-the-mariandale-retreat-center/) - From August 26th to the 31st, I had the incredible opportunity to facilitate a transformative training session at the Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, New York. This experience was not only a professional milestone but also a deeply personal journey, especially as I worked with 21 formerly incarcerated women—some of whom I’ve known for years
- [DEAR EVERYTHING’s Fall Tour is a Wrap! Next stop, BAM in NYC!](https://www.vday.org/2025/10/22/dear-everythings-fall-tour-is-a-wrap-next-stop-bam-in-nyc/) - Next stop, BAM in NYC Photos: Donna Permell (Atlanta), Alexander Tamargo/Getty (Miami), Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty (Los Angeles), Brandon Cruz (Salt Lake City) Endless gratitude to our cast, creatives, crew, youth council, activists, choirs, funders, host committees, everyone at V-Day and ART, and the audiences who made it all possible! Dear Everything was created to be
- [Swimming Upstream Returns to New Orleans in Honor of the 20th Anniversary of Katrina](https://www.vday.org/2025/08/26/swimming-upstream-returns-to-new-orleans-in-honor-of-the-20th-anniversary-of-katrina/) - In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Ashé Cultural Arts Center will produce Swimming Upstream: The Katrina Monologues at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This powerful stage production shares the true stories of women navigating the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita—stories of survival, displacement, return, and transformation—through spoken word, song, and movement. Originally
- ["The World Has Turned Away Because There Is No Political Profit In This Pain”](https://www.vday.org/2025/08/14/the-world-has-turned-away-because-there-is-no-political-profit-in-this-pain/) - This month will mark the 4th anniversary of the Taliban’s domination of Afghanistan. For many, Afghanistan’s crisis is an "old story." It is not breaking news anymore, not exciting enough for headlines, because our country has been in conflict for more than four decades, used again and again as a proxy battleground for the interests
- [NEW Afghan Women Speak Blog: 'The World has Turned Away Because There is no Political Profit in this Pain'; Dear Everything Show Added in Atlanta](https://www.vday.org/2025/08/14/new-afghan-women-speak-blog-the-world-has-turned-away-because-there-is-no-political-profit-in-this-pain-dear-everything-show-added-in-atlanta/) - On the fourth anniversary of the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, we stand with the women – and all vulnerable groups – of Afghanistan against imperialism, militarism, fundamentalism, and fascism. Since 2021, the Taliban has targeted women, destroying their right to education, autonomy, and the most fundamental human rights. Women and girls in Afghanistan can
- [PRESS RELEASE: DEAR EVERYTHING, A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH, ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DATE FOR U.S. TOUR - SEPTEMBER 25 IN ATLANTA](https://www.vday.org/2025/08/08/press-release-dear-everything-a-musical-uprising-for-the-earth-announces-additional-date-for-u-s-tour-september-25-in-atlanta/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis | deareverything@ssmandl.com, media@vday.org Alex Cutler | Lauren Duffy I Mariam Ahmed DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DATE FOR U.S. TOUR SEPTEMBER 25 IN ATLANTA PRODUCED BY V-DAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD WINNER V (FORMERLY
- ["The Silent Suffering of Afghanistan and the Cruelty of Forced Deportations" - A Letter from Afghan Women](https://www.vday.org/2025/08/07/the-silent-suffering-of-afghanistan-and-the-cruelty-of-forced-deportations-a-letter-from-afghan-women/) - For more than forty years, Afghanistan has been the battleground for proxy wars, exploited by global and regional powers at the expense of its people. This long history of conflict has left the country devastated — physically, economically, and emotionally. Entire generations have grown up in war, poverty, and displacement, deprived of the basic right
- [SEE Dear Everything, a Musical Uprising for the Earth, on Tour; Tix on Sale TODAY](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/31/see-dear-everything-a-musical-uprising-for-the-earth-on-tour-tix-on-sale-today/) - DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR On the heels of its sold out, one-night-only show at Terminal 5 earlier this year, Dear Everything, a musical uprising for the Earth, is coming to three U.S. cities this Fall: Miami Beach; Los Angeles; and Salt Lake City. Dear Everything tells an urgent story
- [PRESS RELEASE: DEAR EVERYTHING, a Musical Uprising for the Earth, Announces U.S. Tour](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/31/press-release-dear-everything-a-musical-uprising-for-the-earth-announces-u-s-tour/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis | deareverything@ssmandl.com, media@vday.org Alex Cutler | Lauren Duffy I Mariam Ahmed DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR PRODUCED BY V-DAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD WINNER V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER
- [City of Joy Graduation, From Survivor to Leader In a Time of Conflict, V’s Latest Piece in The Guardian & VOICES at the Blackstar Film Festival](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/03/city-of-joy-graduation-from-survivor-to-leader-in-a-time-of-conflict-vs-latest-piece-in-the-guardian-voices-at-the-blackstar-film-festival/) - From Survivor to Leader in a Time of Conflict: 84 Women Graduate from the City of Joy Photo: Carlos Schuler It was with emotion that the City of Joy concluded our 27th training session in women's leadership and emotional healing on 27 June. Since the opening of the City of Joy, a total of 2,322
- ["How do we resist and rise? We have to believe the impossible is possible" - V's Latest Piece in The Guardian](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/03/how-do-we-resist-and-rise-we-have-to-believe-the-impossible-is-possible-vs-latest-piece-in-the-guardian/) - V’s latest piece in The Guardian is out this week. "In this authoritarian and suffocating climate where being an American feels like a curse, where just breathing here feels like complicity with genocide, psychotic imperialism, misogyny and endless racism, it is hard to move, let alone imagine what one can do to transform this horror
- [City of Joy Graduation, From Survivor to Leader In a Time of Conflict](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/03/city-of-joy-graduation-from-survivor-to-leader-in-a-time-of-conflict/) - From Survivor to Leader in a Time of Conflict: 84 Women Graduate from the City of Joy Photo: Carlos Schuler It was with emotion that the City of Joy concluded our 27th training session in women's leadership and emotional healing on 27 June. Since the opening of the City of Joy, a total of 2,322
- [VOICES at the BlackStar Film Festival](https://www.vday.org/2025/07/03/voices-at-the-blackstar-film-festival/) - VOICES at The BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia this Summer Discover ground-breaking indie films from the global majority at this year’s BlackStar Festival, taking place 31 July – 3 August in-person in Philadelphia and online around the globe! Stop by our table to learn more about VOICES, shop exclusive merch, explore our solidarity toolkits, and
- [HOW. WE. DO. FREEDOM.](https://www.vday.org/2024/09/19/how-we-do-freedom/) - (Photos by Kisha Bari for V-Day) On Saturday, we came together in a day of meaning, mattering, solidarity and love at Judson Memorial Church in NYC. With gratitude to all who came out and spent the day with us. With gratitude to the speakers and artists who shared their stories, vision, and ideas for How
- [We RISE for Mother Earth, today & every day](https://www.vday.org/2025/04/22/we-rise-for-mother-earth-today-every-day/) - On Earth Day and every day we RISE for Climate Justice & Mother Earth. We amplify the connections between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of the earth. The global climate crisis impacts communities around the world. Women and girls suffer the most in terms of long-term loss of livelihood, forced migration, human trafficking
- [Afghan Women Speak is a Webby Awards Nominee; Don’t Miss the VOICES Webinar This Wednesday with aja & V](https://www.vday.org/2025/04/15/afghan-women-speak-is-a-webby-awards-nominee-dont-miss-the-voices-webinar-this-wednesday-with-aja-v/) - VOTE for it NOW Our V-Day series Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan has been chosen as a Nominee for the 29th Annual Webby Awards in the General Social - Public Service & Activism category. Webby Awards are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. In November, the series won two
- [“Afghan Women Speak” Series is a Webby Awards Nominee! VOTE for it NOW!](https://www.vday.org/2025/04/07/afghan-women-speak-series-is-a-webby-awards-nominee-vote-for-it-now/) - “Afghan Women Speak” Series is a Webby Awards Nominee! VOTE for it NOW Our V-Day series Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan has been chosen as a Nominee for the 29th Annual Webby Awards in the General Social - Public Service & Activism category. Webby Awards are selected by the International Academy of Digital
- [A Global Sisterscape Awakens – Bring VOICES to Your Community in 2025](https://www.vday.org/2025/04/05/a-global-sisterscape-awakens-bring-voices-to-your-community-in-2025/) - On April 16, we invite you to a virtual webinar & info session for V-Day’s latest creative project — VOICES: A Sacred Sisterscape. RSVP NOW After sold-out debuts in Accra, Atlanta, and the Apollo Theater, VOICES is now available worldwide on all audio streaming platforms. This year, we're partnering with global activists to bring VOICES
- [The Forgotten War of Sudan: WATCH the Recording, Support the Rise for Sudan Fund Today](https://www.vday.org/2025/04/01/the-forgotten-war-of-sudan-watch-the-recording-support-the-rise-for-sudan-fund-today/) - Last month, V-Day/One Billion Rising, together with Fahima Hashim and V (formerly Eve Ensler), hosted THE FORGOTTEN WAR OF SUDAN: Remember Us: Sudanese Women Rising for Peace, Freedom, Anti-Fascism, and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict - a powerful conversation amplifying the voices of Sudanese women activists, highlighting emergency responses on the ground,
- [This International Women's Day & Month, Together We RISE](https://www.vday.org/2025/03/06/this-international-womens-day-month-together-we-rise/) - Philippines. Photo: Yancy Lim We are a global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people & the Earth. We have people power, our voice, our connections. What we must build now more than ever is solidarity. Eswatini. Photo: One Billion Rising Eswatini Here’s what we know. How we treat women and how
- [The World Is Rising. Rising For Freedom, Rising Against Fascism](https://www.vday.org/2025/02/20/the-world-is-rising-rising-for-freedom-rising-against-fascism/) - Our creative resistance is ARTISTIC, OUTRAGEOUS, BOLD, UNITED, FIERCE, RADICAL. We could not be more proud of this movement and of the tireless work of activists, survivors, artists worldwide, our OBR coordinators and their teams. When One Billion Rising launched, we envisioned it as a one-year campaign and yet, here we are at year 13
- [Inspiring Journeys: Teaching a Writing Group at Housing Plus](https://www.vday.org/2025/02/18/inspiring-journeys-teaching-a-writing-group-at-housing-plus/) - As I reflect on the past nine weeks of teaching a writing group to the women at Housing Plus, I realize how transformative this experience has been—not just for the participants, but for me as well. It’s a journey filled with challenges, growth, and an abundance of inspiration. ## A Safe Space for Expression From
- [Over 100 Risings This Week Alone, Join us Rise for Freedom, Rise Against Fascism](https://www.vday.org/2025/02/12/over-100-risings-this-week-alone-join-us-rise-for-freedom-rise-against-fascism/) - Activists in 100+ countries are staging over 1500 creative resistance events as part of ONE BILLION RISING 2025 demanding an end to violence against women and girls, gender expansive people and the Earth. Over 100+ events will take place this week alone. These events take various forms including artistic rising and climate initiatives; new songs/anthems,
- [Stepping Into a New Project: Facilitating a Writing Group at Housing Plus](https://www.vday.org/2025/02/04/stepping-into-a-new-project-my-first-day-facilitating-a-new-writing-group-at-housing-plus/) - Starting a new project always comes with a mix of excitement and nerves, and my first day facilitating the writing group at Housing Plus in the Bronx was no exception. As I walked through the doors, I felt the familiar flutter of anticipation in my stomach. Would the participants be receptive? Can I create the
- [Reflections on the Second Annual Global Prison Nursery Network Symposium](https://www.vday.org/2024/12/09/reflections-on-second-annual-global-prison-nursery-network-symposium/) - In November, the 2nd Annual Global Prison Nursery Network Symposium was held at Columbia Law School, organized by Children of Incarcerated Caregivers (CIC) and the Columbia Journal of Gender & Law. The event focused on the challenges faced by incarcerated mothers and their children, featuring a keynote by Professor Marie Claire Van Hout on age
- [JOIN US: Sudanese Women Rising for Peace & Freedom: Online Event, 8 February](https://www.vday.org/2025/02/01/join-us-sudanese-women-rising-for-peace-freedom-online-event-8-february/) - Join us on Saturday, 8 February for an online/Zoom rising event. Registration is now open, visit onebillionrising.org/riseforsudan to sign up today. THE FORGOTTEN WAR OF SUDAN: Remember Us: Sudanese Women Rising for Peace, Freedom, Anti-Fascism and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict is presented by V-Day/One Billion Rising and hosted by FAHIMA HASHIM,
- [This is Why We Rise](https://www.vday.org/2025/01/23/this-is-why-we-rise/) - The inauguration of Trump marks a new milestone in the wave of fascism across the globe. As a global activist movement to end violence against all women, girls, gender expansive people, and the Earth, we stand against his agenda and the billionaires pulling the strings. We launch One Billion Rising 2025 as an invitation to
- [See “Dear Everything”, V’s New Artistic Project on Climate, on 1/30 in NYC; Ready to RISE in 2025?](https://www.vday.org/2025/01/16/see-dear-everything-vs-new-artistic-project-on-climate-on-1-30-in-nyc-ready-to-rise-in-2025/) - V-Day activists - please join us for this very special one-night only concert event. "At a time when our planet is burning from the impact of global warming and human-made climate catastrophe, Dear Everything is a powerful musical uprising driven by the visionary voices of youth, gorgeous pop and anthemic music, and great storytelling urging
- [Your support fuels the V-Day movement, it makes everything possible](https://www.vday.org/2024/12/30/your-support-fuels-the-v-day-movement-it-makes-everything-possible/) - 2024 marked the twenty-sixth year of V-Day, a year during which survivors, artists and activists gathered together, channeling art and creativity with a shared vision and mission for a world free from violence. They rose to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, fascism, capitalism and racism in the world today
- [Reclaiming Their Inner Light:  How a 6-Day Spiritual Retreat Transformed The Lives of Formerly Incarcerated Women](https://www.vday.org/2024/08/19/reclaiming-their-inner-light-how-a-6-day-spiritual-retreat-transformed-the-lives-of-formerly-incarcerated-women/) - Life can sometimes feel overwhelming and out of balance in today's world of uncertainty, chaos, and fear. I was in a challenging place for the past several months and felt like I was at the end of my rope, I just didn’t know what to do about the challenges that were popping up in my
- [82 Ambassadors of Peace & Women’s Rights Graduate from City of Joy; Need a Gift? Send a V-Card today](https://www.vday.org/2024/12/23/82-ambassadors-of-peace-need-a-gift-send-a-v-card-today/) - Ambassadors of Peace and Advocates for Women, the Displaced & Exploited: 82 Young Women Graduate from City of Joy On 19 December, the City of Joy celebrated the graduation of 82 young women, bringing the total number of COJ graduates to 2240. Political and administrative authorities, civil society activists, the press and the Panzi Foundation
- [Giving is an Act of Solidarity](https://www.vday.org/2024/12/18/giving-is-an-act-of-solidarity/) - Dearest friends, activists & supporters, Many of you have asked how you can give a gift that has impact this season. As an activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, and the Earth, V-Day’s work is global and grassroots. Led by extraordinary activists in communities around the world, it demonstrates that when
- [How Far Can Cruelty Go?](https://www.vday.org/2024/12/10/how-far-can-cruelty-go/) - My grandmother often told stories about the laws of the jungle—where animals fought for survival, and the strong preyed upon the weak. While such struggles could be understood as a necessity of life, the cruelty of today’s world is far more terrifying. Humans, in their relentless pursuit of power, trample over one another with no
- [This Giving Season, Now More Than Ever](https://www.vday.org/2024/11/27/this-giving-season-now-more-than-ever/) - As we write, survivors, artists and activists across the globe are gathering their communities to come together and RISE for women, gender expansive people and the Earth. Their creative, collective actions sit at the intersection of gender, racial, climate, and economic justice, amplifying that violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights
- [WATCH our new "What Is One Billion Rising?" video](https://www.vday.org/2024/11/25/watch-our-new-what-is-one-billion-rising-video/) - What Is One Billion Rising? Credits: Produced by Susan Celia Swan, Monique Wilson & Carl Cheng Editor: Kirthi Nath Graphic designer: Galya Kay Production Assistant: Franziska Heilig About: One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped during her lifetime.
- [One Billion Rising 2025 Launches: This is why we RISE](https://www.vday.org/2024/11/25/one-billion-rising-2025-launches-this-is-why-we-rise/) - Today on the beginning of 16 Days of Activism and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we launch One Billion Rising 2025 as an invitation to survivors, artists and activists everywhere to RISE in 2025. The recent elections in India, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Argentina and that of a corrupt, predatory, adjudicated
- [Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan Won Two Anthem Awards; See V at Miami Book Fair](https://www.vday.org/2024/11/19/afghan-women-speak-stories-from-inside-afghanistan-won-two-anthem-awards-see-v-at-miami-book-fair/) - You can help raise their voices. Share the series everywhere. VIEW the series here. SUPPORT Afghan women and their families, DONATE to the Simeen Mobile Health Team today. JOIN V at Miami Book Fair Join V (formerly Eve Ensler) for "V ON 40 YEARS OF RECKONING - in Conversation with writer and community archivist Nadege
- [The Girl Selling Plastic Bags](https://www.vday.org/2024/09/01/the-girl-selling-plastic-bags/) - View this post on Instagram A post shared by V-Day (@vdayorg) The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening. The rights of millions of women in Afghanistan continue to be violated, stripped and threatened under the guise of “combatting vice and promoting virtue” as the Taliban continues to erase Afghan women from all facets
- [“We will die of hunger if he does not work”](https://www.vday.org/2023/05/02/we-will-die-of-hunger-if-he-does-not-work/) - I am an Afghan woman and my name is Dina (not real name). I would like to share with you a small part of Afghan families' sorrow under the Taliban. I was walking on the street when I noticed a little boy around 10 years old cleaning cars. He was very dirty, tired, sad and hopeless. I went up close and started a conversation. I asked, "What are you doing on the streets during school hours? You should be in school, at least it is open for boys. And why do you look so tired?"
- [Sania Speaks: A Young Woman on the Ground in Afghanistan Tells the Truth of Life Under Taliban Rule](https://www.vday.org/2024/07/01/sania-speaks/) - Soon after the Taliban took power in 2021, they banned high school for girls. We already knew then, that sooner or later they will close universities as well, because naturally there will be no high school graduates to join the universities. And this is exactly what happened. The Taliban officially banned girls and women from attending universities and from working in national and international NGOs. In a matter of seconds, we lost everything we had worked for our entire lives.
- [AFGHAN WOMEN SPEAK SERIES IS AN ANTHEM AWARDS FINALIST, VOTE FOR IT NOW](https://www.vday.org/2024/10/18/afghan-women-speak-series-is-an-anthem-awards-finalist-vote-for-it-now/) - Our V-Day blog series Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan has been chosen as a Finalist for the 4th Annual Anthem Awards in the Education, Art, & Culture - Awareness Categories. Anthem Winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The 4th Annual Anthem Awards was the most competitive season
- [Get your ticket today! Speakers, Poets, Artists & Activists 09/14 in NYC; View latest story from Sana in Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2024/09/06/get-your-ticket-today-speakers-poets-artists-view-latest-story-from-sana-in-afghanistan/) - Dearest activists, friends & supporters, Join us and our incredible lineup of speakers, poets, artists, activists ready to fuel us with information, strategies, solidarity, and energy to ignite the movement we need right now. Throughout the day, we will unpack what fascism is in the US and globally and what we can do to combat
- [MEDIA ADVISORY: V-Day, One Billion Rising and Judson Memorial Church Host Daylong Educational  and Inspirational Event  Fuel Us With Information, Strategies, Solidarity and Energy to Ignite The Movement We Need Right Now](https://www.vday.org/2024/09/12/media-advisory-v-day-one-billion-rising-and-judson-memorial-church-host-daylong-educational-and-inspirational-event-fuel-us-with-information-strategies-solidarity-and-energy-to-ignite-the-moveme/) - MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: September 14, 2024 Contact: media(at)vday.org, (917)865-6603 V-Day, One Billion Rising and Judson Memorial Church Host Daylong Educational and Inspirational Event Fuel Us with Information, Strategies, Solidarity and Energy to Ignite the Movement We Need Right Now ‘HOW WE DO FREEDOM: Rising Against Fascism’ Will Feature Speakers, Poets, Artists, Musicians & Activists NEW YORK
- [Join us: 09/14 in NYC for 'How We Do Freedom: Rising Against Fascism'](https://www.vday.org/2024/08/17/join-us-09-14-in-nyc-for-how-we-do-freedom-rising-against-fascism/) - JOIN US. On Saturday, 14 September for a daylong educational and inspirational event of speakers, poets, artists, activists to fuel us with information, strategies, solidarity and energy to ignite the movement we need right now. Throughout the day, we will unpack what fascism is in the US and globally and what we can do to
- [My Reflection on an Emotional and Meaningful Film Screening: Beyond Bars](https://www.vday.org/2024/07/02/my-reflection-on-an-emotional-and-meaningful-film-screening-beyond-bars/) - I was honored and excited to be invited to participate in a panel discussion following the New York screening of Chesa Boudin's powerful documentary film Beyond Bars. This was my first time seeing the movie, and it proved to be an incredibly moving and emotional experience for me. The film chronicles Chesa's life growing up,
- [The Freeher March in Washington, DC: A Powerful Call for Justice and Clemency](https://www.vday.org/2024/05/21/the-freeher-march-in-washington-dc-a-powerful-call-for-justice-and-clemency/) - FREEHER 10th Anniversary On April 24th, 2024, a historic event took place in Washington, D.C., as more than a thousand passionate individuals gathered to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Freeher march. This monumental event, organized by "The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls," was a significant step towards highlighting the
- [Empowering Justice: Right/Write to Heal's Inspiring Journey to Beyond the Bars Conference in Nairobi](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/31/empowering-justice-right-write-to-heals-inspiring-journey-to-beyond-the-bars-conference-in-nairobi/) - The Right/Write to Heal Initiative is a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project. Through Right/Write to Heal, women share how they cope with the consequences of incarceration on themselves, their families and communities, with the goal of changing how people understand the impact of criminalization on women. Writing
- [The Transformative Power of Spoken Word: "Right/Write to Heal" New York Joins Abolition Night in Portland, Maine](https://www.vday.org/2023/07/06/the-transformative-power-of-spoken-word-right-write-to-heal-new-york-joins-abolition-night-in-portland-maine/) - In a powerful display of solidarity and creative expression, participants from Right/Write to Heal New York traveled to Portland, Maine, to participate in the second annual "Abolition Night" at the STRAND THEATRE in Rockland, Maine. The Right/Write to Heal Initiative is a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project.
