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12 Jan

Posted at 16:56h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

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 art and activism to change culture and systems. We have accomplished so much. Now we must do more. We are a movement that has always met the moment. The moment is NOW. WELCOME TO V-SEASON 2021 VOICES CAMPAIGN: Voices is a new interdisciplinary performance arts project and campaign grounded...

08 Jan

Posted at 13:44h in One Billion Rising

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 Rising), Monique Wilson (OBR Global Director), Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Director) and a sharing by Nandar -a feminist advocate from Myanmar. OBR Myanmar 2021 activities will also be shared during the launch - an artistic T-shirt campaign, OBR cycling event to an organic farm which...

08 Jan

Posted at 13:39h in One Billion Rising

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 festival put together by Reena Mohan and Aanchal Kapur of Kriti and Sangat. There will also be some conversations with the innovators and film makers” Rising Gardens Film Festival films of courage, compassion and hope by One Billion Rising South Asia, Sangat and Kriti Film Club curated by Reena Mohan Four weekends, Four Months,...

04 Jan

Posted at 13:34h in One Billion Rising

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 including on talk shows to make men also own this vision. We also planted trees and named them OBR as a sign of commitment to end all forms of violence against women and girls ...

04 Jan

Posted at 13:33h in One Billion Rising

(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. ...

30 Dec

Posted at 10:52h in Newsletter

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 and Love. This Giving season consider supporting V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people and the planet. 31 December is the last day to make charitable donations in order to claim them on...

23 Dec

Posted at 16:34h in Newsletter, V-Day, Voices

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 magic. We are extending our submission deadline to allow for more space for Black women to be in deep listening, introspection, and creative flow.   Our prompts are here to help you along the journey. Submit and share with your girls.” - VOICES Submit your story...

19 Dec

Posted at 09:22h in V-Day

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 some time, confronted us. He was armed with a lash and a Kalashnikov, had a long, unruly beard, wore a turban, and had menacing eyes. He ordered us to go to the local police office, and I trembled with fear. My mother began to plead, saying,...

18 Dec

Posted at 14:47h in One Billion Rising

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 the call of #solidarity by visiting a woman who is a victim of abuse. They believe if all of us can come together and support survivors of violence in anyway possible, as well as empower other women who might be or have been in abusive relationships can...

18 Dec

Posted at 14:45h in One Billion Rising

(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. ...