Newsletter

12 Feb

Posted at 13:02h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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, poetry, documentary films, online discussions, panels & events; training with men; allies, flash mobs, and marches and more. A rising is a call for collective action to resist authoritarianism, threats to our bodies and environmental destruction. We stand in solidarity with all survivors of sexual violence. We...

01 Feb

Posted at 11:39h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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, OBR Sudan & Egypt Coordinator / Former Director of Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre and the coordinator of Feminist Transformative Leadership CREA Sudan project, and V (formerly EVE ENSLER), Tony and Obie award winning playwright, activist and founder of V-Day and One Billion Rising and feature NIEMAT AHMADI,...

16 Jan

Posted at 02:26h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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 us to come together to protect our earth and our future." – Jane Fonda Dear Everything follows a group of young people in a small town whose determination to save their local forest endows them with powers they never knew they had. Dear Everything reminds us of our...

30 Dec

Posted at 11:44h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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 and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the Earth. Photo Credits: Australia (Lyn McCarthy), South Africa (OBR South Africa), Hong Kong (@phyang81), Eswatini (Colani Hlatjwako), India (Jagori Grameen), Philippines (Sarah Elago) This year, V-Day and One Billion Rising activists once again shattered traditions,...

23 Dec

Posted at 12:55h in City of Joy, Newsletter, V-Day

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 were in attendance. The graduates - deeply affected by the ongoing political, security and health crisis sweeping across Eastern Congo, expressed their outrage at the horrors of war ravaging the DRC which disproportionately impact women and children and criticized the silence of the Congolese authorities. They...

18 Dec

Posted at 13:50h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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 art and activism come together, they can transform systems and change culture. We believe that change takes time and that giving is an act of solidarity. Communities know what they need the most and sharing is an act of caring. By investing in grassroots projects, we are...

27 Nov

Posted at 11:40h in Newsletter, V-Day

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 violation and that home is the most dangerous place for a woman (UN Women). They rise against a wave of war, fascism, white supremacy, misogyny, femicide, homophobia, transphobia, corporate greed, and climate destruction, centering the voices and experiences of the most marginalized and excluded who face...

25 Nov

Posted at 10:23h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

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 rapist to the US Presidency evidence that governments are moving to the right. Across the globe, we see governments led by authoritarian, corrupt leaders rolling back women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, undermining democratic institutions, denying human rights, enforcing militarization, banning books and erasing history, shutting down dissent...

19 Nov

Posted at 18:58h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

V-Day's Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan Won Two Anthem Awards We are thrilled to announce that Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan has won two Anthem Awards. The V-Day series received the Silver award for Social Media Content, Campaign and Global Awareness Campaign in the Education, Arts & Culture category. Anthem Award Winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and this year was the most competitive season yet with more than 2,300 entries submitted from 34 countries worldwide. We honor and thank the brave Afghan women who shared their stories from inside Afghanistan and...

18 Oct

Posted at 12:04h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

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 yet with more than 2,300 entries submitted from 34 countries worldwide. Every day, the rights of millions of women in Afghanistan continue to be violated, stripped and threatened. The Afghan Women Speak series amplifies the stories and voices of Afghan women who can never be silenced. Each...