- [What's Happening With Bail Reform in New York](https://www.vday.org/2022/04/01/whats-happening-with-bail-reform-in-new-york/) - I had the opportunity to go to the New York state capitol in Albany three times in March with Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) to urge lawmakers not to sign onto Governor Hochul's plan to push back bail reform. It is appalling that she wants to implement the passage of her 10-point public safety
- [The Closing of Rosie’s](https://www.vday.org/2021/12/03/the-closing-of-rosies/) - On October 13, 2021, several organizations came together to protest closing the death camp; closing this death chamber has been a long-standing issue for advocates of criminal justice reform and abolitionists throughout New York State for decades. The crumbling infrastructure, the infestation of rodents, inhumane living conditions, the onset of COVID-19, and the ongoing deplorable
- [Remembering Val Gaiter](https://www.vday.org/2021/08/25/remembering-val-gaiter/) - With the pandemic’s devastating effects on the prison communities and the world, this year has been tough on all of us. August 12th, 2021, was a day criminal justice advocates set aside to remember the life of Valerie Gaiter, my co-defendant. Val never received the proper medical evaluation and attention that could have saved
- [A Little Piece  of Light Summer BBQ](https://www.vday.org/2021/06/03/a-little-piece-of-light-summer-bbq/) - Donna Hylton is a Jamaican-American author and criminal justice activist. She founded, A Little Piece of Light, the non-profit, which bears the same name as her book, both created out of her lived experience of 27 years of incarceration. Ms. Hylton pulled off a fantastic event in the community of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Since her
- [100 Women 100 Days - Report from My Trip to DC to Advocate for Incarcerated Women’s Release from Prison](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/02/100-women-100-days-report-from-my-trip-to-dc-to-advocate-for-incarcerated-womens-release-from-prison/) - The pandemic hit hard and restricted our travels, so I have not had the opportunity to travel and report on criminal justice reform issues since early 2020. This was my first time visiting Washington D.C. and I was proud to be doing it in a capacity to advocate for incarcerated women’s release from prison. There
- [A Meaningful Journey: Discussing Re-entry with New Hour's Emerge Group](https://www.vday.org/2020/09/27/a-meaningful-journey-discussing-re-entry-with-new-hours-emerge-group/) - A Meaningful Journey: Discussing Re-entry with New Hours’ Emerge Program: In today's world, where second chances are often hard to come by, some organizations stand as beacons of Hope for those who have faced the challenges of reentry into society after incarceration. New Hour, a remarkable non-profit organization, is one such Beacon. New Hour is
- ["Free in the Time of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter Movement" by Roslyn Smith, V-Day Beyond Incarceration Project Manager](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/09/free-in-the-time-of-covid-19-and-the-black-lives-matter-movement-by-roslyn-smith-v-day-beyond-incarceration-project-manager/) - "We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don’t get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again." – Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw I was released from prison in October of 2018 and
- [Babies Behind Bars](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/18/babies-behind-bars/) - "Women's prison opens nursery for mothers, babies behind bars" (The Blade, September 16, 2019, Kaitlin Durbin) The women's prison in Marysville, Ohio has just opened up a new $2 million dollar addition to their nursery for women to promote family bonding. It is refreshing to know that some states in the US are seeing the
- [Life In Prison](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/18/life-in-prison/) - Gabriel Sanchez' article "Here's What It's Like For A Woman To Serve Life In Prison" (Buzzfeed, September 12, 2019, by Gabriel H. Sanchez) highlights the work of Sara Bennet's "PhotovilleNYC", who represented me in the early 90's when I was applying for clemency. My first petition was sent when Governor Pataki was in office and
- [California Journey: With A Little Piece Of Light](https://www.vday.org/2021/06/24/california-journey-with-a-little-piece-of-light/) - As an advisory board member of Donna Hylton’s A Little Piece of Light, I was invited to attend the organization’s trip to touch base with their California partners. A Little Piece of Light is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower and facilitate healing for women, girls, and gender-fluid individuals who are directly impacted
- [Southern Maine Women's Reentry Center](https://www.vday.org/2021/12/03/southern-maine-womens-reentry-center/) - New $10 Million Women’s Re-entry Center Opens in Maine» After three years of parole supervision, New York State finally discharged me. As a free woman, my excitement brewed for my first visit to Maine. Cheryl Wilkins and Yolanda-Peterkin Johnson accompanied me. We wanted to connect with the women in our group, Right/Write to Heal, for
- ["Menstrual Equity" by Roslyn Smith, V-Day Beyond Incarceration Project Manager](https://www.vday.org/2020/09/15/menstrual-equity-by-roslyn-smith-v-day-beyond-incarceration-project-manager/) - Most women don’t think twice about where they are going to acquire menstrual products, yet that is not the case for incarcerated women in prison, jails, detention centers and women’s shelters across the United States. Incarcerated individuals and other people in the criminal justice system often have to resort to begging or bargaining with staff[1]for basic
- ["Covid-19: The First Reported Death at The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women" by Roslyn Smith, V-Day Beyond Incarceration Project Manager](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/04/covid-19-the-first-reported-death-at-the-bedford-hills-correctional-facility-for-women-by-roslyn-smith-v-day-beyond-incarceration-project-manager/) - Covid-19 is an unprecedented and unpredictable global crisis, a defining moment in our history. This virus has affected everyone, but not equally. The deep structural inequalities in economics, health care systems, prisons, race, class and gender around the world are being exposed with devastating results to the most vulnerable people, particularly women. The general population
- ["Covid-19 & Incarceration" by Roslyn Smith, V-Day Beyond Incarceration Project Manager](https://www.vday.org/2020/03/21/covid-19-incarceration-by-roslyn-smith-v-day-beyond-incarceration-project-manager/) - This virus is affecting all of us, those in prison are especially vulnerable. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, nearly 2.3 million people are held in prisons and jails nationwide (Prison Policy Initiative). Prison populations cannot “self-isolate,” “social distance” or “flatten the curve,” nor are they allowed sanitizing gel or
- [A FREE WOMAN’S HUNT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/18/a-free-womans-hunt-for-affordable-housing/) - I am having the most incredible experience of trying to find housing after being incarcerated for 39 years. The graces have been with me and I have a dream job thanks to the connections I acquired while incarcerated, yet the picture is still not complete. I need a place to call my own. It's been
- [Opioid Addiction](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/18/opioid-addiction/) - Opioid addiction is just one component of mass incarceration. In the past several years it has bombarded our daily news feed. We hear about the opioid crisis throughout the United States and different approaches to ending it, creating safe measures to eliminate overdoses or finding ways to help people who have been diagnosed with this
- ["FREEHER CONFERENCE - DETROIT" Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration by Roz](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/08/freeher-conference-detroit-dispatches-from-beyond-incarceration-by-roz/) - The 5th annual FreeHer conference brought together formerly incarcerated women and directly affected people. Activists, advocates, experts, policymakers, and supporters from across the country came to connect and share ideas and resources to work collectively toward ending the incarceration of women and girls and creating systems to empower themselves and their communities. The event featured
- [A Transformation Engine, A Healing Oasis & A Place of Joy: the 25th City of Joy Class Graduates](https://www.vday.org/2024/07/10/a-transformation-engine-a-healing-oasis-a-place-of-joy-the-25th-city-of-joy-class-graduates/) - Photo: Patrick Lwaboshi On 28 June, the 25th class graduated from the City of Joy, a formidable accomplishment amidst increasing conflict in the Eastern Congo. 89 women have turned their pain to power, becoming young leaders who are environmentalists, journalists and storytellers, public speakers, peace activists, and advocates for freedom and gender equality among so
- [Join us 5/31 at the Apollo for Global Campaign Launch of 'VOICES: a sacred sisterscape'](https://www.vday.org/2024/05/11/join-us-5-31-at-the-apollo-for-global-campaign-launch-of-voices-a-sacred-sisterscape/) - Spearheaded by aja monet (V-Day Voices Artistic Creative Director), VOICES: a sacred sisterscape is an audio experience of stories written by, narrated by and centering Black women across the diaspora. “At a time where so many are being encouraged to speak, to voice, and tell their stories—we find it just as important if not more
- [MEDIA RELEASE: "VOICES: a sacred sisterscape" NOW AVAILABLE DIGITALLY IN ALL MARKETS](https://www.vday.org/2024/06/11/media-release-voices-a-sacred-sisterscape-now-available-digitally-in-all-markets/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Contact: media@vday.org VOICES: a sacred sisterscape NOW AVAILABLE DIGITALLY IN ALL MARKETS PREMIERED AT THE APOLLO THEATRE Interdisciplinary Performance Art Project and Campaign Grounded in Black Women’s Stories of the African Continent and Diaspora Brought to Life (Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - New York, New York) - A
- [Listen to 'VOICES: a sacred sisterscape'; Audio Play Available Digitally in All Markets Today](https://www.vday.org/2024/06/11/listen-to-voices-a-sacred-sisterscape-audio-play-available-digitally-in-all-markets-today/) - VOICES: a sacred sisterscape AUDIO PLAY AVAILABLE DIGITALLY IN ALL MARKETS TODAY VOICES: a sacred sisterscape - our newest artistic project and campaign out of V-Day - premiered to sold-out crowds at the historic Apollo Theatre on 31 May while honoring special guest Anna Deavere Smith. Grammy nominated poet aja monet (“When The Poems Do
- [Playing and listening to music is a crime](https://www.vday.org/2022/03/15/playing-and-listening-to-music-is-a-crime/) - Since the Taliban assumed power in 2021, they have consistently launched attacks, harassed, and threatened our singers and musicians. They have destroyed and burned numerous musical instruments, deeming music to be contrary to Islamic principles. These actions have brutally silenced the voices of these artists and stifled their extraordinary talents. I tried my best to
- [April 11-12 Marks the One-Year Anniversary of V TO THE TENTH! Watch the Video](https://www.vday.org/2009/04/10/april-11-12-marks-the-one-year-anniversary-of-v-to-the-tenth-watch-the-video/) - One year ago - April 11 and 12, 2008, we celebrated V-Day’s ten-year anniversary, V TO THE TENTH, at the New Orleans Arena and Louisiana Superdome. To commemorate this incredible event, V-Day has created a short video taken during the weekend’s festivities. The women of New Orleans and the Gulf South - Katrina Warriors -
- [ANNOUNCING "VOICES: A SACRED SISTERSCAPE" AUDIO PLAY](https://www.vday.org/2024/05/07/announcing-voices-a-sacred-sisterscape-audio-play/) - For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Contact: media@vday.org ANNOUNCING VOICES: A SACRED SISTERSCAPE AUDIO PLAY V-DAY PRESENTS ITS NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE ART PROJECT DEVELOPED BY GRAMMY NOMINATED POET AJA MONET and THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES CREATOR V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) AVAILABLE JUNE 11 ACROSS ALL AUDIO STREAMING PLATFORMS (Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - New York,
- [Every Day is Earth Day](https://www.vday.org/2024/04/22/every-day-is-earth-day/) - On Earth Day and every day we RISE for Climate Justice & MotherEarth. We amplify the connections between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of the earth. The global climate crisis impacts communities around the world. Women and girls suffer the most in terms of long term loss of livelihood, forced migration, trafficking and
- [UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS! Rise in Solidarity with the Women of Gambia Against the Repeal of the Ban on FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)](https://www.vday.org/2024/03/19/until-the-violence-stops-rise-in-solidarity-with-the-women-of-gambia-against-the-repeal-of-the-ban-on-fgm-female-genital-mutilation/) - UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS! V-Day and One Billion Rising stand in solidarity with the women of Gambia and against the repeal of the ban on FGM (female genital mutilation). Dr. Isatou Touray, former VP of Gambia & OBR Gambia Coordinator, is on the front lines of this grassroots work to ensure the rights of women
- [On International Women's Day, Activists Around the World RISE for Freedom](https://www.vday.org/2024/03/07/on-international-womens-day-activists-around-the-world-rise-for-freedom/) - One Billion Rising events are taking place and will continue through 22 April, Earth Day with the 2024 theme: RISE for FREEDOM, Be the New World. Rising Freedom Festivals are 1-2 days in length, including theatre, music, poetry, songs, painting, murals, workshops, massage, storytelling, oral histories, testimonies, drumming, planting, talks, connecting with nature, discussions, bodywork,
- [CHRISTINE SCHULER DESCHRYVER "THE 5 TENETS OF TURNING PAIN INTO POWER" TED TALK DIGITAL TOOLKIT](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/23/christine-schuler-deschryver-turning-pain-to-power-ted-talk-digital-toolkit/) - Christine Schuler Deschryver’s TED Talk has just been released as is available for viewing. In the talk entitled "The 5 Tenets of Turning Pain into Power," Christine details how rape is often used as a weapon in the war over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s vast mineral resources, and how City of Joy helps survivors
- [Compassion is diminishing in the world](https://www.vday.org/2024/03/07/compassion-is-diminishing-in-the-world/) - Nadia (not her real name), a young unmarried woman, resides alone in Kabul with her elderly mother. They lack the support of any siblings, and the absence of her father and brother during these challenging times under the rule of the misogynistic Taliban is deeply felt. The Taliban’s oppressive policies have stripped women of their
- [Turning Pain to Power, Christine Schuler Deschryver’s TED Talk on City of Joy OUT NOW](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/23/turning-pain-to-power-christine-schuler-deschryvers-ted-talk-on-city-of-joy-out-now/) - Christine Schuler Deschryver's TED Talk has just been released and is available for viewing. In the talk entitled "The 5 Tenets of Turning Pain into Power," Christine details how rape is often used as a weapon in the war over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s vast mineral resources, and how City of Joy helps survivors
- [OUT NOW: Co-Founder and Director of City of Joy, a Leadership Center for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Gives TED Talk on “Turning Pain Into Power”](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/23/out-now-co-founder-and-director-of-city-of-joy-a-leadership-center-for-survivors-of-sexual-violence-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-gives-ted-talk-on-turning-pain-into-power/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 23, 2024 CONTACT: media(at)vday.org OUT NOW: Co-Founder and Director of City of Joy, a Leadership Center for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Gives TED Talk on “Turning Pain Into Power” Christine Schuler Deschryver How Rape is Used as Weapon Over Congo’s Vast Mineral Resources, How City
- [Our Sisters in Afghanistan RISE for Freedom](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/19/our-sisters-in-afghanistan-rise-for-freedom/) - Our RAWA sisters in Afghanistan are Rising for Freedom amidst devastating conditions. We stand in awe of their voice, their bravery and their solidarity with activists rising across the globe. Here is their statement that they have asked us to share with you: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) participated in this
- [We are RISING! How Will You RISE?](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/14/we-are-rising-how-will-you-rise/) - WE ARE RISING! WE ARE RISING! Every year, we Rise – in countries across the world. This is a snapshot as the 2024 Risings begin... With our gratitude to activist/singer/songwriter/producer Taína Asili for the anthem "We Are Rising". Happy Rising for Freedom Message from V (formerly Eve Ensler) View V’s message to activists everywhere as
- [WHAT DOES RISING FOR FREEDOM MEAN? WE ASKED OUR OBR COUNCIL](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/13/what-does-rising-for-freedom-mean-we-asked-our-obr-council/) - We Asked Our One Billion Rising Council What Rising for Freedom Means to Them As we write, activists worldwide are planning and staging their Rise for Freedom creative rising actions and events. We asked our One Billion Rising Council what Rising for Freedom means to them. Here’s what Monique Wilson, Global Director of One Billion
- [Ready to RISE for Freedom, Here’s How](https://www.vday.org/2024/02/12/ready-to-rise-for-freedom-heres-how/) - Every February, we rise across the world to show our local communities and the world what ONE BILLION looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise
- [Blog Updates: Check out the latest from ‘Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration’ and ‘Afghan Women Speak’](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/31/blog-updates-check-out-the-latest-from-dispatches-from-beyond-incarceration-and-afghan-women-speak/) - RIGHT/WRITE TO HEAL'S INSPIRING JOURNEY TO THE BEYOND THE BARS CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration project continues to amplify the experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. In her latest in the ‘Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration’ blog series, Roz Smith, V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration project manager, writes about her experience traveling to Nairobi for the
- [Can you imagine how difficult it is to be unable to even apply simple makeup in this world?](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/29/unable-to-even-apply-simple-makeup/) - It's a struggle that's hard to put into words, and it feels like no one truly comprehends or shares in our pain. Sitara (not her real name) is in her 30s with two children. She owned and managed a beauty salon in Herat, Afghanistan and her personal journey highlights the enduring hardships faced by the
- [I am weary of life and of being a woman](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/22/i-am-weary-of-life/) - Samina, (not her real name) ran a gym in Herat, Afghanistan and has two teenage daughters. Below is her story: Around 14 years ago, a friend and I decided to invest in a gym for women and girls. The concept of a gym, especially for women, was relatively new in Afghanistan, but we believed it
- [The Taliban prevented me from pursuing my studies in Dubai](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/17/the-taliban-prevented-me/) - Samia, (not her real name) in her 20s, with tearful eyes, reflects on how her life drastically changed two years ago. She comes from a family where her mother used to work for an NGO, and her father was employed at a bank. At that time, she was pursuing a career in journalism while her
- [RISE In 2024: Rise For Freedom, Be The New World](https://www.vday.org/2024/01/09/rise-in-2024-rise-for-freedom-be-the-new-world/) - JOIN US, RISE IN 2024 As we write, One Billion Rising coordinators and activists and communities are planning hundreds of rising events, festivals and actions around the globe. They are escalating the call to #RiseForFreedom in response to the ongoing intensification of violence – rape, hate, exclusion, killing, discrimination, exploitation, abuse, wars, division, occupation and
- [City of Joy Celebrates 24th Graduation; Give a V-Card, Give the Gift of V-Day](https://www.vday.org/2023/12/22/city-of-joy-celebrates-24th-graduation-give-a-v-card-give-the-gift-of-v-day/) - WHEN THEY LEFT CITY OF JOY, EACH WOMAN LEFT WITH HER KEY, THE KEY TO HER LIFE: 2069 WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE CITY OF JOY TO DATE Update from Christine Schuler Deschryver, Director of V-Day Congo and Co-Founder/Director of City of Joy Director: This week in Bukavu, 82 women graduated from the City of
- [Where is the real me?](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/19/where-is-the-real-me/) - Nida (not her real name), a 28-year-old woman, was sharing her harrowing experience while shopping with her mother. She had rolled up her sleeves, not paying heed to her mother's warning that it might cause problems: “We were inside a clothing shop, and as we exited, a man who had been observing us, presumably for
- ["UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS"](https://www.vday.org/2023/12/06/until-the-violence-stops/) - UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS V-Day is a movement that has worked for decades in war zones in places like Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. We have been invited into regions that are typically ignored and made invisible to the western world, and - together with our
- [Your Solidarity and Support Make This Movement Possible](https://www.vday.org/2023/11/22/gratitude2023/) - As our 25th anniversary year draws to a close, we are filled with gratitude for this unique, ever-changing, and stunning movement. V-Day and One Billion Rising activists once again shattered traditions and created spaces for grassroots dialogue, with art and activism always at the forefront. They rose for gender, climate, economic, and racial justice and
- [V-DAY AND ONE BILLION RISING CALL TO END WAR ON GAZA](https://www.vday.org/2023/10/14/v-day-and-one-billion-rising-call-to-end-war-on-gaza/) - As a movement working to END VIOLENCE against women, girls, gender expansive people and the Earth, we oppose violence committed by ANYONE. We do not believe violence is the solution in Israel or Palestine or ANYWHERE. For violence to end, to preserve lives, we must return to the historical roots of oppression. The violence of
- [CEASEFIRE AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN GAZA NOW!](https://www.vday.org/2023/11/15/ceasefire-and-humanitarian-aid-for-women-and-children-in-gaza-now/) - For over 25 years, V-Day’s work to end violence against women, gender expansive people, and girls has been situated at the intersection of ending war, racism, colonialism, imperialism, occupation, and climate injustice. Over our decades of work, we have stood in solidarity with women suffering the consequences of war in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of
- [RISE - Demand a Ceasefire Now](https://www.vday.org/2023/10/29/rise-demand-a-ceasefire-now/) - (Repost from Instagram and One Billion Rising) #VDay and #1BillionRising call for a CEASEFIRE NOW. As the bombardment escalates, as civilian deaths in Gaza rise, and the humanitarian crisis has become catastrophic. As a movement working to END VIOLENCE against women, girls, gender expansive people and the Earth, we oppose violence committed by ANYONE. We
- [With gratitude Atlanta, Recap of Evening of Reckoning & Rising](https://www.vday.org/2023/10/23/with-gratitude-atlanta-recap-of-evening-of-reckoning-rising/) - With gratitude Atlanta! Our Sunday, October 8 V25 gathering – AN EVENING OF RECKONING & RISING at The Carter Center to celebrate V’s book and V-Day’s 25th anniversary was a stunning success and raised over $80k for the City of Joy. Our deepest thanks to V-Day board members Pat Mitchell, Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson and
- [Urgent Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://www.vday.org/2023/11/03/urgent-update-on-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/) - Conflict and escalating violence have displaced 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a record high number that has impacted all 26 provinces of the country. According to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM), 81% of internally displaced peoples live in Congo’s eastern region, which has been engulfed in a
- [We vehemently reject being governed by fundamentalists whose hands are stained with blood](https://www.vday.org/2023/08/15/we-vehemently-reject-being-governed-by-fundamentalists-whose-hands-are-stained-with-blood/) - By Fatima (an Afghan girl in Kabul) Part of our Blog Series AFGHAN WOMEN SPEAK: STORIES FROM INSIDE AFGHANISTAN Two years have elapsed since the Taliban regained power through a regrettable peace agreement brokered between the US special representative, Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban. This agreement handed over the fate and destiny of our people to
- [Urgent Update from our RAWA (Revolutionary Association Of The Women Of Afghanistan) Sisters](https://www.vday.org/2023/10/13/urgent-update-from-our-rawa-revolutionary-association-of-the-women-of-afghanistan-sisters/) - RAWA relief team in the earthquake affected areas of Herat On October 7, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale shook several districts of Heratو the Western province in Afghanistan. These villages belonged to the poorest and most destitute farmers, daily waged workers, and displaced families who had settled in these
- [Selling fast! An Evening of Reckoning & Rising with V, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Pat Mitchell, Maya Penn, Christine Schuler Deschryver & More to Benefit the City of Joy](https://www.vday.org/2023/09/21/selling-fast-an-evening-of-reckoning-rising-with-v-rosario-dawson-jane-fonda-pat-mitchell-maya-penn-christine-schuler-deschryver-more-to-benefit-the-city-of-joy/) - Selling fast! An Evening of Reckoning & Rising with V, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Pat Mitchell, Maya Penn, Christine Schuler Deschryver & More to Benefit the City of Joy Visit vday.org/atlantaV25 for ticket info and to purchase Tickets are $50*, $500 and $1000. *We have a special discount of 25% off $50 tickets by using
- [Join Us in Atlanta: An Evening of Reckoning and Rising](https://www.vday.org/2023/08/15/join-us-in-atlanta-an-evening-of-reckoning-and-rising/) - Join Us! On Sunday, 8 October, V-Day and The Carter Center will present An Evening of Reckoning and Rising featuring V (formerly Eve Ensler), V-Day Board Members Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Maya Penn & Pat Mitchell; City of Joy co-Founder and Director of V-Day Congo Christine Schuler Deschryver; Joaquina Kalukango reading from Reckoning, the newest
- ["Prima Facie" Sparks Dialogue: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler)](https://www.vday.org/2023/05/19/newsletter-prima-facie-sparks-dialogue-watch-activist-roundtable-moderated-by-v-formerly-eve-ensler/) - New Play Prima Facie Sparks Dialogue About Sexuality, Masculinity & Consent: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Prima Facie is the award-winning new play starring Jodie Comer, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin, currently running on Broadway. The play follows a young female barrister and her experience of the
- [WE HAVE BECOME MAKERS OF CHANGE! 23rd Class Graduates from the City of Joy [NEWSLETTER]](https://www.vday.org/2023/07/19/we-have-become-makers-of-change-23rd-class-graduates-from-the-city-of-joy-newsletter/) - WE HAVE BECOME MAKERS OF CHANGE 23RD CLASS GRADUATES FROM THE CITY OF JOY On 23 June, City of Joy celebrated its 23rd graduation! 85 joyous women who have turned their pain to power. 1987 graduates to date. They are change makers returning to their villages, becoming businesswomen, teachers, journalists, non-profit leaders, artists, creators, following
- [WE HAVE BECOME MAKERS OF CHANGE! 23rd CLASS GRADUATES FROM THE CITY OF JOY](https://www.vday.org/2023/07/17/we-have-become-makers-of-change-23rd-class-graduates-from-the-city-of-joy/) - Since January, a group of 85 women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence have been sheltered at the City of Joy, the revolutionary center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for training in emotional healing and leadership skills development. The graduation marked a breaking turning point, where after six months of training and healing, laughing
- [V’s Birthday Wish: Give to the World the Thing that You Want the Most](https://www.vday.org/2023/05/25/vs-birthday-wish-give-to-the-world-the-thing-that-you-want-the-most/) - 25 May is our visionary Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler)'s 70th birthday! To celebrate this milestone, and to commemorate 25 years of V-Day – the movement that she launched with her pathbreaking play The Vagina Monologues – we are raising funds for V-Day’s ongoing work across the world. It is nearly impossible to summarize the
- [Your Support Helps Congolese Women Rise, 28th Class Graduates from the City of Joy](https://www.vday.org/2025/12/30/your-support-helps-congolese-women-rise-28th-class-graduates-from-the-city-of-joy/) - A Blessing, a Center of Rebirth and Love: City of Joy Celebrates 28th Graduation Ceremony Photo: Carlos Schuler On 19 December 2025, the City of Joy celebrated the graduation of its 28th class, bringing the total number of women whose pain has been transformed into power to 2,407. On this day, 85 women reintegrated into
- [Your Support Over the Years Has Meant the World to Us](https://www.vday.org/2025/12/22/your-support-over-the-years-has-meant-the-world-to-us/) - Your support over the years has meant the world to us. As 2025 draws to a close, we are filled with gratitude for the survivors, artists, and activists who have made V-Day into a singular, ever-evolving global activist movement to end violence against women, gender-expansive people, and the Earth. In 2025, V-Day continued to boldly
- [BELÉN Shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards! Watch V (Formerly Eve Ensler) in conversation w/ Writer/Director/Actor Dolores Fonzi & Film Subject/Lawyer/Activist Soledad Deza](https://www.vday.org/2025/12/19/belen-shortlisted-for-the-98th-academy-awards-watch-v-formerly-eve-ensler-in-conversation-w-writer-director-actor-dolores-fonzi-film-subject-lawyer-activist-soledad-deza/) - The film powerfully captures a real story that ignited a movement and helped redefine the conversation around justice, women’s rights and reproductive rights in Argentina. BELÉN won the RTVE-Otra Mirada Award for Fonzi, the Silver Seashell for Best Supporting Performance for Pláate at the 2025 San Sebastián International Film Festival and has advanced to the
- [With Gratitude for Our Shared Vision to End Violence Against Women, Gender Expansive People & the Earth](https://www.vday.org/2025/11/28/with-gratitude-for-our-shared-vision-to-end-violence-against-women-gender-expansive-people-the-earth/) - These past weeks of non-stop news surrounding the Epstein files have deeply impacted countless survivors. Our founder, author and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), speaks directly into this moment in her latest piece for The Guardian: "If Epstein’s survivors don’t receive justice that is a ticking timebomb: Millions of sexual violence survivors will not live
- [One Billion Rising 2026 Theme Announced: RISE for Our Bodies, Our Earth, Our Future](https://www.vday.org/2025/11/24/one-billion-rising-2026-theme-announced-rise-for-our-bodies-our-earth-our-future/) - One Billion Rising Theme for 2026 is Announced Today (25 Nov) on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the first day of 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM, we announce the 2026 theme as an invitation to survivors, artists and activists everywhere to RISE in 2026. The 2026 theme RISE FOR OUR
- [Formerly Incarcerated Women Meeting the Needs of Their Communities](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/02/formerly-incarcerated-women-meeting-the-needs-of-their-communities/) - According to the Sentencing Project, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 700%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 222,455 in 2019.1 Though many more men are in prison than women, the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980. Nationally,
- [V-Day Remembers New Orleans Community Leader Patricia Henry, aka Miss Pat, With Love & Appreciation](https://www.vday.org/2023/06/06/v-day-remembers-new-orleans-community-leader-patricia-henry-aka-miss-pat-with-love-appreciation/) - Today, V-Day celebrates the life of Patricia Henry, who we affectionately knew as Miss Pat. Miss Pat was a community leader who, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, sprang into action to help feed and care for her neighbors. Miss Pat exemplified the fierce love and tenacity that is New Orleans. Meeting Miss Pat inspired
- ["Prima Facie" Sparks Dialogue: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler)](https://www.vday.org/2023/05/19/prima-facie-sparks-dialogue-watch-activist-roundtable-moderated-by-v-formerly-eve-ensler/) - New Play Prima Facie Sparks Dialogue About Sexuality, Masculinity & Consent: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Prima Facie is the award-winning new play starring Jodie Comer, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin, currently running on Broadway. The play follows a young female barrister and her experience of the
- [We RISE for Mother Earth; Activists RISE for Freedom in 99 Countries](https://www.vday.org/2023/04/21/we-rise-for-mother-earth-activists-rise-for-freedom-in-99-countries/) - We RISE for Mother Earth On Earth Day and every day we RISE for Climate Justice & Mother Earth. We amplify the connections between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of the earth. The global climate crisis impacts communities around the world. Women and girls suffer the most in terms of long term loss
- [Watch ‘DOING TIME - A Woman’s View’, Animated Short Film Released Today](https://www.vday.org/2023/04/10/watch-doing-time-a-womans-view-animated-short-film-released-today/) - 'DOING TIME - A WOMEN’S VIEW' ANIMATED SHORT FILM RELEASED Must watch! A NEW animated short released today, ‘Doing Time: A Woman’s View’ features writings by incarcerated & formerly incarcerated women from the Right/Write to Heal Initiative, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day's Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation
- [‘DOING TIME - A WOMAN’S VIEW’ ANIMATED SHORT FILM RELEASED](https://www.vday.org/2023/04/10/doing-time-a-womans-view-animated-short-film-released/) - By Right/Write to Heal: Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Their Own Voices, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) and Human Pictures ‘DOING TIME’ Released for V25, the 25th Anniversary of the V-Day, the Global Activist Movement to End Violence
- [Across 92 countries, Activists RISE for Freedom & Create the New Culture for ONE BILLION RISING 2023 (Photo Essay)](https://www.vday.org/2023/04/03/across-92-countries-activists-rise-for-freedom-create-the-new-culture-for-one-billion-rising-2023-photo-essay/) - Published in Women's ENews (2 April 2023) From February – 22 April (Earth Day), survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe are rising For Freedom & to Create the New Culture to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and
- [WATCH V & Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement](https://www.vday.org/2023/03/08/watch-v-kerry-washington-talk-solidarity-the-movement/) - V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day Board member emeritus Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement "Solidarity is the Key to Everything" - V (formerly Eve Ensler) In honor of V-Day’s 25th anniversary, actor/producer/activist and former V-Day Board member Kerry Washington and V (formerly Eve Ensler) talked about what solidarity means for them. This dynamic
- [With gratitude on International Women’s Day, Rising for Freedom & Creating the New Culture](https://www.vday.org/2023/03/08/with-gratitude-on-international-womens-day-rising-for-freedom-watch-v-kerry-washington-talk-solidarity-the-movement/) - On International Women's Day, Our Gratitude for 25 Years of Global Grassroots Art & Activism, RISING for Freedom & Creating the New Culture This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the survivors, activists and artists whose grassroots art and activism have created our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and
- [Activists RISING for Freedom Across the Globe](https://www.vday.org/2023/03/01/activists-rising-for-freedom-across-the-globe/) - Activists Across the Globe are RISING for Freedom & to Create the New Culture Activists across the globe are rising for freedom & to create the new culture in order to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for
- [V-DAY and Democracy By Zillah Eisenstein](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/17/v-day-and-democracy-by-zillah-eisenstein/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) I have “risen” for/with V-Day and OBR for the past decade. This year feels different. It is different. Maybe it is because I live in the US where women have lost the right to abortion that we had for the past 50 years. But maybe it is also because of the visibility
- [V25 is HERE: Your Story is the Story of the Movement, We Invite You To Share It](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/14/v25-is-here-your-story-is-the-story-of-the-movement-we-invite-you-to-share-it/) - 2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet. YOUR work and voice have played a central role in the V-Day story and for that you have our gratitude, always. For 25 years, V-Day has unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses
- [What happens when you start trusting women? We have the receipts (The Guardian)](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/14/what-happens-when-you-start-trusting-women-we-have-the-receipts-the-guardian/) - As reported in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/13/v-day-womens-rights-activism-gender-feminism The playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) and a group of activists started a global movement for women’s rights in 1998. On V-Day’s 25th anniversary, they tell us what happened in their communities after they took action The pushback against women in this moment is terrifying and vast. When we
- [V25 Short Video Released #ThisIsV25](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/14/v25-short-video-released-thisisv25/) -  Today V-Day, the global movement working to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet, marks #V25, its twenty-fifth anniversary of activism, advocacy and organizing led by survivors, artists and activists around the world. The very first V-Day benefit of founder V (formerly Eve Ensler)’s play The Vagina Monologues took place
- [V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/13/v25-celebration-provocation-liberation/) - V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION: V-Day Commemorates Twenty-Five Years of Global, Grassroots Activism, the Release of New Audioplay VOICES, & New Memoir Reckoning by Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler) After twenty-five years, V-Day reflects on its legacy of organizing to end violence against women, girls and the planet; supporting grassroots anti-violence efforts; inspiring activists around the
- [V25 is here: V-Day Activists Gathered in NYC for An Evening of Reckoning and Rising](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/06/v25-is-here-v-day-activists-gathered-in-nyc-for-an-evening-of-reckoning-and-rising/) - 2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women (cisgender and transgender), gender expansive people, girls and the planet. For 25 years, V-Day has worked at the intersection of arts and activism to shatter taboos, create space for women and the most marginalized, and initiate community-led culture change. On 1
- [On 14 Feb, the World is RISING, Activists will RISE FOR FREEDOM & to Create the New Culture](https://www.vday.org/2023/02/09/on-14-feb-the-world-is-rising-activists-will-rise-for-freedom-to-create-the-new-culture/) - READY TO RISE? This Year Activists Celebrate 10 Years of OBR and 25 of V-Day as They RISE Join survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe as we RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture and address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and
- [RISE 2023, Celebrate V’s Newest Book Reckoning & V-Day’s 25th Anniversary at 92NY, & Join Roz Smith in Day of Advocacy for Parole Justice](https://www.vday.org/2023/01/12/rise-2023-celebrate-vs-newest-book-reckoning-v-days-25th-anniversary-at-92ny-join-roz-smith-in-day-of-advocacy-for-parole-justice/) - RISE for Freedom, Create the New Culture Our One Billion Rising 2023 call is to Rise for Freedom & Create the New Culture in order to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies
- [V-Day to World Premiere New Artistic Piece, VOICES, Directed by Aja Monet, Grounded in Black Women’s Stories of the African Continent and Diaspora](https://www.vday.org/2022/12/18/v-day-to-world-premiere-new-artistic-piece-voices-directed-by-aja-monet-grounded-in-black-womens-stories-of-the-african-continent-and-diaspora/) - MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Sunday, December 18, 2022 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com V-Day to World Premiere New Artistic Piece, VOICES, Directed by Aja Monet, Grounded in Black Women’s Stories of the African Continent and Diaspora VOICES Audio play Kicks off V-Day’s 25th Anniversary and Marks Ghana’s Month of Return Special Guests include Angela Davis, Rosario Dawson,
- [You Make the V-Day Movement Possible](https://www.vday.org/2022/12/28/you-make-the-v-day-movement-possible/) - Dearest friends, As the year draws to a close, we are filled with gratitude for the survivors, artists, activists, friends, and supporters who make the V-Day movement possible. V-Day has unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused, all the while revealing the
- [Give the Gift of V-Day this Holiday Season - Send an E-Card](https://www.vday.org/2022/12/22/give-the-gift-of-v-day-this-holiday-season-send-an-e-card-2/) - A V-Card supports the global activist movement to end violence against all women, girls & the planet and is the perfect gift for the Holidays! This year, you can make a donation to V-Day on behalf of your friends and loved ones. V-Day will send a specially designed 2023 holiday V-Card letting them know of your unique
- [Join us Feb 1st at 92NY Launch of V’s Newest Book RECKONING & V25](https://www.vday.org/2022/12/14/join-us-feb-1st-at-92ny-launch-of-vs-newest-book-reckoning-v25/) - On Wednesday, 1 February 2023, please join V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day for An Evening of Reckoning and Rising at 92NY featuring V, Paula Allen, Rosario Dawson (V-Day Board Member), Noma Dumezweni, Dylan McDermott, Cynthia Nixon, and Marisa Tomei* reading from Reckoning as V-Day marks its 25th anniversary in 2023. Reckoning, the newest book from V,
- [This #GivingTuesday, Support V-Day](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/25/this-givingtuesday-support-v-day/) - This #GivingTuesday support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), gender expansive people, girls and the planet. ON THE PRECIPICE OF OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, through another pandemic year that rocked the world and illuminated intractable systems of inequity, and despite conflicts and upheaval that raged from Ukraine to Afghanistan
- [Simeen Mobile Health Team Visit the Herat and Farah Provinces in Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2022/12/09/simeen-mobile-health-team-visit-the-herat-and-farah-provinces-in-afghanistan/) - Last month, the Simeen mobile health team visited the Herat and Farah provinces in Western Afghanistan, which are considered some of the most remote and war-torn districts bordering Iran. The team explained that “the women and children of these regions carry the heavy burden of war, poverty, illiteracy and ignorance.” Due to the lack of
- [One Billion Rising Coordinators Share Their 2023 Launch Plans](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/25/one-billion-rising-coordinators-share-their-2023-launch-plans/) - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER OBR 2023 LAUNCHES JAPAN 3 November OBR Japan launched OBR2023 at an event called “Let's Walk Purple Road”. They walked Omotesando road in Shibuya Ward, dancing "Break the Chain" to appeal for the prevention of gender-based violence. 13 November At an event called “Stop Violence Against Ｗomen And Girls“at Ikebukuro Ike-sun Park, they held an
- [One Billion Rising 2023 Announced: RISE For Freedom, Create the New Culture](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/25/one-billion-rising-2023-announced-rise-for-freedom-create-the-new-culture/) - Activists Globally will RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture ONE BILLION RISING announces the 2023 theme and campaign: RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture. The campaign addresses the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle
- [PRESS RELEASE - One Billion Rising 2023 Announced: RISE For Freedom, Create the New Culture](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/25/press-release-one-billion-rising-2023-announced-rise-for-freedom-create-the-new-culture/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media(at)vday.org One Billion Rising 2023 Announced: RISE For Freedom, Create the New Culture Activists around the World will RISE FOR FREEDOM - Freedom from Patriarchy, Capitalism, Impunity, Poverty, Oppression, Division, Exploitation, Shame, Control, Individualism, Greed, Violence This is the Year to Create the New Culture 25 November - ONE BILLION RISING
- [With Gratitude for This Unique, Ever-Changing & Stunning Movement](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/22/with-gratitude-for-this-unique-ever-changing-stunning-movement/) - As we approach the end of another year, we are once again filled with gratitude for this unique, ever-changing, and stunning movement. ON THE PRECIPICE OF OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, through another pandemic year that rocked the world and illuminated intractable systems of inequity, and despite conflicts and upheaval that raged from Ukraine to Iran, Afghanistan
- [VOICES Audioplay to Launch in Accra, Ghana on December 18th](https://www.vday.org/2022/11/16/voices-audioplay-to-launch-in-accra-ghana-on-december-18th/) - 2023 will mark 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women (cisgender and transgender), gender expansive people, girls and the planet. VOICES will begin the V25 year with its launch in Accra. Please stay tuned for more V25 updates. "As V-Day continues to organize across the globe for an end to
- [Global Solidarity with the Women of Iran](https://www.vday.org/2022/10/14/global-solidarity-with-the-women-of-iran/) - V-Day and One Billion Rising stand in solidarity with Iranians who are taking to the streets in large-scale protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. Iranian women have asked that we amplify the stories of women on the ground in Iran, that we show our solidarity and
- [Célia Xakriabá and Sônia Guajajara of ANMIGA Elected to Brazilian National Congress in a Monumental Win](https://www.vday.org/2022/10/18/celia-xakriaba-and-sonia-guajajara-of-anmiga-elected-to-brazilian-national-congress-in-a-monumental-win/) - Congratulations Célia Xakriabá and Sônia Guajajara on your historic election to the Brazil National Congress marking a new moment in Brazilian politics with greater representation of Indigenous peoples and the possibility of establishing new milestones for the culture of formulation of policies that dictate the course of the country. Célia and Sônia are Indigenous women
- [The Simeen Mobile Health Team Visits the Logar and Parwan Provinces](https://www.vday.org/2022/10/18/the-simeen-mobile-health-team-visits-the-logar-and-parwan-provinces/) - Amidst increasing need, the Simeen mobile health team continues its work. Last month, the team visited the Logar province and the Parwan province in northern Afghanistan. They spent time in communities living in politically volatile conditions, subject to sporadic invasions and fighting caused by the Taliban. Most community members have little to no access to
- [Rise with the Women of Iran](https://www.vday.org/2022/09/30/rise-with-the-women-of-iran/) - Women of the World Have Our Eyes on Iran NOW MORE THAN EVER OUR SOLIDARITY IS ESSENTIAL. HELP THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN IRAN. V-Day and One Billion Rising stand in solidarity with Iranians who are taking to the streets in large-scale protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to the murder
- [#DayWithoutUs on Friday, 30 September](https://www.vday.org/2022/09/28/daywithoutus-on-friday-30-september/) - V-Day and One Billion Rising are proud to partner with #DayWithoutUs, a national day of action led by Black women and an invitation for all of us to abandon borders, boundaries, and binaries to build solidarity across the country. By Black women and for ALL, #DayWithoutUs is about resisting the everyday systems that TAKE and
- [RISE with the Women of Iran - Statement from V-Day and One Billion Rising](https://www.vday.org/2022/09/22/rise-with-the-women-of-iran-statement-from-v-day-and-one-billion-rising/) - V-Day and One Billion Rising stand in solidarity with Iranians who are taking to the streets in large-scale protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested in the capital city of Tehran by the “morality police” for allegedly wearing a hijab
- [Rise for Pakistan: Urgent Appeal to Help Communities Devastated by Flooding Caused by Climate Disaster](https://www.vday.org/2022/09/02/rise-for-pakistan-urgent-appeal-to-help-communities-devastated-by-flooding-caused-by-climate-disaster/) - All of us at V-Day, One Billion Rising & City of Joy are devastated for the communities destroyed by record monsoon flooding in Pakistan, where more than a third of its land is underwater and over 1100 people have already died. Millions are without food and shelter – according to CNN, approximately 33 million people
- [Agnes Pareyio Makes History with Election to Kenyan Parliament - Congratulations Agnes!](https://www.vday.org/2022/08/11/agnes-pareyio-makes-history-with-election-to-kenyan-parliament-congratulations-agnes/) - Agnes Pareyio Elected Member of Kenyan Parliament, Makes History as First Woman MP from Narok Pareyio is the Founder of Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative/V-Day Safe House for The Girls in Kenya, Combatting FGM, Changing Culture and Educating Girls The results are in. Agnes Pareyio, the Founder of the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative/V-Day Safe House for the Girls in
- [Love in the face of what seems impossible, City of Joy Update from V (formerly Eve Ensler)](https://www.vday.org/2022/06/30/love-in-the-face-of-what-seems-impossible-city-of-joy-update-from-v-formerly-eve-ensler/) - This week, V visited the City of Joy and attended the graduation of the 21st class. "Everything feels so terrible and difficult right now in so many places in the world where right wing fascism, extreme misogyny, and hate seems to be spreading faster than any virus we know. It is deadly and devastating
- [This is our world and these are our bodies. We won’t go back](https://www.vday.org/2022/06/24/this-is-our-world-and-these-are-our-bodies-we-wont-go-back/) - US Supreme Court has overturned Roe V. Wade, taking away the right to abortion and opening the floodgates for states across the country to ban abortion. The ruling most immediately affects the 13 states with trigger laws – Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. We
- [V's Birthday Wish – RISE & Support the Artist Solidarity Fund](https://www.vday.org/2022/05/24/vs-birthday-wish-rise-support-the-artist-solidarity-fund/) - 25 May is our Founder V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) birthday. To celebrate, please support the Artist Solidarity Fund for individual artists who are courageously rising with their plays, poems, paintings, novels, music in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, fascism, oppression and occupation and violence in places like Brazil, Ukraine, Palestine and Afghanistan, where they
- [RISE for the Bodies of All Women & Girls, RISE for Abortion Rights](https://www.vday.org/2022/05/07/rise-for-the-bodies-of-all-women-girls-rise-for-abortion-rights/) - Just out: V’s Latest Piece "Women know how choice and freedom feel – and we will never give that up" in The Guardian "This might be why you are unable to see that there is no chance in hell that we are ever going back. This is not a law yet and we will never
- [Celebrating Kathy Boudin (1943-2022)](https://www.vday.org/2022/05/03/celebrating-kathy-boudin-1943-2022/) - We mourn the loss of and celebrate the life of life-long activist Kathy Boudin, a cherished partner and V-Day sister for many years. An organizer for racial justice and an anti-war activist, Kathy turned a prison sentence into a breathtaking life of service. She became a leading voice for women in prison, developing programs in
- [V-Day Announces Maya Penn, Chela Mitchell, and Luke Ferrari as College Judges for Dismantle Patriarchy Contest](https://www.vday.org/2022/04/29/vday-announces-dismantle-patriarchy-judges/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 21, 2022 V-Day Announces Maya Penn, Chela Mitchell, and Luke Ferrari as College Judges for Dismantle Patriarchy Contest Deadline for Dismantle Patriarchy Contest’s College Submissions Extended to May 5, 2022 Renowned Artists and Activists Will Evaluate Submissions From College Students Who Challenge Patriarchy Through Art, Music, Other Creative Forms Today,
- [EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women, you choose the Earth.](https://www.vday.org/2022/04/21/earth-day-when-you-choose-the-earth-you-choose-indigenous-women-when-you-choose-indigenous-women-you-choose-the-earth/) - On Earth Day and every day, we RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth. This year we spotlight indigenous women of ANMIGA - The National Articulation of Indigenous Women Ancestrality Warriors - who come from all biomes across Brazil. These women have deep knowledge about their lands and have preserved their
- [“The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan’s future. The Taliban has taken that away.”](https://www.vday.org/2022/04/14/the-girls-i-taught-in-kabul-were-afghanistans-future-the-taliban-has-taken-that-away/) - – New Piece in The Guardian by Shikiba, a Teacher at City of Knowledge Photo: Afghan teachers protest against the Taliban’s closure of classes to older girls. Photograph: EPA/The Guardian As we RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth and activate worldwide, we continue to find ways to RISE for and
- [V-Day Safe House for The Girls in Kenya Celebrates 20 Years of Combatting FGM, Changing Culture & Educating Girls](https://www.vday.org/2022/04/08/v-day-safe-house-for-the-girls-in-kenya-celebrates-20-years-of-combatting-fgm-changing-culture-educating-girls/) - Photos by Paula Allen for V-Day Twenty years ago, the V-Day Safe House for the Girls opened in the Southern Rift Valley in Narok, Kenya. Founded and led by Agnes Pareyio and the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative, the safe house provides shelter and education for girls running away from female genital mutilation (FGM) and early childhood
- [WE STAND WITH THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF UKRAINE AS REPORTS MOUNT OF RAPE AS A WEAPON OF WAR](https://www.vday.org/2022/03/29/we-stand-with-the-women-and-girls-of-ukraine-as-reports-mount-of-rape-as-a-weapon-of-war/) - V-Day and One Billion Rising stand in solidarity with the millions of Ukrainian women and girls who are being made more vulnerable to sexual violence in the face of Russia’s invasion and as reports grow of rape being used as weapon of war. The Ukrainian government is calling on the international community to investigate instances of rape
- [ONE BILLION RISING statement: Ethiopia End war and sexual violence against women and girls in Tigray!](https://www.vday.org/2022/03/28/tigraystatement/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) We call on the world to pay attention to the suffering of women and girls in Tigray, Ethiopia. Women and girls in Tigray are targeted for rape and sexual violence by fighting forces. Troops Militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict. This is according to a report released by Amnesty
- [RISE on International Women’s Day; Join V in NYC at the Abortion On Demand & Without Apology Protest](https://www.vday.org/2022/03/07/rise-on-international-womens-day-join-v-in-nyc-at-the-abortion-on-demand-without-apology-protest/) - RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth International Women’s Day Through Earth Day One Billion Rising events are taking place and will continue through 22 April, Earth Day with the 2022 theme: RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth. Creative resistance events take various forms from flash
- [One Billion Rising Appeal for Peace](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/25/21349/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) As One Billion Rising, a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the planet, we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and as we call urgently upon governments of the world for
- [We Celebrate Black History Month](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/26/we-celebrate-black-history-month/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) This Black History Month we celebrate the courageous, creative and visionary Black activists who make up our movement to end violence against all women and girls and the planet. Each and every day, they push boundaries, build community and create the most astounding art. Featured are Aimee Allison, Dara Baldwin, Massaran Bibi,
- [The World is Rising!](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/13/the-world-is-rising/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) The world is RISING! As we write, activists are connecting in a deep, purposeful, political, transformative, empowering, and hopeful way through 2022’s powerful, bold and fearless artistic risings. They are leading communities and of the communities, as together we RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls, and the Earth. These images
- [Afghanistan Update: Reports from Women on the Ground; Support a Mobile Health Team](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/18/afghanistan-update-02-18/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) As we RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth and activate worldwide, we continue to find ways to RISE for and with the women of Afghanistan, to share the reality of life on the ground, and ways we can directly help. VIDEOS FROM WOMEN ON THE GROUND IN
- [ONE BILLION RISING ANNOUNCES 2022 CAMPAIGN THEME: RISE FOR THE BODIES OF ALL WOMEN, GIRLS & THE EARTH](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/12/one-billion-rising-announces-2022-campaign-theme-rise-for-the-bodies-of-all-women-girls-the-earth/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media (at) vday.org Events to Take Place Globally from February to April, Highlighting the Parallel Between the Exploitation of Women’s Bodies and the Destruction of the Earth Living in a Woman’s Body, Special Issue of The Guardian curated by V (formerly Eve Ensler), to Feature Poems, Essays, Monologues from Diverse Global
- [Rejoice & RISE Online 14 February, Join us for a Body Love Uprising Hosted by V (fka Eve Ensler) & Middle Church’s Jacqui Lewis](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/07/rejoicerise22/) -  Join us on Monday, 14 February as we usher in the 2022 One Billion Rising season. One Billion Rising activists are back at it again in the ninth year of the campaign with over 70 countries rising, hundreds of creative resistance events are taking place on the ground and online to end gender based
- [One Billion Rising 2022 Events Listing](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/11/one-billion-rising-2022-events-listing/) - One Billion Rising activists are back at it again in the ninth year of the campaign with over 70 countries rising, hundreds of creative resistance events are taking place on the ground and online to end gender based violence and climate destruction. It’s time to RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the
- [Global Events Taking Place in Over 70 Countries & Growing](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/11/global-events-taking-place-in-over-70-countries-growing/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) One Billion Rising activists are back at it again in the ninth year of the campaign with over 70 countries rising, hundreds of creative resistance events are taking place on the ground and online to end gender based violence and climate destruction. It’s time to RISE for the Bodies of All Women,
- [PAMELA SMART SEEKS COMMUTATION OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCE](https://www.vday.org/2022/02/02/pamela-smart-outreach/) - Pamela Smart, who was part of V-Day and One Billion Rising Founder V’s writing group at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, is seeking commutation of her life without parole sentence. Pamela Smart is seeking a commutation of her sentence of life without parole. Pamela Smart was imprisoned at the age of 22 and has now served
- [RISE FOR OLGA - by Sila Voli, One Billion Rising Coordinator, Belarus](https://www.vday.org/2022/01/31/rise-for-olga/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) One Billion Rising is a global campaign, dedicated to ending violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) and girls, which takes place annually on and about 14 February. More than 200 countries have
- [V-Day and A Call to Men Launch Dismantle Patriarchy Contest, Calling On Students To Envision a Future Without Gender Violence](https://www.vday.org/2022/01/26/dismantle-patriarchy-contest-2022/) - Competition Awards $1,000 Prizes to High School and College Student Winners Who Challenge Patriarchy Through Art, Music, Other Creative Forms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: media (at) vday.org January 26, 2022 — ​​The gender-based violence prevention groups V-Day and A Call to Men today launched a competition calling on high school students in the United States
- [One Billion Rising Activists Set the Stage During 16 Days of Activism](https://www.vday.org/2021/12/14/one-billion-rising-activists-set-the-stage-during-16-days-of-activism/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) One Billion Rising activists are heeding the call of the #1BillionRising 2022 Campaign – a call to RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth – harnessing the global energy of 16 Days of Activism to connect both in a deeper, more purposeful, political, transformative and yet also empowering,
- [JOY! City of Joy Graduates 20th Class](https://www.vday.org/2021/12/22/coj20thclass/) - Just yesterday, City of Joy celebrated its 20th graduation! It was joyous. Filled with laughter. Brimming with hope. 1734 survivors graduated to date. They are change makers, turning pain to power. Congratulations to V-Day Congo Director and Co-founder/Director of City of Joy Christine Schuler Deschryver and the team at City of Joy and to all of the graduates!
- [Give the Gift of V-Day this Holiday Season - Send an E-Card](https://www.vday.org/2021/12/18/give-the-gift-of-v-day-this-holiday-season-send-an-e-card/) - A V-Card supports the global activist movement to end violence against all women, girls & the planet and is the perfect gift for the Holidays! This year, you can make a donation to V-Day on behalf of your friends and loved ones. V-Day will send a specially designed 2021 holiday V-Card letting them know of
- [RISE In the Streets 25 September, Global Solidarity Action For and With Women of Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/15/rise-in-the-streets-25-september-global-solidarity-action-for-and-with-women-of-afghanistan/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) We rose online on 1 September, now we will RISE in the streets 25 September. Already activists around the globe have planned events in the streets in Mexico, Croatia, Congo, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, UK, Philippines, Jamaica, Portugal, Taiwan, Austria, and the United States with events in Los Angeles and New
- [NYC & LA Events Announced: RISE For and With Women of Afghanistan THIS Saturday](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/21/nyc-la-events-announced-rise-for-and-with-women-of-afghanistan-this-saturday/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) On Saturday, September 25, we will take to the streets in a global day of action during which activists, women’s organizations, human rights groups, and high profile individuals will mount in person events in cities, towns and areas across the globe. PLAN or FIND an event in your city/town/school» Worldwide events are
- [TOGETHER, WE RISE FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/24/together-we-rise-for-and-with-the-women-of-afghanistan/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) Together, we take to the streets in a global day of action during which activists, women’s organizations, human rights groups, and high profile individuals will mount in person events in cities, towns and areas across the globe. RISE FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN is a call to action developed in
- [New Short Film - RISING FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN Global Day of Action 25 September](https://www.vday.org/2021/10/19/rising-for-and-with-the-women-of-afghanistan-global-day-of-action-25-september-2021/) - When the US pulled out of Afghanistan, a coalition of groups and activists spent much time talking with our sisters on the ground in Afghanistan. In the spirit of our work and always taking the lead from women on the ground, we asked them what they most needed and they told us:
- [ONE BILLION RISING 2022: RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth](https://www.vday.org/2021/11/02/2022/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) Dearest Activists, These are times of huge political upheavals - fascism, imperialism, capitalism, climate crisis. And there is an escalation of violence against women being seen throughout the world. Today, we announce the ONE BILLION RISING 2022 campaign: RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth, created by the
- [Your Solidarity & Support Make this Movement Possible. 
Please Consider Giving to V-Day this Season.](https://www.vday.org/2021/11/24/your-solidarity-support-make-this-movement-possible-
please-consider-giving-to-v-day-this-season/) - This giving season support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the planet. Your Solidarity & Support Make This Movement Possible. Please consider giving to V-Day this season. The global pandemic has changed our world
- [#GivingTuesday: Support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women, girls and the planet](https://www.vday.org/2021/11/30/givingtuesday2021/) - From City of Joy to Voices, the Safe House in Kenya to The Apology, the Beyond Incarceration Project to One Billion Rising, the work is as vibrant and deep as ever. V-Day and One Billion Rising grassroots activists are pushing boundaries and engaging in dialogue to thrust forward the most innovative and creative solutions to
- [Why I as a Black Woman Should Care About Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2021/10/22/why-i-as-a-black-woman-should-care-about-afghanistan/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) By Evangeline Lawson Evangeline Lawson is a southern California-based writer and content creator. You can learn more about her and her work at www.evangelinelawson.net 25 September was a typical cloudless, azure-skied day, but oddly quiet on a Saturday afternoon on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. The bar-hopping crowd had yet to awaken
- [New York City Rises For and With the Women of Afghanistan, Attracting Changemakers From Diverse Backgrounds (by Jerin Arifa)](https://www.vday.org/2021/10/22/new-york-city-rises-for-and-with-the-women-of-afghanistan-attracting-changemakers-from-diverse-backgrounds-by-jerin-arifa/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) New York City Rises For and With the Women of Afghanistan, Attracting Changemakers From Diverse Backgrounds By Jerin Arifa, Activist/Writer and founder of Young Feminists and Allies (YFA), Inaugural Vitual Chapter for National Organization of Women (NOW) On a warm autumn day in New York City, activists gathered outside the United Nations
- [RISE FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN: Global Day of Solidarity Action For and With Women of Afghanistan Takes Place Worldwide on September 25](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/17/rise-for-and-with-the-women-of-afghanistan-global-day-of-solidarity-action-for-and-with-women-of-afghanistan-takes-place-worldwide-on-september-25/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@vday.org Events Planned in Mexico, Croatia, Eswatini, Congo, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Italy, UK, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Thailand, Nigeria, Portugal, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Zambia, Austria, and the United States September 17, 2021 - Following an online day of solidarity on September 1 in which activists, individuals, and
- [One Billion Rising (OBR) Nigeria Statement](https://www.vday.org/2021/10/18/21291/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) Nigeria suffers a variety of complex political problems including inequality, pastoralist herder violence, deepening regional divide, corruption, armed banditry, oil disputes, national disunity, communal pastoral conflicts, retributive colonial legacy, and the Boko Haram insurgency. These have emanated from a faulty federal system of governance which has not strategically stabilised from the independence
- [Global Solidarity for and with Women of Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/30/global-solidarity-for-and-with-women-of-afghanistan/) - Dearest Activist, Friends, Supporters, Saturday was an unforgettable day. One which demonstrated the true power of our solidarity as activists across the globe held actions in every region of the planet in cities as far reaching as Kathmandu, Manila, New York, Mexico City, Dhaka, Bukavu, and Rome. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts
- [We cannot underestimate the power of our solidarity at this moment - #RiseForAndWithWomenOfAfghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/02/we-cannot-underestimate-the-power-of-our-solidarity-at-this-moment-riseforandwithwomenofafghanistan/) - One Billion Rising Taiwan, Italy, Mexico We cannot underestimate the power of our solidarity at this moment. Yesterday, activists, individuals and groups rose in global solidarity across social media channels for and with the women of Afghanistan. Using the hashtags #RiseForAndWithWomenofAfghanistan and #StandWithWomenofAfghanistan, the message was carried across 85 countries. Credit: @merno0sh; @loguiraud_foto RISE FOR AND
- [Rise For and With the Women of Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/2021/09/01/rise-for-and-with-the-women-of-afghanistan/) - Women of the world and our allies stand with the women – and all vulnerable groups – of Afghanistan against imperialism, militarism, fundamentalism, and fascism. None of us are free until the women of Afghanistan are free. We believe the women of Afghanistan have the right to education, to travel, to freedom of movement, to jobs, to security, just having freedom to be able to breathe and be. We cannot underestimate the power of our solidarity at this moment.
- [STATEMENT FROM ONE BILLION RISING ON AFGHANISTAN](https://www.vday.org/2021/08/16/statement-from-one-billion-rising-on-afghanistan/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) As a global women’s movement of grassroots activists, we have stood with the women of Afghanistan for 20 years against this ill thought-out war that was never in support of the Afghan women, and this exit proves that. One Billion Rising condemns the anti-democratic Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. We condemn the United
- [Joy! 19th Class of City of Joy Graduates, Turning Pain to Power](https://www.vday.org/2021/07/13/joy-19th-class-of-city-of-joy-graduates-turning-pain-to-power/) - City of Joy is a revolutionary leadership center for women survivors of gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, co-founded by Christine Schuler Deschryver (City of Joy Director and Director of V-Day Congo), Dr. Denis Mukwege (Nobel Laureate and Founder of the Panzi Hospital), and V (formerly Eve Ensler, Founder of V-Day and One
- [Rising in Solidarity with the People of Eswatini](https://www.vday.org/2021/07/02/rising-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-eswatini/) - (Reposted from onebillionrising.org) One Billion Rising stands in solidarity with the people of Eswatini in their call for Eswatini Leaders/ Government to engage in dialogue and not to deprive people their rights to freedom of expression. Shared from Eswatini activists: “There have been ongoing unrest and protests happening in Eswatini following the government barring the
- [RISING PRIDE - We Rise for Liberation from Homophobia, Transphobia, Patriarchy & Capitalism](https://www.vday.org/2021/06/21/rising-pride-we-rise-for-liberation-from-homophobia-transphobia-patriarchy-capitalism/) - The first PRIDE was not a parade, but a protest. The fight for justice continues in 2021, as police brutality disproportionately affects Black communities and systemic injustices continue to put Black transgender women and other Black LGBTQ+ people at risk of facing police violence. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2021 has become the worst
- [Rise In Solidarity With Nigeria - One Billion Rising Statement](https://www.vday.org/2021/06/09/rise-in-solidarity-with-nigeria-one-billion-rising-statement/) - The Nigerian Government has the power to completely suppress freedom of speech by arresting and jailing journalists, activist and protesters, as well as by also controlling the internet. As a global community, we call on the Nigerian Government led by President Mohammed Buhari to end his dictatorship and lift the ban on Twitter in Nigeria.
- [V's Birthday Wish – Support the NEW Artist Solidarity Fund](https://www.vday.org/2021/05/24/vs-birthday-wish-support-the-new-artist-solidarity-fund/) - 25 May is our Founder V's (formerly Eve Ensler) birthday. This birthday please support the NEW Artist Solidarity Fund for individual artists who are courageously rising with their plays, poems, paintings, novels, music in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, fascism, oppression and occupation and violence in places like Palestine and Myanmar where they are
- [THIS MOTHER'S DAY, SUPPORT THE RISING IN THE TIME OF CORONA EMERGENCY FUND](https://www.vday.org/2021/05/08/this-mothers-day-support-the-rising-in-the-time-of-corona-emergency-fund/) - The rapid spread of coronavirus across the globe has revealed what has always been a glaring truth for so many of the essential workers who are the backbone of our society: inequity. From the people who pick our food to the people who deliver our packages, it is the working class and poor who are
- [One Billion Rising Global Coordinators Amplify the 2021 “Rising Gardens” Theme, Making the Connection between Exploitation of Women and the Exploitation of the Earth](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/22/one-billion-rising-global-coordinators-amplify-the-2021-rising-gardens-theme-making-the-connection-between-exploitation-of-women-and-the-exploitation-of-the-earth/) - Around the world, activists have heard the call to action of One Billion RISING GARDENS, a global grassroots call for revival, restoration and transformation, making the connection between violence against women and destruction of the earth. Survivors, artists, and activists are planting gardens and creating unique works of art while hosting events online and on the ground worldwide. RISING GARDENS participants are highlighting the convergence of women’s inequality and food insecurity, land ownership, healthcare access, and the impacts of the fossil fuel industry on frontline and marginalized communities.
- [RISING FOR WOMEN & THE EARTH THIS EARTH DAY](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/21/rising-for-women-the-earth-this-earth-day/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@vday.org One Billion Rising Global Coordinators Amplify the 2021 “Rising Gardens” Theme, Making the Connection between Exploitation of Women and the Exploitation of the Earth Release New Short Film Featuring Activists From Austria, Bangladesh, Eswatini, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Nigeria, United States, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, Philippines, and Zambia
- [RISING FOR WOMEN & THE EARTH ON EARTH DAY](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/21/rising-for-women-the-earth-on-earth-day/) - One Billion Rising activists are calling for RISING GARDENS, a global grassroots action for revival, restoration and transformation, making the connection between violence against women and destruction of the earth. “Rising Gardens” is a defiant creative call for revival, restoration, and transformation. Activists are creating artistic events around the globe this Thursday, Earth Day, April 22 and have released a new short film in honor of Earth Day featuring activists from Austria, Bangladesh, Eswatini, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Nigeria, United States, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, Philippines, and Zambia.
- [Covid-19 Hits Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Hard](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/23/covid-19-hits-bedford-hills-correctional-facility-hard/) - We were so hopeful and excited about the vaccines being administered out here in the free world. This meant that we were somewhat protected from this deadly virus that had taken the lives of too many precious souls. The women at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility were just as excited because they were finally allowed to sign up to get vaccinations. The visiting room was estimated to be opening up at the end of April, so women would see their children and family again, after a year of no visiting. Some of the older women and those that have pre-existing medical problems got their second dose of the Moderna vaccine on April 12th, 2021. The administration had acquired the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine and said it would no longer be issuing the Moderna and that the population would get J&J next week. Everyone was excited, anticipating planning visits and the fear began to subside with protection from the vaccines on the horizon. The good news turned to bad, and hope scurried out the door. There were news reports about the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine - several women that received the one-shot vaccine had acquired blood clots and one had died.
- [IN MEMORIAM; Dr. Nenam Ghatouri](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/21/in-memoriam-dr-nenam-ghatouri/) - Nemam was a heart surgeon and a founder of Joint Help for Kurdistan and she was my friend, my guide in Kurdistan. Really I would follow her anywhere (and did). Nemam was filled with Joy. She met everyone with Joy. She rescued with Joy. She performed surgery with Joy. She held wailing girls with Joy.
- [Celebrating the Team and Graduates of the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative / V-Day Safe House for the Girls in Kenya As It Marks Its 19 Year](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/15/celebrating-the-team-and-graduates-of-the-tasaru-ntomonok-initiative-v-day-safe-house-for-the-girls-in-kenya-as-it-marks-its-19-year/) - Photo Credit: Paula Allen In April 2002, 19 years ago, the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative / V-Day Safe House for the Girls Opened in Narok, Kenya. Tasaru Ntomonok is a grassroots initiative that created and runs the V-Day Safe House for the Girls in the southern Rift Valley in Narok County, providing shelter and educating girls
- [City of Knowledge RISING: A Frontline Report from the Kabul-based Center for Women’s Education and Empowerment](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/15/city-of-knowledge-rising-a-frontline-report-from-the-kabul-based-center-for-womens-education-and-empowerment-2/) - City of Knowledge (CKO) — formerly Promoting Women’s Capability by Education Center — is an education center for girls and women in Kabul, Afghanistan where women turn their pain to power. Rising in the face of four decades of war that has left a huge population of Afghan women illiterate and several generations of women
- [LIVE ON THURSDAY, 15 APRIL, 3PM-5PM PARIS, 9AM-11AM ET RENCONTRES: ONE BILLION RISING FROM FRANCE Featuring Women on the Frontlines of the Pandemic](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/14/les-rencontres/) - V-Day, One Billion Rising and the CNAM “Humanities and Health” chair in partnership with Make.org, Aurore Association and Plateau Urbain present "Rencontres One Billion Rising - Les femmes sur le front du Covid : en première ligne face aux violences et à l’avant-garde des transformations" (One Billion Rising Meetings - Women on the frontlines of
- [RISE FOR WOMEN & THE EARTH ON EARTH DAY](https://www.vday.org/2021/04/08/rise-for-women-the-earth-on-earth-day/) - One Billion Rising activists are calling for RISING GARDENS, a global grassroots action for revival, restoration and transformation, making the connection between violence against women and destruction of the earth. Rising Gardens is a defiant creative call for revival, restoration, and transformation. Activists are RISING around the globe on Earth Day, April 22. Visit onebillionrising.org
- [City of Knowledge RISING: a Frontline Report from the Kabul-based Center for Women’s Education and Empowerment](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/29/city-of-knowledge-rising-a-frontline-report-from-the-kabul-based-center-for-womens-education-and-empowerment/) - City of Knowledge (CKO) — formerly Promoting Women’s Capability by Education Center — is an education center for girls and women in Kabul, Afghanistan where women turn their pain to power. Rising in the face of four decades of war that has left a huge population of Afghan women illiterate and several generations of women
- [Campesinas Cultivating Solutions (community gardens)](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/24/campesinas-cultivating-solutions-community-gardens/) - Alianza Nacional de Campesinas is proud to be a part of the One Billion Rising against gender based violence and exploitation. We recognize this year's theme of Rising Gardens as an acknowledgment of the work that we do on a daily basis, the work of cultivating and nourishing the land so that in turn, the
- [ALERT: Black and Indigenous delegation from the US arrested and illegally deported from Chile](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/21/alert-black-and-indigenous-delegation-from-the-us-arrested-and-illegally-deported-from-chile/) - Rodrigo Melgarejo, Grace Frutos, Bianca Cunningham, Brandon King, and Maya Lazzaro – five United States citizens on a cultural exchange to Chile, were arrested and illegally deported from the country. The US delegation was part of a cultural exchange between women and men movement leaders across North America and Chile. The goal of the exchange
- [We Stand Against Anti-Asian Violence and White Supremacy, We Stand With our Sisters and Brothers in the Asian and Pacific Islander Community](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/20/we-stand-against-anti-asian-violence-and-white-supremacy-we-stand-with-our-sisters-and-brothers-in-the-asian-and-pacific-islander-community/) - We stand against anti-Asian violence and with our sisters and brothers in the Asian and Pacific Islander community. We stand with Asian women who are disproportionately impacted by hate, discrimination and xenophobia that has increased during the pandemic. We cherish the wisdom of our elders, and in particular elders from the Asian community who are
- [Vlisco Launches NEW City of Joy 2021 Collection; Designed by Anbasja Blanken](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/20/vlisco-launches-new-city-of-joy-2021-collection-designed-by-anbasja-blanken/) - Vlisco has launched a new collection of fabrics honoring the “World’s Strongest Women”, the women of the City of Joy, women who began their journey from trauma to arrive at healing, turning their pain to power. The City of Joy 2021 collection was designed by Anbasja Blanken, a women’s wear designer whose strength lies in
- [TUNE IN & RISE: LIVE Updates from International Women’s March in Santiago, Chile - 8 March 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/05/tune-in-rise-live-updates-from-international-womens-march-in-santiago-chile-8-march-2021/) - TUNE IN & RISE LIVE Updates from International Women’s March in Santiago, Chile 8 March 2021 Follow us at facebook.com/vday and witness events live on the ground, as activists go live during the day on V-Day/One Billion Rising’s Facebook page. #InternationalWomensDay INTERNATIONAL WOMENS MARCH LIVE FROM CHILE - As Chile prepares to elect the authors of the
- [RISE: One Billion Rising Gardens Continues Through International Women's Day & Earth Day](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/04/rise-one-billion-rising-gardens-continues-through-international-womens-day-earth-day/) - One Billion Rising activists are calling for RISING GARDENS, a global grassroots action for revival, restoration and transformation, making the connection between violence against women and destruction of the earth. During the pandemic, activists are expanding their reach online as they simultaneously deepen their reach on the ground, doing community work to meet the needs
- [OBR Philippines - Women Farmworkers Rising!](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/04/obr-philippines-women-farmworkers-rising/) - OBR DANCE AT PEASANT WOMEN COMMUNAL FARMS IN RIZAL, PAMPANGA AND CAVITE TO DEMAND "AYUDA AT SUBSIDYO, IBIGAY NA!" (Give Aid and Subsidy Now) Photos below: Rising at Lupang Ramos, Cavite Philippines Marking this year’s women’s month, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women (part of the OBR Philippines task force group since 2013) is holding
- [New Posters for RISINGS on or around 8 March, International Women's Day](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/03/new-posters-for-risings-on-or-around-8-march-international-womens-day/) - OBR Eswatini: 5 March OBR Ghana 6 March OBR Philippines - Gabriela 6 March OBR Hong Kong 7 March OBR Antipolo City, Philippines 7 March OBR Philippines - Gabriela 7 March OBR Philippines - Gabriela "Rise For Free, Safe and Nationwide Vaccines" 8 March OBR Mexico with speakers from Mexico/ Chile/ Argentina/ Colombia/ Spain 8
- [Videos from Around the World, Rising & Dancing!](https://www.vday.org/2021/03/03/videos-from-around-the-world-rising-dancing/) - Oradea, Romania: Innsbruck, Austria: Oldenburg, Germany: Guimaras, Philippines: Sicily, Italy:
- [ONE BILLION RISING IN SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS OF INDIA](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/26/one-billion-rising-in-solidarity-with-farmers-of-india/) - The One Billion Rising global movement stands with the Indian farmers in calling for the repeal of anti-people farm laws which will advance the interest of corporate capitalists, against the vast majority of the agricultural sector. These are the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement
- [ONE BILLION RISING 2021: RISING GARDENS PRESS RELEASE](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/one-billion-rising-2021-rising-gardens/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media(at)vday.org ONE BILLION RISING 2021: RISING GARDENS PRESS RELEASE One Billion Rising Events Take Place Globally, Amplifying the 2021 Rising Gardens Theme and the Connection between Violence Against Women and the Destruction of the Earth Rising Gardens Activist Events Call for a Shift from Consumption and Greed at the expense of
- [A One Billion Rising Gardens Message from V](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/13/a-one-billion-rising-gardens-message-from-v/) - View the Message on V's Instagram Happy V-Day and One Billion Rising Gardens to my beloved sisters, brothers, and non-binary friends across this hurting and precious planet. I miss you. I cherish you. I admire you. I rise with you. There were so many things I had planned to talk with you about this February
- [OBR MEXICO: LEVANTANDO JARDINES! CULTIVANDO LA NO VIOLENCIA!](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/obr-mexico-levantando-jardines-cultivando-la-no-violencia/) - Shared by Andrés Naime (OBR Mexico coordinator) OBR Mexico 2021 (Un billón de pie - México) will rise amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic of COVID-19 but also the uncertainty of the solving of the rising numbers of violence against women that happened in the 2nd half of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. We
- [Cambodia Rising Gardens 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/cambodia-rising-gardens-2021/) - Rising with these actions: -OBR Gender camp for the youth with the theme “Dare To Speak” - Painting competition - Photo competition
- [Italy Rising 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/italy-rising-2021/) - One Billion Rising, February 14, 2021 #obr2021 #coltiviamolanonviolenza
- [Myanmar Rising 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/myanmar-rising-2021/) - In the midst of darkness, 'We are rising' #1BillionRising #RiseGardenResist #RiseInSolidarity #RaiseTheVibration #RiseResistUnite
- [Bangladesh Rising 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/bangladesh-rising-2021/) - One Billion Rising Bangladesh 2021 will be arranging its second session on 6 pm, 14th February. Matching with OBR’s theme for this year “Rising Gardens”, we will be holding our second session with two of the most talented artists of Bangladesh - Shamim Azad and Chandana Mojumdar. The session will start with song performances of
- [Eswatini Rising Online Magazine](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/eswatini-rising-online-magazine/) - #1BillionRising Eswatini online Magazine. #raisingthevibration #risinggardens #RISING2021
- [Germany Rising](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/12/germany-rising/) - From Germany Nuremberg: A huge number of artwork has been created from various videos, images and statements, among other things, from digital zoom workshops, which will be published on Sunday on our Instagram and Facebook channel and on YouTube. Also, there will be the release of a video performance of a hip hop dance group
- [One Billion Rising 2021: Rising Gardens is Here](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/10/one-billion-rising-2021-rising-gardens-is-here/) - Art by Alixa Garcia One Billion Rising Events Take Place Globally, Amplifying the 2021 Rising Gardens Theme and the Connection between Violence Against Women and the Destruction of the Earth Rising Gardens Activist Events Call for a Shift from Consumption and Greed at the expense of the many, to Cultivation, Creation and Care This year,
- [ONE BILLION RISING 2021: LIVE FEBRUARY ONLINE EVENTS](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/one-billion-rising-2021-live-february-online-events/) - FEBRUARY 2021: February 9 OBR Africa Online Live discussion on “The Effects of Covid -19 on Women’s Rights Activists in Africa As Front Liners” 4pm (Eswatini time) With: Colani Hlatjwako (OBR Africa Regional Coordinator)/ Jestina Mukoko (Zimbabwe Peace Project, National Director)/ Lindiwe Makhubo (Beaten But Not Broken, Founding Director) FB Live: One Billion Rising Eswatini
- [OBR Croatia - STRONGER THAN THE SHAKE](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/obr-croatia-stronger-than-the-shake/) - (shared by Rada Boric - OBR Croatia coordinator/ OBR Europe regional coordinator) STRONGER THAN THE SHAKE SOLIDARITY WITH BANIJA WOMEN - Clay February 14., 12.00-14.00 pm On Zrinjevac (near the pavilion) February 13., 11.00-13.00 we will collect gift packages for women. This year we decided to devote One Billion Rising Solidarity to women from Banija
- [Craftivists co-create a Garden of Yarns as a gift to their community during lockdown in South Africa](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/craftivists-co-create-a-garden-of-yarns-as-a-gift-to-their-community-during-lockdown-in-south-africa/) - Garden of Yarns | One Billion Rising 2021 Johannesburg | The Wilds #gardenofyarns #risinggardens #risegardenresist #1billionrising #craftivism #yarnbomb #thewilds The Garden of Yarns is a craftivism installation in the form of a yarn bomb using handmade fibre graffiti. It stitches personal and collective stories from threads of crochet, knit and embroidery. A flower bed of
- [More From OBR India Rising Gardens](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/more-from-obr-india-rising-gardens/) - Here are few highlights from the ongoing village level awareness among women mushroom growers regarding Farmer Production Organization (FPO) formation and process in Baksa, Assam as a part of FST's project Boosting Livelihood Collectives of Women Mushroom Growers at Baksa. Training partner : @sestaorgindia⠀ @ritupiku ⠀ @rimakshichoudhury #RisingWorld ⠀ #RiseGardenResist ⠀ #women ⠀ #mushroomgrowers⠀ Reposted
- [Cycling and Rising tour continues with OBR South Asia activists](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/cycling-and-rising-tour-continues-with-obr-south-asia-activists/) - Shared by Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional coordinator) February 6, 2021 Shruti Rawat and Sabita M Mountaineer cycling and Rising. Today is already the 4th Day of their 5600 Km Trans Himalayan tour in support of safety , dignity and rights of women and girls and for the protection of Mother Earth. One Billion
- [RISING COMMUNITY GARDEN, PHILIPPINES](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/08/rising-community-garden-philippines/) - On Sunday, February 7th, as a lead up event to their main OBR Philippines event on February 14 (where strict observation of covid safety protocols of mask wearing and social distancing will be implemented) - community women in Marikina City - led by Gabriela - held a One Billion Rising 2021 RISING GARDENS action. The
- [Celebrating City of Joy, Ten Years and Counting](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/05/celebrating-city-of-joy-ten-years-and-counting/) - CELEBRATING CITY OF JOY ON THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ITS OPENING CEREMONY Ten years ago, hundreds of people - local Congolese, dignitaries, activists and supporters from across the globe - gathered in Bukavu to celebrate the opening of the City Of Joy, a revolutionary leadership center for women survivors of gender violence in the
- [CORNWALL, United Kingdom RISING WITH DANCE!](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/04/cornwall-united-kingdom-rising-with-dance/) - ONE BILLION RISING is coming to Cornwall, United Kingdom (online) as part pf a global mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence). Join from your gardens or sitting rooms and celebrate solidarity through action, art, connection, imagination and love. In 2020,
- [OBR Philippines: Rising gardens! Growing resistance!](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/04/obr-philippines-rising-gardens-growing-resistance/) - Shared by Joan Salvador (Gabriela - OBR Southeast Asia coordinators/ OBR Philippines coordinators) OBR Philippines 2021 will be organized amid the worsening health, economic, and political crisis. The risings in communities, offices, at home, workplaces will highlight the issues that women and their communities have faced and continue to face during the pandemic AND how they as
- [AFRICA RISING - Virtual panel on effects of Covid-19 on women's rights activists as front liners](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/04/africa-rising-virtual-panel-on-effects-of-covid-19-on-womens-rights-activists-as-front-liners/) - Please Join One Billion Rising Africa virtual discussion on the effects of Covid-19 on women's rights activists as front liners. We will be joined by well know Human rights defender in Africa , also a victim of human rights violation Jestina Mukoko from Zimbabwe; and Lindiwe Makhubu a philanthropist, Feminist and agent of positive change
- [OBR AUSTRIA MAIN RISING EVENT ON FEBRUARY 14](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/04/obr-austria-main-rising-event-on-february-14/) - Shared by Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki (OBR Austria coordinator) On February 14 One Billion Rising Austria will be Rising in 2021! This time we are going online - via Zoom and YouTube. There are live statements, video contributions from OBR initiatives across Austria, joint ′′ Break the Chain ′′ dancing, speakers, artistic posts, video clips, and
- [OBR CAMBODIA 2021 Youth Camp](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/04/obr-cambodia-2021-youth-camp/) - Shared by Chandy Eng (OBR Cambodia coordinator) OBR Cambodia at a One Billion Rising youth camp last month: Text in photo says: "Together for women empowerment: One Billion Rising!" OBR Cambodia is Rising in 2021 with so many creative and youth rising actions! Photo Challenge Each participant will participate in a photo challenge till Feb
- [More OBR Rising Gardens event posters to share](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/more-obr-rising-gardens-event-posters-to-share/) - OBR Portugal at Tamera community: Rising with the theme: “Rising Gardens, Growing Roots” OBR Portugal - Tamera community - will be part of the regional Seed Festival of Portugal, with OBR Rising Gardens OBR Serbia: OBR tree planting campaign, and a bicycle campaign for the purpose of transportation in the city, in order to reduce
- [OBR Indonesia - Asian Migrants Rising](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-indonesia-asian-migrants-rising/) - One Billion Rising Indonesia 2021 Indonesian Women Rise Against Covid-19, Violence and Injustice Background The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world’s people in deepest trouble from the world capitalist crisis that is currently happening. The health crisis and the economic crisis experienced have opened our eyes to see that the capitalist system run by developed
- [OBR Cameroon Rising events February 12 and 13](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-cameroon-rising-events-february-12-and-13/) - By: Aminatou Saher (OBR Cameroon coordinator) JOIN US IN NGAOUNDERE, ADAMAWA REGION OF CAMEROON ON 12 & 13 FEBRUARY 2021. Ngaoundere's activities will consist of; 👉 Workshop on planting mint in flower pots. 👉 Manufacturing of shea butter soap. 👉 Marketing Strategy. 👉 Training in Packaging. 👉 Conference & Workshop on Conflict Management in the
- [OBR Norwich, Rising Gardens and Dance!](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-norwich-rising-gardens-and-dance/) - The theme for #OneBillionRising 2021 is Rising Gardens and as we approach #NorwichRising on 14th February, we invite you to turn your windows into gardens to raise awareness of our campaign to break the chain of violence against women. International artist Eloise O'Hare has created a masterpiece to inspire us. People are already stopping in
- [OBR India Shares Beautiful Rising Gardens Newsletter](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-india-shares-beautiful-rising-gardens-newsletter/) - In OBR India's December 2020 newsletter, it shares with us its past risings and events to come.
- [Japan Is Rising With "Break The Chain" Dance!](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/japan-is-rising-with-break-the-chain-dance/) - by Chikako Hama (OBR Japan coordinator) One Billion Rising Japan kicks off with the following dance actions: ① February 6th (Sat) 15: 45-16: 45 : Break the Chain Dance Lesson . It will be live-streamed online. ② February 14th (Sun) 15: 00-15: 30 : Dance Break the Chain at Naka-Ikebukuro Park in Toshima Ward. We
- [OBR Guatemala Rising Gardens event on February 7](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-guatemala-rising-gardens-event-on-february-7/) - Marsha Lopez Calderon (OBR Guatemala coordinator) and Marva Weatherborn (OBR Honduras coordinator) host an online discussion/ educational event on the theme “How To Raise Your Gardens” on February 7th, ahead of OBR Guatemala’s main Rising Gardens event on February 14.
- [OBR Singapore Rising Gardens on February 14](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/03/obr-singapore-rising-gardens-on-february-14/) - by: Sangeeta Nambiar (OBR Singapore coordinator) On 14th February, get ready to also plant the seeds of love for nature...in your very own homes! As part of an initiative by OBR Singapore, meet up with Lalitha Nair, Dr Priya Kamath and other nature enthusiasts who will tell us how best to grow healthy greens -
- [New Ad Campaign Voiced by Poet Organizer Aja Monet Asks "Black Women, Do You Have a Story to Tell?"](https://www.vday.org/2021/02/02/new-ad-campaign-voiced-by-poet-organizer-aja-monet-asks-black-women-do-you-have-a-story-to-tell/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 02, 2021 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com New Ad Campaign Voiced by Poet Organizer Aja Monet Asks “Black Women, Do You Have a Story to Tell?”: Campaign Invites Submissions From Black Women Artists & Writers to VOICES, V-Day’s New Artistic Performance Piece, Led by Monet, to Replace The Vagina Monologues
- [Amazing Rising Gardens initiatives with Youth Risings all across Kolkata, India](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/29/amazing-rising-gardens-initiatives-with-youth-risings-all-across-kolkata-india/) - The below OBR Newsletter for Jagori details their big Rising Gardens online event for 8 March.
- [OBR Delhi Rooftop Rising Gardens](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/27/obr-delhi-rooftop-rising-gardens/) - Shared by: Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator) #RisingGardens #OneBillionRising Nature's Bounty!!..🍃🍂🌲 GARDENS ARE RISING 🍃🌷🌲 We started this Roof top vegetable garden in our flat in Delhi 35 days ago. This is already the third harvest of the finest , healthy salads and one vegetable. We are sharing the bounty with neighbours and
- [OBR GUATEMALA BEGINS RISING GARDENS 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/27/obr-guatemala-begins-rising-gardens-2021/) - (Shared by Marsha Lopez Calderon - OBR Guatemala coordinator) Learning more about urban gardens for our Un Billón de Pie #2021 activities. Thanks to Fundación Calmecac, with whom we work for Women to have a Breath through our Mother Earth, who gives us Food: gives us Life. #GivingLifeTraveTheWhere. Thank you to, my dear, Adela de
- [ONE BILLION RISING UNITED KINGDOM: RISING GARDENS 2021 ON FEBRUARY 14TH - HOSTED BY THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS UK](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/27/one-billion-rising-united-kingdom-rising-gardens-2021-on-february-14th-hosted-by-the-voice-of-domestic-workers-uk/) - One Billion Rising is a global campaign against violence of women and girls. Rise to defeat the pandemic, protect Humanity and Mother Earth. The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW), UK invite you to One Billion Rising: Rising Gardens - an online event on 14th February (Sunday) from 2.30 - 4.00 PM (UK Time). Join V
- [OBR Gabon Rising Plan](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/27/obr-gabon-rising-plan/)
- [OBR Cameroon Rising. Gardens Journey](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/27/obr-cameroon-rising-gardens-journey/) - By: Aminatou Saher (OBR Cameroon Coordinator) Last January 23rd OBR Cameroon organised an event on *Self care &Rising gardens* in Douala with around 50 participants ( in cameroon we do not have the right to gather more than 50 people due to covid 19). The experts spoke about external violence (abuse, violence caused by a
- [Kerry Washington And Edwidge Danticat Join Aja Monet On VOICES "The Listening Tour" On Instagram Live; Don't Miss the ONE BILLION RISING South Asia Film Festival](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/21/kerry-washington-and-edwidge-danticat-join-aja-monet-on-voices-the-listening-tour-on-instagram-live-dont-miss-the-one-billion-rising-south-asia-film-festival/) - KERRY WASHINGTON AND EDWIDGE DANTICAT JOIN AJA MONET ON VOICES "THE LISTENING TOUR" ON INSTAGRAM LIVE VOICES begins with listening. In the lead up to the artistic piece, Aja Monet has hosted The Virtual Listening Tour on VOICES' Instagram Live. It's an expansive series, featuring conversations, performances, and offerings that will encourage and inspire Black
- [Gratitude For All That You Have Given and All That You Do](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/30/gratitude-for-all-that-you-have-given-and-all-that-you-do/) - Dearest Activists, Friends, Supporters, As we move towards the end of this most unusual and unstable year, we are filled with gratitude for all that you have given and all that you do. Looking ahead to 2021, V-Day, One Billion Rising, & City of Joy activists everywhere are preparing RISINGs worldwide through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination
- [OBR INDIA RISING GARDENS 2021 POSTERS](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/20/obr-india-rising-gardens-2021-posters/) - India Rises with Gardens of HOPE, JOY, PEACE and SOLIDARITY
- [OBR MYANMAR 2021 RISING EVENTS!](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/20/obr-myanmar-2021-rising-events/) - OBR Myanmar successfully launched their 2021 One Billion Rising Gardens campaign last January 14th, with special guest V (formerly known as Eve Ensler/ Founder and Artistic Director of One Billion Rising), Monique Wilson (One Billion Rising Global Director), Kamla Bhasin (One Billion Rising South Asia Regional coordinator) and young local feminist advocate Nandar. The launch
- [Mexico Risings](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/15/mexico-risings/) - Un Billón de Pie México/One Billion Rising: #TheMochis are #RaisingTheVibration #CultivatingNoViolence #RaisingGardens ☝🏻 Thank you Erika Acosta for embracing this year's theme and edible gardens... a sustainable food support system at the Cherry Invasion community! #RisingGardens
- [RISING GARDENS FILM FESTIVAL By One Billion Rising South Asia](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/08/rising-gardens-film-festival-by-one-billion-rising-south-asia/) - From Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator) “If Lock Downs do not allow face to face meetings, we WILL MEET ON LINE and we will meet friends from far and wide. We will meet and learn through inspiring films on radical alternatives, Living in harmony with Nature. Do join us and join the film
- [Welcome to V-Season 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/12/welcome-to-v-season-2021/) - Join survivors, artists, activists, and youth in towns, cities, schools worldwide as together we RISE through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination, and Love. For two decades, V-Day activists have unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused, all the while revealing the power of
- [OBR MYANMAR TO LAUNCH OBR RISING GARDENS 2021 ON JANUARY 14TH](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/08/obr-myanmar-to-launch-obr-rising-gardens-2021-on-january-14th/) - OBR Myanmar, led by OBR Myanmar Coordinator Eunice Naw, will be launching their One Billion Rising 2021 campaign on January 14th - with the global call of RISING GARDENS as their main theme. The online zoom launch will include live participation and messages from guests V (formerly knows as Eve Ensler/ founder of One Billion
- [OBR RWANDA LAUNCHES RISING GARDENS 2021](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/04/obr-rwanda-launches-rising-gardens-2021/) - By: Mbabazi Zakhia (OBR Rwanda Coordinator) Last December 28, 2020 - One Billion Rising Rwanda launched our Rising Gardens 2021 campaign. Everyday I get excited of how much the work we are doing is transforming women. The OBR Rwanda launch event was very emotional and serious strategies to make our vision realistic were taken in
- [OBR NIGERIA RISING THROUGH HEALING AND STORYTELLING](https://www.vday.org/2021/01/04/obr-nigeria-rising-through-healing-and-storytelling/) - (Shared by Omodele Ibitoye Ejeh - OBR Nigeria Coordinator) Empowerment and Healing through story telling. OBR Nigeria is working with Virtuous Progressive Women and IRISE in communities in Nigeria to empower and introduce the 2021 'Rising Garden' OBR Global campaign and prepare women for Leadership.
- [VOICES Deadline Extended to 14 February; Calling All Black Women: Do You Have a Story to Tell?](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/23/voices-deadline-extended-to-14-february-calling-all-black-women-do-you-have-a-story-to-tell/) - THIS JUST IN: VOICES Deadline Extended to 14 February “As a difficult and expansive year winds down, we wish you rest, reflection and creativity. We know this year has required so much of Black women, as the shadows of the world came to light. This is our time to recharge, replenish and regain our creative
- [OBR Eswatini and Regional Members Of Parliament Rise for Collective Action](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/18/obr-eswatini-and-regional-members-of-parliament-rise-for-collective-action/) - By: Colani Hlatjwako (OBR Eswatini Coordinator/ OBR Africa Regional Coordinator) A call for collective action: One Billion Rising Eswatini and Women Unlimited Eswatini joined The Four Regional Members of Parliament Hon. Netta Nokunceda Bujela-Manser, Hon. Lorraine Nxumalo, Hon. Busisiwe Mavimbela and Hon. Nokuthula Dlamini at Mahlalini Shiselweni Region. The Four Regional women MPs responded to
- [Delhi Rising Gardens](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/18/delhi-rising-gardens/) - (shared by Kamla Bhasin - OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator) #obrdelhi creating it's first Rising Garden on a roof top in Anand Lok. One of our friends has taken the lead and slowly others will follow. This garden is being created in partnership with Edible Routes.
- [More OBR Global launch posters and Video](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/17/more-obr-global-launch-posters/) - MEXICO CONTINUES TO RISE: December 14, 2020 Shared by Andres Naime (OBR Mexico coordinator) Sowing NEW MOON! On December 14th, OBR Mexico hosts a special Rising event to learn about the phases of the moon and its use in agriculture in renewable gardens and orchards. Thank you Huerto Rome Verde for your invaluable help to Un
- [OBR THAILAND CONTINUES TO RISE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/17/obr-thailand-continues-to-rise-on-international-human-rights-day/) - December 10, 2020 Shared by Matcha Phorn-In (OBR Thailand coordinator) V-Day Thailand together with Sangsan Anakot Yawachon Development Project are leading the One Billion Rising Movement inThailand. This amazing One Billion Rising video was filmed during the 72 year anniversary celebration of International Human Right Day. More importantly, it was the last day of the 16
- [OBR JAMAICA LAUNCHES WITH RISING GARDENS!](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/17/obr-jamaica-launches-with-rising-gardens/) - November 28, 2020 Shared by: OBR RaiseYuh Voice Jamaica 🇯🇲 Coordinator Afia Walking Tree We have been in such a gorgeous space during these 16 days of activism and as I write seeds are bursting through the earth and intentions are germinating forth into the violent-free protected sovereign harmonious regenerative world we desire. On Nov
- [ESWATINI CONTINUES TO RISE!](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/17/eswatini-continues-to-rise/) - December 12, 2020 Shared by Colani Hlatjwako (OBR Eswatini coordinator/ OBR Africa regional coordinator) True Solidarity demonstrated in Malkerns today. #1billionRising Eswatini today joined the Aglican Church march in Malkerns, calling an end to gender based violence. #1BillionRising #RiseResistUnite Video of march:
- [RISING with the Indian Farmers Movement; Join Freedom On The Wings Of Words Zoom Event TOMORROW](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/14/rising-with-the-indian-farmers-movement-join-freedom-on-the-wings-of-words-zoom-event-tomorrow/) - We RISE In Solidarity with the Indian Farmers Movement As massive protests in solidarity with farmers take place in India, V-Day and OBR activists RISE and stand in solidarity with them. One Billion Rising India Global Coordinator Abha Bhaiya & Kavitha Krishnan drafted this "Message from Women’s Movement to Farmers" – "Today women and men
- [We RISE In Solidarity with the Indian Farmers Movement](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/14/we-rise-in-solidarity-with-the-indian-farmers-movement/) - Today there is a massive Out-pouring of Protests in Support of Farmers Through the Length and Breadth of India Against Anti–Swadeshi, Pro-Corporate Acts of Modi Govt are taking place demanding to repeal the 3 Acts and EB 2020 rises as acts have a design of Corporate Control, they are for Corporate Profits and have been made
- [MORE NEWS FROM OBR INDIA](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/09/more-news-from-obr-india/) - "OBR India rising womens gardens are growing in glory." - Abha Bhaiya (OBR India Coordinator) Next OBR India event: December 19, 2020 RISING FOR FARMWORKERS "OBR women activists led a torch light March in support of Farmers protest demanding withdrawal of anti farmers bill. Our farmer community members and women stand tall against the three
- [OBR BAVARIA ORGANIZE AMAZING RISING ACTION](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/09/obr-bavaria-organize-amazing-rising-action/) - (Video shared from OBR Germany organisers) Translation by Regina Wilson - Beer Video: https://www.tvbayernlive.de/mediathek/video/gewalt-kommt-nicht-in-die-tuete?fbclid=IwAR1AgkHe4NVOqlcnaAkNx9G9LN_bwkz9DXapSTnwVXKqdI-WBsdjclWIT2M "We all get our bread from the baker in these paper-bags" To create awareness about violence in the home, OBR organisers have printed information in these paperbags. 1. To be able to raise awareness through the information circulated through the sheer amount of bags
- [OBR MEXICO CONTINUES TO RISE](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/09/obr-mexico-continues-to-rise/) - On 5 December 2020, One Billion Rising Mexico live discussion with lead organiser Rosins Orozco and OBR Mexico coordinator Andres Naime: "In 2021 we will Rise and we can make it to all the corners of #Mexico with #RisingGardens as we #RaiseTheVibration! Un Billón de Pie México/One Billion Rising V-DAY and Unidos Vs Trata: Rising
- [OBR Africa Series 3](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/09/obr-africa-series-3/) - OBR Africa Series 3: December 10 South Africa launch December 25 Gabon Launch
- [OBR South Africa launching on December 10th](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/07/obr-south-africa-launching-on-december-10th/)
- [MALI LAUNCHES ONE BILLION RISING 2021: RISING GARDENS](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/07/mali-launches-one-billion-rising-2021-rising-gardens/) - Shared by Massaran Traore (OBR Mali Coordinator)
- [ZIMBABWE LAUNCHES ONE BILLION RISING 2021](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/07/zimbabwe-launches-one-billion-rising-2021/) - By: Nyasha Sengayi (OBR Zimbabwe Coordinator) The call for 2021 Rising plays bare the need to address different forms of marginalisation in terms of equal opportunities for sustenance for women. Covid-19 pandemic gravely affected the marginalised populations with women bearing the brunt of affected livelihoods. In 2021, Zimbabwean rising is looking for the widening of
- [OBR Guatemala Announces V is For Voices in Latin America](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/03/obr-guatemala-announces-v-is-for-voices-in-latin-america/) - NOVEMBER 25 OBR GUATEMELA (sharing from Marsha Lopez Calderon - OBR Guatemala coordinator) OBR Guatemala commemorates November 25 - International Day To Eliminate Violence Against Women - by partnering with the Latin American Afro Women Network (RMAAD - La Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribenas y de la diaspora) - to announce the V Is for
- [MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - OBR RISING GARDENS REGIONAL LAUNCH](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/03/mindanao-philippines-obr-rising-gardens-regional-launch/) - The Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao in collaboration with Lunâ Legal Resource Center for Women and Children will be holding an online forum on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Violence Against Women. As the world faces the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic, it has not only exposed, but also worsened the
- [NORWICH, UK RISING on 25 November](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/03/norwich-uk-rising-on-25-november/) - "25th November was United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - known also as #WhiteRibbonDay. We celebrated by launching the new Norwich Rising Facebook page and inviting people to create a simple piece of art with us. Filmmaker Shelly Telly created this mini masterpiece of all the artwork put together. #MakeThePromise Never commit,
- [More to share online from OBR Africa](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/03/more-to-share-online-from-obr-africa/) - DECEMBER 4 OBR AFRICA SERIES #2 Another series with #1BillionRising Africa Coordinators from Zambia, Uganda and Namibia on how culture is used to justify gender violence and inequality in the Africa context. Hosted by Colani Hlatjwako (OBR Eswatini coordinator and OBR Africa regional coordinator) Join through this link: http://facebook.com/ESWATINIRISING #16DaysOfActivism #risinggardens #rising2021 #RisingInSolidarity DECEMBER 4
- [OBR Kenya 2021 Launch: Rising Gardens](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/02/obr-kenya-2021-launch-rising-gardens/) - (shared by Cecilia Brenda - OBR Kenya coordinator)
- [Cameroon Launches One Billion Rising 2021](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/30/cameroon-launches-one-billion-rising-2021/) - (Shared by Aminatou Saher - OBR Cameroon Coordinator) On November 29th, OBR Cameroon launched their Rising Gardens campaign: View this post on Instagram A post shared by One Billion Rising (@one_billion_rising)
- [Update from the City of Knowledge in Kabul](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/01/update-from-the-city-of-knowledge-in-kabul/) - City of Knowledge (CKO), – formerly Promoting Women’s Capability by Education Center – is an education center for girls and women in Kabul, Afghanistan where women turn their pain to power. Rising in the face of four decades of war that has left a huge population of Afghan women illiterate and several generations of women
- [OBR SINGAPORE BUILDS THEIR RISING GARDENS CAMPAIGN WITH SECOND INITIATIVE](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/30/obr-singapore-builds-their-rising-gardens-campaign-with-second-initiative/) - (Shared by Sangeeta Nambiar - OBR Singapore Coordinator) November 22, 2020: "We had a second visit to Green Up Singapore, as part of the Rising Gardens initiative by OBR Singapore. More gardens, more home grown vegetables, more sustainability. Our next OBR visit will be on December 20th!" #greenupsg #obrsingapore
- [OBR Actions for The International Day To Eliminate Violence Against Women - India, Mexico, Philippines, South Asia](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/25/obr-actions-for-the-international-day-to-eliminate-violence-against-women-india-mexico-philippines-south-asia/) - A glimpse of a few International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and OBR actions today, November 25 - commemorating the start of 16 days of activism: INDIA: Today is the Day for Elimination of Violence against women And hence starts our 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence "Listen to and believe survivors" "Do
- [INDIGENOUS WOMEN RISING - OBR 2021 LAUNCH - PHILIPPINES](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/24/indigenous-women-rising-obr-2021-launch-philippines/) - (Sharing from Bai Indigenous Women's Network - long time OBR coordinators and organisers of Indigenous Risings since 2013 in the Philippines) OBR Indigenous Women Rising - Rising for Mother Earth November 18, 2020 A Rising online event with speakers, including Indigenous women leaders/ human rights defenders and OBR Global Director Monique Wilson Theme of Event:
- [OBR Cameroon Launches 2021 Rising Gardens Campaign on November 28th](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/24/obr-cameroon-launches-2021-rising-gardens-campaign-on-november-28th/) - (shared by Aminatou Saher - OBR Cameroon coordinator) "Our survival depends on this handful of dirt. Nurture it and she will grow us food, fuel and shelter, and surround us with beauty. Abuse it and the ground will die, taking humanity with it" - OBR Cameroon
- [OBR MEXICO BEGINS 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM WITH "THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES"](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/24/obr-mexico-begins-16-days-of-activism-with-the-vagina-monologues/) - by Andres Naimes (OBR Mexico coordinator) This week will start the #16 daysofactivism (international campaign against violence towards women). Today in #LosMonólologosDeLaVagina we start activities in #Mexico by Un Billón de Pie México/One Billion Rising V-DAY V-Day With the fantastic Raquel Garza Irasema Terrazas R and Pamela Cerdeira. Join us at the San Angel Cultural
- [OBR Malawi Continues to Rise With Training Session](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/24/obr-malawi-continues-to-rise-with-training-session/) - (shared by Alice Kachere - OBR Malawi coordinator) OBR Malawi held a training session to increase the capacity of women groups for response to GBV, and to strengthen local protection networks and use of referral pathways including training on basic MHPS through survivor centered approach. After training they plan to develop an action plan on
- [OBR Japan 2021 Launch](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/17/obr-japan-2021-launch/) - By Chikako Hama - OBR Japan coordinator Last Sunday, November 15, 2020 - OBR Japan 2021 was launched with a One Billion Rising dance video. The damage caused by domestic violence, abuse, and sexual violence is increasing due to the corona virus. In a society where discrimination against women remains, women experience many forms of
- [ONE BILLION RISING INDIA 2021 LAUNCHES WITH RISING GARDENS from Jagori Grameen/ OBR India Secretariat](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/12/one-billion-rising-india-2021-launches-with-rising-gardens-from-jagori-grameen-obr-india-secretariat/) - On 7th November 2020, The India Chapter of One Billion Rising was launched virtually. Over 60 participants and organisation representatives joined from across the nation and neighbouring countries. V (formerly Eve Ensler) Founder of One Billion Rising Campaign and V Day, award winning playwright and author explained the origin of this year's theme, 'Rising Gardens'
- [One Billion Rising Nigeria Launches 2021 campaign, in unison with the Global One Billion Rising Call “RISING GARDENS”](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/06/one-billion-rising-nigeria-launches-2021-campaign-in-unison-with-the-global-one-billion-rising-call-rising-gardens/) - Theme: RISING GARDENS! Topics: Exploitation of Women’s Bodies in Connection to Land and Resources Inside Africa Feminism in Nigerian Context Nigerian Women’s Influence in the #EndSars Movement Women and Leadership in the 20th Century Southern Kaduna Genocide, and Southern Kaduna Women’s Protest Date: Sunday 8 November, 2020 Time: 2 - 6pm (prompt) Venue: God’s Favor
- [One Billion Rising India 2021 Launch - OBR India Coordinator Abha Bhaiya in Conversation with V](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/06/one-billion-rising-india-2021-launch-obr-india-coordinator-abha-bhaiya-in-conversation-with-v/) - We are honoured to have V (formerly Eve Ensler) , Founder, One Billion Rising, award winning playwright and performer, and creator of V Day, launch the India Chapter of OBR this month with us. Her fascinating and critically acclaimed work has inspired us for years and is highly relevant in this ever-challenging political landscape. Her
- [ONE BILLION RISING 2021 LAUNCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES ON NATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN'S PROTEST](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/30/one-billion-rising-2021-launches-in-the-philippines-on-national-day-of-womens-protest/) - October 28th in the Philippine is National Women’s Day of Protest, a historic event in 1983 that saw 10,000 women marching on the streets to demand democracy and rights amid the devastation brought of the Marcos dictatorship. Inspired by women’s show of unity and strength in the face of repression, several organizations and personalities formed
- [OBR Singapore 2021 Launch by Sangeeta Nambiar (OBR Singapore Coordinator)](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/25/obr-singapore-2021-launch-by-sangeeta-nambiar-obr-singapore-coordinator/) - When I was told that the theme for One Billion Rising 2021 was Rising Gardens, it just clicked. I'd been aching to connect with nature♡ This morning, OBR Singapore inaugurated the theme with a visit to the Green Up Singapore farm. I even got to plant a Moringa stem in the little OBR patch Lalitha
- [OBR Eswatini (Swaziland) Update by Colani Hlatjwako (OBR Eswatini coordinator/ OBR Africa Regional Coordinator)](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/22/obr-eswatini-swaziland-update-by-colani-hlatjwako-obr-eswatini-coordinator-obr-africa-regional-coordinator/) - #1BillionRising Eswatini/Swaziland 2021 launch Reminded us of the power of unity, love and humanity. 15 organizations joined and put up their banners rising insolidarity in honour of women workers, Women and girls and mother earth.Powerful presentations were made by our Amazing Speakers including Her Excellency Esmeralda Hernandez Aragones European Union in Eswatini Ambassador, The four
- [Giving Gratitude, Giving Joy: Turn Pain to Power This Giving Season](https://www.vday.org/2020/12/01/giving-gratitude-giving-joy-turn-pain-to-power-this-giving-season/) - Giving Gratitude, Giving Joy, #Giving Tuesday Today is #GivingTuesday. As we enter the Giving season, we invite you to support the work of women leaders in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya who are pushing boundaries and creating spaces born from the vision of local women survivors where women and girls turn their pain
- [Your Trust, Generosity and Vision Make Our Movement Possible](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/26/your-trust-generosity-and-vision-make-our-movement-possible/) - This giving season support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the planet. Your trust, generosity and vision make our movement possible. V-Day believes that when art and activism come together, they have the power
- [Ready to Rise? Join One Billion Rising 2021: Rising Gardens](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/23/ready-to-rise-join-one-billion-rising-2021-rising-gardens/) - Ready to Rise? Join One Billion Rising 2021: Rising Gardens Rising Gardens is a defiant creative call for revival, restoration and transformation. Gardens as a compassionate call for justice – because one of the greatest injustices of our time has been the destruction and eradication of Mother Earth, parallel to the ongoing and escalating gender-based
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- [Dismantle Patriarchy Contest](https://www.vday.org/2020/11/12/dismantle-patriarchy-contest/) - A committee of youth activists, in collaboration with V-Day, One Billion Rising, and A Call to Men are excited to announce the YOUTH ART CONTEST: CALL FOR ENTRIES Welcome to the Dismantle Patriarchy Contest Attention: College Students Everywhere Across the Globe High School Students in the New York City Area Winners from each category will
- [One Billion Rising Calls for the Nigerian Government to #EndSARS; NEW Voices Listening Tour this Friday](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/21/one-billion-rising-calls-for-the-nigerian-government-to-endsars-and-for-activists-everywhere-to-rise-in-solidarity-with-the-nigerian-people-and-demand-endsars-now/) - One Billion Rising calls upon the Nigerian government to end SARS, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which has a brutal history of unlawful arrests, kidnapping, harassment, extortion and killings. As the government sought to end two weeks of marches against police brutality that have mushroomed into broader nationwide demonstrations, thousands of Nigerians – spurred on by
- [OBR 2021: Rising Gardens Campaign Launches Worldwide](https://www.vday.org/2020/09/30/obr-2021-rising-gardens-campaign-launches-worldwide/) - Take a peak at the One Billion Rising launches happening across the world. The OBR 2021 theme is RISING GARDENS.The Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly blown open the destructive veins of neo-liberalism, capitalism, racism, fascism and patriarchy, revealing violent and broken systems that have been forced upon us for far too long. With each day, we
- [PRESS RELEASE: Call for Global Poetry, Prose And Visual Art Submissions, Will Feature Black Women Artists and Writers From Around The World in 2021 Show: VOICES](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/09/press-release-global-poetry-prose-and-visual-art-submission-contest-will-feature-black-women-artists-and-writers-from-around-the-world-in-2021-show-voices/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, October 9, 2020 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com V-Day Launches VOICES, A New Flagship Interdisciplinary Art Campaign For Black Women Led By Aja Monet; The Vagina Monologues Takes A Bow From V-Day Movement VOICES Instagram Live series, The Listening Tour, launches Today, October 9 at 7PM ET Call for Global Poetry,
- [Exclusive: New Performance Project VOICES to Replace Vagina Monologues and Focus on Experiences of Black Women (The Root)](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/09/exclusive-new-performance-project-voices-to-replace-vagina-monologues-and-focus-on-experiences-of-black-women-the-root/) - by Tonja Renée Stidhum (The Root) The year 2020 has served as an opportunity for many people to pivot in their careers—and the same can be said for programming in the arts. The Root has exclusively learned that V-Day (a global activist movement organization with a mission to end violence against women) is replacing the highly popular episodic
- [DEAR ACTIVISTS, A LETTER FROM V](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/01/dear-activists-a-letter-from-v/) - 1 OCTOBER 2020 DEAR ACTIVISTS, A LETTER FROM V Tags: V-Day ■ Share V IS FOR VICTORY V IS FOR VISIONARY V IS FOR VOICES Dear V-Activists: At the beginning of each season when we sit down to write to you – the countless activists around the world who are the lifeblood of the V-Day movement
- [Statement from Aja Monet, Artistic Creative Director of Voices Campaign](https://www.vday.org/2020/10/06/statement-from-aja-monet-artistic-creative-director-of-voices-campaign/) - Each of us become a poem, stanzas spilling unafraid. And yet, too many have faded in the silence, disappeared. We be gone, missing, lost and stolen. Each day we find ourselves in each other. Phrases and sounds scribbled on our breath. We are the poems we have been waiting for. As we all struggle to
- [V-Season 2019 UPDATE: Testimonies of RISING Announced](https://www.vday.org/2018/10/22/v-season-2019-update-testimonies-of-rising-announced/) - For 20 years Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues has shattered taboos by telling the untold stories of women, giving birth to V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender based violence). With creativity and determination, V-Day activists around
- [Pat Mitchell Releases “Becoming a Dangerous Woman”; OBR Statement In Support of Filipino Women Human Rights Defenders](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/06/pat-mitchell-releases-becoming-a-dangerous-woman-obr-statement-in-support-of-filipino-women-human-rights-defenders/) - We are thrilled to share the news that V-Board Member, Pat Mitchell, groundbreaking media icon and advocate for women’s rights, has released a new memoir detailing her journey from her childhood in the South to her rise in media and global affairs. In Becoming a Dangerous Woman, Pat Mitchell shares anecdotes from traveling in war zones
- [Fire Drill Fridays by V-Day Board Member Jane Fonda Launches in DC; Eve to Host Teach-In 31 October](https://www.vday.org/2019/10/12/fire-drill-fridays-by-v-day-board-member-jane-fonda-launches-in-dc-eve-to-host-teach-in-31-october/) - OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE Actor, Activist & #VDay Board Member Jane Fonda is RISING! Fire Drill Friday Teach-Ins, actions and demonstrations every week. Don’t Miss Teach-In: Women – on Women and Climate with Jane and Eve Together with Frontline Activists Inspired by Greta Thunberg and the groundswell of support she and other young climate
- [October Updates & Events (#FireDrillFridays on Women & Climate, Be Heard on November 3 in NYC, BBC 100 Women 2019 Honors OBR South Africa Coordinator, & more)](https://www.vday.org/2019/10/30/october-updates-events-firedrillfridays-on-women-climate-be-heard-on-november-3-in-nyc-bbc-100-women-2019-honors-obr-south-africa-coordinator-more/) - Activists around the world are planning their Risings and V-Day benefits, and the 16th class at City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is well underway. Here are recent October updates and news for upcoming events! JOIN Eve and Jane Fonda for a TEACH IN on Women & Climate This Thursday Last month, hundreds of thousands of protestors
- [Roslyn Smith Joins V-Day Team as Beyond Incarceration, Program Manager](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/18/roslyn-smith-joins-v-day-team-as-beyond-incarceration-program-manager/) - Please join us in welcoming Roslyn Smith to the V-Day team. As Program Manager, Roz will oversee V-Day's new Beyond Incarceration project which will further expand and deepen V-Day's ongoing work with formerly incarcerated women and incarcerated women, engaging and educating activists throughout the US and worldwide in a dialogue around restorative justice. Roz brings
- [Raise the Vibration for 16 Days of Activism; New Song & Art Released Today](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/25/raise-the-vibration-for-16-days-of-activism-new-song-art-released-today/) - From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to RISE and RAISE THE VIBRATION to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject
- [GRATITUDE, Love, Respect, Strength; City of Joy Collection Launches](https://www.vday.org/2019/11/11/gratitude-love-respect-strength-city-of-joy-collection-launches/) - Photo Credit: Atong Atem On Monday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Vlisco and the City of Joy honored the “World’s Strongest Women” with the launch of a new collection of fabrics that symbolizes their recovery from rape and trauma, and their journey from pain to power. “The first thought that came to mind when
- [Let V-Season 2020 Begin: Raise the Vibration](https://www.vday.org/2019/09/27/let-v-season-2020-begin-raise-the-vibration/) - Welcome to V-Season 2020 V-Day, the global movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender based violence) has seen its work evolve over the past three years. The rise of misogynist, authoritarian regimes the world over – from the United States
- [Raise the Vibration this Giving Tuesday](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/02/raise-the-vibration-this-giving-tuesday/) - V-Day East Greenwich, RI Photo Credit: Atong Atem Activists are Rising against a rising tide of right-wing nationalism, white supremacy, fascism, tyranny, hatred of and fear of immigrants, misogyny, femicide, homophobia, transphobia, corporate greed and climate destruction. They are raising the stakes in 2020, further escalating the urgency with which we feel compelled to fight
- [Eve Ensler's TED Talk "The Profound Power of An Authentic Apology" Out Today](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/06/eve-enslers-ted-talk-the-profound-power-of-an-authentic-apology-out-today/) - Just days after she delivered the talk, Eve Ensler’s newest TED talk “The Profound Power of An Authentic Apology” has been released, one of the first videos coming out of TEDWomen 2019. Held in Palm Springs, the annual event was founded and is editorially directed by V-Day Board member and author of Dangerous Women Pat Mitchell. “For a
- [NEW! Just Out! A Cappella Arrangement for "Like a Woman" by Ryan Amador](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/18/new-just-out-a-cappella-arrangement-for-like-a-woman-by-ryan-amador/) - For our 2020 season, we've released the a cappella arrangement of "Like A Woman", by the Grammy award winning producer Ben Bram (Pentatonix). The song was first released as a single and accompanying music video in celebration of International Women's Day 2019. Download the arrangement, and learn more at like-a-woman.org "'Like A Woman' invites men to
- [Turn Pain to Power; Give JOY this Holiday Season - Support the City of Knowledge, V-Day Safe House & the City of Joy](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/12/turn-pain-to-power-give-joy-this-holiday-season-support-the-city-of-knowledge-v-day-safe-house-the-city-of-joy/) - As we near the end of the year, our hearts are full with the abundance of love that fuels our movement, led by survivors, youth, artists & activists in countries everywhere. Together, we are united in our fight to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that
- [RISE 2020](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/31/rise-2020/) - In 2020, together we will RAISE THE VIBRATION through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination, and Love as survivors, activists, youth create V-Day benefits, One Billion Rising and Raise the Vibration creative resistance events across the planet. Together, we RISE to free all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities) from sexual, physical, racial, economic,
- [Free Chrystul Kizer](https://www.vday.org/2019/12/20/free-chrystul-kizer/) - Photo: facebook.com/freechrystul Yet again, our criminal justice system is failing black women and girls. Chrystul Kizer, a black teenager from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is facing life in prison for defending herself against her abuser, Randall Volar, III, a 34-year-old white male. When Chrystul was 17, Volar began sexually assaulting and trafficking her and made child pornography of
- [We Are Rising!](https://www.vday.org/2020/02/14/we-are-rising/) - Activists, survivors and youth around the globe are Raising the Vibration for #1BillionRising 2020. This is a snapshot of the thousands of One Billion Rising creative resistance events. Risings are taking place during the month of February and leading up to 8 March, #InternationalWomensDay. Over a hundred cities in Italy, Poland, Germany, and the Philippines respectively are Rising. Every state in
- [Your Solidarity & Support Make This Movement Possible](https://www.vday.org/2020/01/24/your-solidarity-support-make-this-movement-possible/) - Dearest Activists, Friends & Supporters, 2019 was a powerful year in our movement that saw grassroots activists pushing boundaries and engaging in dialogue through an intersectional lens, with art and activism always at the forefront. V-Day, One Billion Rising, and City of Joy activists around the world escalated the urgency to fight for gender, climate, economic and racial
- [Meet Taína Asili, the Latina Musician Behind One Billion Rising’s Viral New Music Video](https://www.vday.org/2020/01/17/meet-taina-asili-the-latina-musician-behind-one-billion-risings-viral-new-music-video/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 17, 2020CONTACTS:(Taína Asili) Britin Foster | info(at)tainaasili.com(V-Day/One Billion Rising) Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com Meet Taína Asili, the Latina Musician Behind One Billion Rising’s Viral New Music Video “We Are Rising,” Women’s Liberation Anthem Released Ahead of V-Day In Collaboration With One Billion Rising, Has Already Been Viewed More Than Half A Million Times Renowned
- [Women Workers Rising on 3 Feb in NYC - Join Eve, OBR & One Fair Wage for a Self-Defense Action](https://www.vday.org/2020/01/23/women-workers-rising-on-3-feb-in-nyc-join-eve-obr-one-fair-wage-for-a-self-defense-action/) - WOMEN RESTAURANT WORKERS & ALLIES PROTEST GOV. CUOMO’S EXCLUSION OF RESTAURANTS FROM TIPPED WORKER EXECUTIVE ACTION BY ENGAGING IN MASS PUBLIC SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING ‘Women Workers Rising’ Action By One Fair Wage and One Billion RisingWill Feature Women Celebrities and Performances Standing in Solidarity For One Fair Wage & Safe & Dignified Workplaces In response to Governor
- [V-Rising Season is ON](https://www.vday.org/2020/02/08/v-rising-season-is-on/) - RISE 2020 One Billion Rising activists are taking to the streets across the globe amplifying some of the most pressing issues that intersect with violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence). Risings are Raising the Vibration, amplifying the voices of survivors, youth, and
- [Document & Share Your Risings; Tell Us the Story of Your Rising](https://www.vday.org/2020/02/20/document-tell-us-the-story-of-your-rising/) - (L) Hamburg, Germany. @one_billion_rising_hamburg(R) Bihar, India. @Sahyogi Ngo Across the globe, One Billion Rising activists are RAISING THE VIBRATION through music, chanting, dance, drumming, original monologues, and more, staging actions and events that reflect the intersecting challenges, needs and desires of all women and girls and their communities. Risings are taking place during the month of February
- [RISE on International Women’s Day; Create a “We Are Rising” Flash mob/Rising Event](https://www.vday.org/2020/02/28/rise-on-international-womens-day-create-a-we-are-rising-flash-mob-rising-event/) - Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo Credit: @obrjakartaKibera-Nairobi, Kenya. Photo Credit: One Billion Rising KenyaTaos, NM, USA. Photo Credit: Morgan Timms / The Taos News WE ARE RISING FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Our new liberation anthem, “We Are Rising,” is a global hit! The video has been viewed over half a million times and the song has been featured at
- [NEW SHORT FILM: "Raise the Vibration", Featuring Voiceover by Thandie Newton & Words by Eve Ensler, Released for IWD2020](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/06/new-short-film-raise-the-vibration-featuring-voiceover-by-thandie-newton-words-by-eve-ensler-released-for-iwd2020/) - To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are thrilled to announce the release of our latest short film – “Raise the Vibration” featuring voiceover by actor/activist/V-Day Board member Thandie Newton and words by Tony award winning playwright / One Billion Rising and V-Day founder Eve Ensler. Directed by filmmaker Deborah Anderson (“My Revolution Lives In This Body”) and
- [RISE 2020: Happy International Women’s Day](https://www.vday.org/2020/03/08/rise-2020-happy-international-womens-day/) - “International Women’s Day was initiated at the 1910 International Socialist Women’s conference to annually honor working women around the world. This day is to cherish, respect and honor the dignity of women workers – farmers, nurses, mothers, restaurant workers, factory workers, domestic workers, teachers, retail workers – and to demand one fair wage, equal pay
- [URGENT ACTION: Help Expose the #PPE crisis, Stand in Solidarity with Nurses](https://www.vday.org/2020/03/22/urgent-action-help-expose-the-ppe-crisis-stand-in-solidarity-with-nurses/) - This is an urgent RISING ACTION that you can all take now with our partners at National Nurses United. Due to a national shortage of face masks, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) downgraded its guidelines and is now recommending that nurses use bandanas and scarves as makeshift masks when caring for COVID-19 patients — despite proof that
- [Rise for Farmworker Women on the Frontlines of the Covid-19 Pandemic](https://www.vday.org/2020/04/04/rise-for-farmworker-women-on-the-frontlines-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - We need to protect the ones who sustain us. Campesinas are risking their lives to put food on our tables while they struggle to feed their own families, lack access to protective equipment and are unable to practice social distancing. The vast majority cannot access financial protections put forth by the federal government. "…the work
- [Join us Tuesday, Town Hall: Essential Women on the Frontlines w/Rep. Pramila Jayapal & Eve Ensler](https://www.vday.org/2020/04/16/join-us-tuesday-town-hall-essential-women-on-the-frontlines-w-rep-pramila-jayapal-eve-ensler/) - WomenWorkersRising.org/TownHall The rapid spread of Coronavirus across the globe has revealed what has always been a glaring truth for so many of the essential workers who are the backbone of our society: the most essential are least valued, are treated as most expendable. It is the working class and poor who are most vulnerable to
- [For #GivingTuesdayNow, RISE & Support Women on the Frontlines](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/04/for-givingtuesdaynow-rise-support-women-on-the-frontlines/) - Dearest Activists, As the world faces the Covid-19 pandemic, activists, artists, survivors, youth around the world are rising to help impacted communities, frontline workers, and survivors. We invite you support these two new efforts created in solidarity. Your donation will provide much needed assistance and hope for women in these uncertain times. With thanks for
- [Join Us – Second Women Workers Rising Town Hall Tues, 12 May with V and Congresswoman Jayapal – Register Today](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/06/join-us-second-women-workers-rising-town-hall-tues-12-may-with-v-and-congresswoman-jayapal-register-today/) - WomenWorkersRising.org/TownHall The rapid spread of Coronavirus across the globe has revealed what has always been a glaring truth for so many of the essential workers who are the backbone of our society: the most essential are least valued, are treated as most expendable. It is the working class and poor who are most vulnerable to
- [Celebrating & Honoring Our Mothers, Support the V-Day Mother's Day Fund for Incarcerated Women](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/08/celebrating-honoring-our-mothers-support-the-v-day-mothers-day-fund-for-incarcerated-women/) - Photo Credit: @stinknormale_superhelden Today, V-Day wishes all a Happy Mother’s Day. As we reflect upon and honor the women who have given us life – whether that is through birth, chosen family, or adoption – we express our deepest gratitude and celebrate these mothers today and every day. We give thanks for our most essential
- [ONE BILLION RISING: RISING IN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY TO MEET THIS MOMENT](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/20/one-billion-rising-rising-in-global-solidarity-to-meet-this-moment/) - The Covid-19 virus has in a short time blown open and revealed the destructive veins of neo-liberal capitalist racist patriarchy. With each day, we see that the majority of people who are dying are those who have been historically exploited, oppressed and marginalized by poverty, racism, xenophobia. The virus is revealing the violent, broken, greed
- [V's Birthday Wish – RISE & Support Essential Women Workers on the Front Line](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/22/vs-birthday-wish-rise-support-essential-women-workers-on-the-front-line/) - Photo: @liderescampesinas; @nationalnurses “In this time of the Great Transition where we move from transaction to connection, from dying for profit to living for people and the earth, a major ingredient of this transformation will be seeing and honoring and valuing and protecting those who make our lives possible.” – V 25 May is our
- [We Stand With All Those in the Streets Across this Country Who Do Not and Will Never Accept the Murder of Black People Without Justice](https://www.vday.org/2020/05/30/we-stand-with-all-those-in-the-streets-across-this-country-who-do-not-and-will-never-accept-the-murder-of-black-people-without-justice/) - We stand with all those in the streets across this country who do not and will never accept the murder of black people without justice. All police officers involved must be arrested and charged with murder. We Rise for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and every single person killed unjustly by the police. We
- [Free in the Time of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter Movement](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/10/free-in-the-time-of-covid-19-and-the-black-lives-matter-movement-2/) - "We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don’t get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again." – Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw I was released from prison in October of 2018 and
- [Free in the Time of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter Movement](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/10/free-in-the-time-of-covid-19-and-the-black-lives-matter-movement/) - While thousands across the world condemn racism and demand justice at global Black Lives Matter protests, City of Joy is mourning and rising against racism. The City of Joy community is revolted over the police killing of George Floyd and others and condemns both racism and police brutality. We demand justice for those whose lives
- [CITY OF JOY GRADUATES 1472 WOMEN TO DATE](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/15/city-of-joy-graduates-1472-women-to-date/) - The 17th Women's Leadership Training Session at the City of Joy is a very special session. It is a session in which residents have not only been transformed by the ingredients of therapy and leadership but have also gained missionary knowledge. For six months, 89 residents of the City of Joy received training in psycho-therapeutic
- [RISE on Juneteenth, RISE in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/17/rise-on-juneteenth-rise-in-solidarity-with-the-movement-for-black-lives/) - This Friday, 19 June is Juneteenth - the 135th anniversary of the day the news of emancipation reached the last group of slaves in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1 January 1863. (Juneteenth is also know as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day). Join V-Day, One Billion Rising and City of Joy as
- [JOY! City of Joy Celebrates 17th Graduating Class; Watch NEW City of Joy Short from 'WOMAN' Filmmakers](https://www.vday.org/2020/06/30/joy-city-of-joy-celebrates-17th-graduating-class-watch-new-city-of-joy-short-from-woman-filmmakers/) - JOY! City of Joy Celebrates 17th Graduating Class, Graduating 1472 Women To Date With gratitude to Christine Schuler Deschryver and the entire team in Bukavu, DRC! The 17th Women’s Leadership Training Session at the City of Joy is a very special session. It is a session in which residents have not only been transformed by the ingredients
- [Rada Boric Elected Member of Croatian Parliament!](https://www.vday.org/2020/07/13/rada-boric-elected-member-of-croatian-parliament/) - We are thrilled to share the news that One Billion Rising Coordinator Rada Boric has been elected to the Croatian parliament! Rada is a member of the New Left party in Croatia and the We Can coalition, a Croatian platform of local green and progressive movements that formed a progressive political party and won seven
- [JOY! 18th Class Begins at City of Joy in Congo](https://www.vday.org/2020/08/01/joy-18th-class-begins-at-city-of-joy-in-congo/) - Welcome to City of Joy! The new class of young women is now arriving in Bukavu at the City of Joy. The City of Joy is a revolutionary leadership center for women survivors of gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a place where women turn their pain into power, a place
- [Essential Service Workers Take Action Launching Series of Strikes Beginning Monday; Join Elena the Essential Worker](https://www.vday.org/2020/08/26/essential-service-workers-take-action-launching-series-of-strikes-beginning-monday-join-elena-the-essential-worker/) - These are challenging times for essential service workers, workers of color, and womxn-identifying workers and mothers especially. We write today to ask for your support for these frontline workers. Tipped service workers, including servers, bartenders, delivery workers, and more, are starting a series of monthly strikes this coming Monday, August 31, demanding a full minimum
- [Honor Essential Workers: Watch V’s latest theatrical offering on Wednesday, Support the Corona Emergency Fund](https://www.vday.org/2020/09/04/honor-essential-workers-watch-vs-latest-theatrical-offering-on-wednesday-support-the-corona-emergency-fund/) - “THAT KINDNESS” –A NEW THEATRICAL OFFERING IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION & NURSES EVERYWHERE Over the past two months, V (formerly Eve Ensler) has been listening to the stories and experiences of frontline nurses. With the help of Alixa Garcia, Morley, James Lecesne, and National Nurses United, V presents THAT KINDNESS, From and For the
- [Ruth Bader Ginsburg: May Her Memory Be a Revolution](https://www.vday.org/2020/09/19/ruth-bader-ginsburg-may-her-memory-be-a-revolution/) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at sundown at the age of 87 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. It’s said people who die on Rosh Hashanah are of greatest righteousness. She gave us her life over and over. She was a hero and a strategist and a brilliant legal mind and first and foremost, she

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- [Home](https://www.vday.org/) - V-DAY IS A GLOBAL ACTIVIST MOVEMENT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL WOMEN, GIRLS AND THE EARTH Growing from a singular play to a vast global movement of survivors, artists and activists, V-Day works at the intersection of art and activism to shatter taboos, create space for women and the most marginalized, and initiate community led
- [Afghan Women Speak: Stories from Inside Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/afghan-women-speak/) - V-Day’s newest blog series: Afghan Women Speak, Stories from Inside Afghanistan amplifies the stories and voices of Afghan women who can never be silenced as they share the reality of their lives on the ground. It is part of our ongoing RISING for and with the women of Afghanistan as we seek out ways we
- [V-DAY AND ONE BILLION RISING CALL TO END WAR ON GAZA](https://www.vday.org/v-day-and-one-billion-rising-call-to-end-war-on-gaza/) - 30 MAY 2025 A call for Palestine View this post on Instagram A post shared by V-Day (@vdayorg) A call for Palestine by V (formerly Eve Ensler) and the One Billion Rising Council: “We are gathered here to share our sorrow, our heartbreak, our sleepless nights over the suffering, the unbearable suffering, of our sisters and
- [SHORT FILMS](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/short-films/) - These are a snapshot of the short films and videos produced by V-Day and One Billion Rising… WHAT IS V-DAYIt’s been over 25 years since V-Day was founded, since V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) play “The Vagina Monologues” shattered taboos, sharing the stories of women as they had never been told before. V-Day is a global
- [Reflections on the Second Annual Global Prison Nursery Network Symposium](https://www.vday.org/reflections-on-the-second-annual-global-prison-nursery-network-symposium/) - In November, Columbia Law School hosted the 2nd Annual Global Prison Nursery Network Symposium, a pivotal event organized by Children of Incarcerated Caregivers (CIC) in collaboration with the Columbia Journal of Gender & Law. This year’s symposium focused on the pressing issues surrounding parental incarceration, particularly the unique challenges faced by women who give birth
- [HOW WE DO FREEDOM - Share on Social Media](https://www.vday.org/how-we-do-freedom-share-on-social-media/) - Tap and hold to save images on mobile. Drag and drop or right click / control + click to save images on computer. Speakers (two images): . Panels include: •The Fuckery of Fascism •The Body as the Front Line •The Earth’s Manifesta •The Audacity of Abolition •How We Do Freedom. Each panel will feature an
- [2024 V-Day Board Meeting](https://www.vday.org/2024-v-day-board-meeting/)
- [Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration](https://www.vday.org/dispatches-from-beyond-incarceration/) - Roslyn Smith, V-Day's Beyond Incarceration Project Manager, has been writing blog posts as part of V-Day's 2019 Spotlight on Women in Prison, Detention Centers, and Formerly Incarcerated Women. In her newly expanded blog, Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration, Roz writes an ongoing series about her experiences as a formerly incarcerated women, including short and long dispatches
- [LOGOS & PRESS KIT](https://www.vday.org/media/logos-press-kit/) - Thank you for visiting the V-Day website and for caring about ending violence against all women, girls and the Earth. Media queries? Contact media(at)vday.org V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the Earth. V-Day believes
- [DONATE to V-Day](https://www.vday.org/take-action/donate-to-vday/) - When you donate to V-Day, 90 cents of every dollar you give goes to ending violence against all women and girls. At vday.org/donate, you can make a one time or recurring donation to V-Day. DONATE to V-Day V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid
- [ABOUT city of joy](https://www.vday.org/city-of-joy/about-city-of-joy/) - Since opening its doors in 2011, 2407 women have graduated from the CITY OF JOY, healed themselves, been nurtured, learned new skills, empowered themselves and joined into a network of love and revolution. These women have released massive trauma and horrific memories. They have danced, sung, learned their rights, performed plays, developed agricultural skills, come
- [what is one billion rising?](https://www.vday.org/one-billion-rising/what-is-one-billion-rising/) - ONE BILLION RISING is the biggest mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) in human history. The campaign, which launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women will be
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.vday.org/privacy-policy/) - V-Day understands your concerns about privacy and your interest in knowing how your information is used and shared, and so we have created this Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to provide you with more information on these topics. This Privacy Policy describes the practices, policies and procedures for the Websites we own and operate (the
- [BOARD & CORE TEAM](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/board-core-team/) - THE V-BOARD The V-Board is a group of extraordinary women who provide vision, leadership, and wisdom to help guide and support V-Day in its work. Carole Black Jennifer Buffett Rosario Dawson Jane Fonda Pat Mitchell Stephanie Nadi Olson Maya Penn Lisa Schejola Akin Regina K. Scully Susan Celia Swan V (formerly Eve Ensler) THE V-DAY
- [2025 V-Day Board Meeting](https://www.vday.org/2025-v-day-board-meeting/)
- [2025 V-Day Board Meeting-OLD](https://www.vday.org/2025-v-day-board-old/)
- [Solidarity Projects](https://www.vday.org/solidarity-projects/rising-art-artists-rising/) - V-Day identifies targeted, burgeoning grassroots movements within the movement to end violence against all women, girls and the Earth, and supports them politically and financially so they may expand and deepen their leadership capacity and train others to become leaders. V-Day’s team acts as mentors (when requested) and rapid response support to growing activist leaders.
- [ORGANIZE VOICES, ONE BILLION RISING, CITY OF JOY](https://www.vday.org/take-action/organize-voices-one-billion-rising-city-of-joy/) - VOICES CAMPAIGN Follow the campaign as it emerges on Instagram @visforvoices and voices.vday.org. Many more details to follow, we invite you to join the process. DISMANTLE PATRIARCHY, YOUTH ART CONTEST A contest challenging college students, ages 22 and under, to envision how they might change the larger societal system of patriarchy to create an accepting
- [THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/the-vagina-monologues/) - THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES In 1994, a play called The Vagina Monologues, written by playwright and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), broke ground, offering to the world a piece of art like nothing it had seen before. Based on dozens of interviews V conducted with women, the play addressed women’s sexuality and the social stigma surrounding
- [CONTACT](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/contact/) - Contact Us The best way to reach V-Day is to email us a message. Our small team works from home offices around the world. If you would like to leave a voicemail, please call 212-645-8329. Voice messages are checked on a weekly basis. If you have an immediate need or question please email us for
- [FINANCIALS/ANNUAL REPORT](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/financials-annual-report/) - V-Day’s Annual Reports and Financials 2023 Annual Report Click here for the 2023 Annual Report 2023 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of V-Day, our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people and the Earth. It was a year filled with new art, reckoning and RISING celebrating the vast grassroots, anti-violence work
- [V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER), FOUNDER](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/eve-ensler-founder/) - V is the Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, performer, and author of the Obie award-winning theatrical phenomenon The Vagina Monologues, published in over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries, and heralded by The New York Times as one of the “best American plays” of the past 25 years and that “no recent hour of theater
- [ABOUT V-DAY](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOavpgneEucV-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the Earth. V-Day believes that when art and activism come together, they have the power to transform systems and change culture. Founded by V (formerly Eve Ensler),
- [RAISE THE VIBRATION](https://www.vday.org/raise-the-vibration/) - Since V-Day first began, many new and long term activists have begun to stage their own works reflecting the voices in their communities. If you would like to foreground new voices in the conversation around ending violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people, girls and the Earth, we
- [2023 V-Day Board Meeting](https://www.vday.org/2023-v-day-board-meeting/)
- [BEYOND INCARCERATION PROJECT](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/beyond-incarceration-project/) - V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration project, launched in 2019, expands and deepens V-Day’s ongoing work with formerly incarcerated women and incarcerated women, engaging and educating activists throughout the US and worldwide in a dialogue around restorative justice. Roslyn Smith is V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project Manager. In her blog, Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration, Roz writes an ongoing series about
- [2023 Board Report](https://www.vday.org/2023-board-report/) - Here is a look at our Board Report recapping our work from July 1, 2022 – the present. This year, V-Day, the global movement working to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the Earth, commemorates V25, its twenty-fifth anniversary of activism, advocacy and organizing led by survivors, artists and activists
- [V25: Share Your V-Day Story](https://www.vday.org/v25-share-your-v-day-story/) - 2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women (cisgender and transgender), gender expansive people, girls and the Earth. YOUR work and voice have played a central role in the V-Day story and for that you have our gratitude, always. For 25 years, V-Day activists have unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence
- [PHILOSOPHY/4 CORE BELIEFS](https://www.vday.org/philosophy-4-core-beliefs/) - V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and gender non-conforming), girls and the Earth. V-Day believes that when art and activism come together, they have the power to transform systems and change culture. Founded by V (formerly Eve Ensler), activist and author of the The Vagina Monologues, V-Day
- [MISSION, INCEPTION, AND OUR WORK](https://www.vday.org/about-v-day/mission-inception-and-our-work/) - MISSION V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women, girls and the Earth. V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely. V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now. V-Day is a spirit: We believe women should spend their lives creating
- [SOCIAL MEDIA](https://www.vday.org/take-action/social-media/) - Follow V-Day on Social Media Follow City of Joy on Social Media Follow One Billion Rising on Social Media Follow Voices on Social Media
- [CITY OF JOY FILM](https://www.vday.org/city-of-joy/city-of-joy-film/) - City of Joy, the film, tells the story of the first class of women at City of Joy, and chronicles the process by which such a revolutionary place came to be, from its origins with the women survivors themselves, to the opening of the center’s doors. Directed by first-time director Madeleine Gavin, produced by Allyson
- [2022 V-Day Board Meeting](https://www.vday.org/2022-v-day-board-meeting/)
- [V-Day 2022](https://www.vday.org/vspot2022/) - Dear Activists, Thank you for your interest in staging an event or campaign in your community to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people, girls and the planet. Join us! TAKE ACTION, RISE. Our 2022 call is to connect both in a deeper, more purposeful, political, transformative
- [Gathering Testimonials about Workplace Violence in your Community](https://www.vday.org/gathering-testimonials-about-workplace-violence-in-your-community/) - This year, we are shining a spotlight on women who are experiencing or fighting workplace violence, on your campus, in your town, in your city. In addition to a Spotlight Monologue written by V (formerly Eve Ensler), we are asking each V-Day production to amplify the voices of local women through the use of testimonials to
- [Eve's 2011 Haiti Spotlight Monologue - "Myriam Merlet"](https://www.vday.org/eves-2011-haiti-spotlight-monologue-myriam-merlet/) - Myriam Merlet, was an activist and an author. She was chief of staff for the Ministry for Gender and the Rights of Women of Haiti, founded Enfofamn, which collects and promotes women’s stories, fighting for women’s rights through the media. She was extraordinary and beloved and brought V-Day and “The Vagina Monologues” to Haiti. She
- [2019 Spotlight: Women in Prison, Detention Centers, and Formerly Incarcerated Women](https://www.vday.org/2019-spotlight-women-in-prison-detention-centers-and-formerly-incarcerated-women/) - Over the past 20 years, V-Day has provided the support and tools for activists across the globe to host benefit events, including V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) The Vagina Monologues, and other artistic works in order to raise awareness and funds for grassroots groups striving to end violence against all women and girls. Every year, the V-Day Spotlight
- [2017 Spotlight: Violence Against Women In the Workplace](https://www.vday.org/2017-spotlight-violence-against-women-in-the-workplace/) - For 19 years, the V-Day movement has provided the support and tools which thousands of activists across the globe have used to host V-Day benefit events V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works to shatter taboos, change consciousness, and raise awareness and funds for grassroots groups working to end violence against women and
- [2011 & 2012 Spotlight: Women and Girls of Haiti - Why Haiti?](https://www.vday.org/2011-2012-spotlight-women-and-girls-of-haiti-why-haiti/) - Haiti, New Orleans and Congo Photo: Paula Allen To understand Haiti today, it is important to understand Haiti’s past. Like other areas of the world V-Day has focused its work on, such as the Congo and New Orleans, Haiti’s story is one that is punctuated by both struggle and revolution. Mired in a thick legacy
- [2008 SPOTLIGHT: Women of New Orleans and the Gulf South](https://www.vday.org/2008-spotlight-women-of-new-orleans-and-the-gulf-south/) - “Although we cannot prevent such events as Hurricane Katrina, we can be there with and for each other when they occur. We can extend our hand; we can remember those who have lost their homes, their jobs, their minds and their way. We can bring water and food and hammers and nails to rebuild the
- [2006 spotlight: 'Comfort Women'](https://www.vday.org/2006-spotlight-comfort-women/) - August 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. However, for the ‘comfort women,’ civilians forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military between 1932 and 1945, there has been no escape from the war and no answer for its harm. In support of these women and their fight for an official apology
- [2004 Spotlight: Women in Juarez](https://www.vday.org/2004-spotlight-women-in-juarez/) - JUAREZ, MEXICO In the past decade, over 400 women and girls have been killed or disappeared in Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Many of the victims were raped, mutilated and tortured. One of the victims was a six-year-old girl. Despite the fact that these murders have persisted over the past decade, there
- [2002 Spotlight: Afghan women](https://www.vday.org/2002-spotlight-afghan-women/) - In early 2001, the V-Day Spotlight on Afghan Women was launched to raise funds and awareness for the women in Afghanistan who had no civil or human rights under the Taliban at that time. That Spotlight evolved into a campaign, “Afghanistan Is Everywhere,” which focused on Afghan women with the broader intention to unite women
- ["SAY IT, STAGE IT: V-DAY AT TWENTY" By Susan Celia Swan and Purva Panday Cullman, from the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Vagina Monologues, by "SAY IT, STAGE IT: V-DAY AT TWENTY" By Susan Celia Swan and Purva Panday Cullman, from the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Vagina Monologues, by V (Formerly Eve Ensler)](https://www.vday.org/say-it-stage-it-v-day-at-twenty-by-susan-celia-swan-and-purva-panday-cullman-from-the-20th-anniversary-edition-of-the-vagina-monologues-by-eve-ensler/) - SAY IT, STAGE IT:V-DAY AT TWENTY Susan Celia Swan, V-Day Executive DirectorPurva Panday Cullman, V-Day Senior Programs Director Twenty years ago, V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) play The Vagina Monologues gave birth to V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls. The play and the playwright exploded onto the scene, garnering headlines and
- [2021 V-Day Board Meeting](https://www.vday.org/2021-v-day-board-meeting/)
- [Rise For and With the Women of Afghanistan](https://www.vday.org/afghanistan/) - Women of the world and our allies stand with the women – and all vulnerable groups – of Afghanistan against imperialism, militarism, fundamentalism, and fascism. None of us are free until the women of Afghanistan are free. We believe the women of Afghanistan have the right to education, to travel, to freedom of movement, to
- [Spotlight History](https://www.vday.org/spotlight-history/) - In late 2001, V-Day launched a campaign called “Afghanistan Is Everywhere” through which V-Day 2002 Organizers from the Worldwide and College Campaigns were asked to provide information at their events about the plight of the women in Afghanistan who had no civil or human rights under the Taliban at that time. They were also encouraged
- [Terms of Use](https://www.vday.org/terms-of-use/) - Terms of Use IMPORTANT – THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (“YOU” OR “YOUR”) AND V-DAY, INC. (“V-DAY” OR “WE” OR “US” OR “OUR”). V-DAY OPERATES A NUMBER OF WEBSITES, EACH WEBSITE TO WHICH THIS TERMS OF USE IS LINKED IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY V-DAY, (COLLECTIVELY THE “WEBSITES”). BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING ANY
- [DISMANTLE PATRIARCHY](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/dismantle-patriarchy/) - DISMANTLE PATRIARCHY Enter the Dismantle Patriarchy Contest to address how patriarchy impacts your life, your community, the world. How might we dismantle – take apart, break into pieces, deconstruct – patriarchy? What would it take? How would YOU do it? Be as creative as possible! Patriarchy [ pey-tree-ahr-kee ]: Patriarchy is a system of power
- [2018 Spotlight: The Resistance](https://www.vday.org/2018-spotlight-the-resistance/) - In 2018, staging a production of The Vagina Monologues or A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer is more than just a theatrical experience; it is an ARTISTIC UPRISING, a RADICAL act, an ACT OF RESISTANCE. 2018 Spotlight: The Resistance: Infuse key aspects of your production with the spirit of V20: Rise, Resist & Unite. Consider producing the
- [2011 & 2012 Spotlight: Women and Girls of Haiti](https://www.vday.org/2011-2012-spotlight-women-and-girls-of-haiti/) - Photo: Paula Allen In 2012, V-Day’s Spotlight Campaign will again focus on the Women and Girls of Haiti. The Spotlight will highlight the high levels of violence against women and girls in Haiti, and will focus on the increased rates of sexual violence since the devastating earthquake that took place in January 2010. All funds
- [2007 Spotlight: Women in Conflict Zones](https://www.vday.org/2007-spotlight-women-in-conflict-zones/) - In 2007 the V-Day Spotlight addresses Women in Conflict Zones because war exponentially increases the crimes of violence against women and girls. In equal measure the strength and resilience of women in rebuilding their communities and leading governments to peaceful solutions needs to be celebrated. For women, not just during war but for decades to
- [2005 SPOTLIGHT: Women of Iraq](https://www.vday.org/2005-spotlight-women-of-iraq/) - Since the US occupation and regime change in Iraq, women have lost more freedom than they’ve gained. Incidents of rape and abduction by organized gangs has increased fear of sexual violence in Baghdad, deterring women from returning to work or seeking employment and families from permitting their daughters to go to school. Victims refrain from
- [2003 Spotlight: Indian Country Project](https://www.vday.org/2003-spotlight-indian-country-project/) - Violence against women and girls in Indian Country is at epidemic proportions. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the rate of rape and sexual assault of Native American women is 3.5 times higher than for any other race in the United States. The rate continues to rise while Indian women and girls remain invisible
- [NEWS & BLOG](https://www.vday.org/news-blog-2/) - DEAR ACTIVISTS, A LETTER FROM V Dearest Activists, I have been doing deep reflection about our V-Day movement to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities), girls and the planet – our past and our present and where I believe we need to go in the future… I believe something
- [VOICES](https://www.vday.org/voices/) - Coming Soon
- [COMMUNICATIONS](https://www.vday.org/media/communications/) - View past press releases and e-newsletters here
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- [ONE BILLION RISING](https://www.vday.org/one-billion-rising/)
- [CITY OF JOY](https://www.vday.org/city-of-joy/)
- [ART & ACTIVISM](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/)
- [V-WORLD FARM](https://www.vday.org/city-of-joy/v-world-farm/) - The V-World Farm is a sustainable farm and permaculture project based on 338 hectares of arable land located near the village of Nyangezi, about 30 km South of Bukavu, approximately 20 km South of the City of Joy. The farm is a lush expanse of land that, in so many ways, is an extension of
- [THE APOLOGY](https://www.vday.org/art-activism/the-apology/) - Since it began, V-Day has galvanized women survivors to tell their stories, break the silence, and call out the systemic violence that perpetuates sexual violence against all women, including cis women, trans women, and those who hold fluid identities. Yet, we haven’t seen men move into the process of true apology. Of reckoning with their
- [newsletter](https://www.vday.org/take-action/newsletter/) - =GET THE LATEST V-NEWS AS IT HAPPENS & SHARE IT WIDELY Get news of actions, opportunities, and performances. Get involved, and stay involved. vday.org/vmail
- [FIND AN EVENT](https://www.vday.org/take-action/find-an-event/) - Find a Voices or Rising event in your community. http://onebillionrising.org/events
- [COMMUNICATIONS](https://www.vday.org/communications/) - content tk
- [V-DAY GRANTS](https://www.vday.org/solidarity-projects/v-day-grants/) - V-Day made a series of Solidarity grants to Grassroots organizations and activists doing frontline work. Grantees included: Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley | Ashe Cultural Arts Center | Nikki Benitez | Black Love Convergence | Casa del Migrantes | City of Knowledge | Clifton House | Connect | Gabriela | Girls
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