INTERSECTIONAL ISSUES COUNTRIES ROSE FOR:
Apart from the more known forms of VAW: sexual and physical violence (rape/ battery/ incest/ trafficking/ domestic violence/ sexual harassment – which all countries highlighted – these are some examples of other intersectional and focus issues countries rose for that highlight the expanse and depth of the global Risings.to
 

Croatia:
Rising to demand ratification of Istanbul Convention to combat VAW/ to end the rise of right-wing politics/ to end femicide

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Rising to end partner violence against women

 

UK:
Rising for migrants rights/ domestic worker rights/ refugee rights

 

Poland:
Rising for youth and elderly rights/ changes to laws protecting women/ to end femicide

 

Italy:
Rising for political changes/ implementation of no-gender education in schools/ social service assistance to women survivors of violence

 

Germany:
Rising to end femicide/ to empower youth/ for refugee rights

 

Portugal:
Rising for environmental justice, to end environmental plunder/ rising for refugee rights/ rising for Palestinian youth activists Ahed Tamimi/ rising to defend the sacred

 

USA (New Mexico):
Rising for rights of indigenous women/ land rights

 

USA (New York/ LA/ Seattle/ DC):
Rising to end imperialist policies, militarization, police brutality, racism, economic injustice, neo liberal policies/ rising for migrants rights and LGBTQI rights

 

USA (Oakland):
Rising for healing, belonging, remembering

 

USA (Miami):
Rising for access and information on rights surrounding VAW/ justice for Haiti

 

Swaziland:
Rising to end femicide and cultural barriers that hinder women from participating in electoral process/ to elect women into decision making positions in legislative bodies

 

Gabon:
Rising to end sexual exploitation of young girls forced into prostitution/ to end HIV and Aids

 

Zimbabwe:
Rising to end sexual violence in connection with HIV and Aids/ feminized poverty/ economic oppression and exploitation of girls

 

Cameroon:
Rising for peace, unity and empowerment for women/ to end violence against women in conflict zones

 

Zambia:
Rising to end child marriages

 

Lesotho:
Rising for sex education/ to end economic abuse

 

Uganda:
Rising to remember the targeted, indiscriminate murders of women in Entebbe/ to end kidnaps for ransom

 

Togo:
Rising to empower women to be peace makers

 

Nigeria:
Rising to end War, Religious and Ethnic feuds, the killing of women, and the sexual abuse and rape in schools and religious places/ Rising to end child marriage

 

Namibia:
Rising to end femicide, hate crimes, homophobia and transphobia, unemployment

 

Malawi:
Rising to end cultural practices that promote VAW/ to end inequality, discrimination and poverty/ to end early pregnancies/ rising for education for girls

 

Kenya:
Rising for education for girls/ rising to end female genital mutilation

 

Ghana:
Rising to implement the divorce law

 

Congo:
Rising to end discrimination and racism/ to end environmental plunder and destruction, corporate greed, economic violence, poverty, slavery, state brutality, repression and war

 

South Asia:
Rising for property rights for women/ to end economic injustice, capitalism, religious intolerance, environmental injustice, gender mainstreaming in the media and all forms of discrimination

 

Bangladesh:
Rising for domestic workers rights/ indigenous women’s rights/ to end state instigated violence towards minority women/ access to equal work and pay and resources for rural women/ freedom of movement on the streets/ right to occupy public spaces/ access to public spaces/ masculinities and how this is disempowering for young boys

 

Philippines:
Rising to end fascism, tyranny, misogyny, state repression and brutality, war on drugs, dictatorship, neo liberal policies, anti-poor policies/ to end culture of thinking that is perpetuated and encouraged by capitalism/ rising for social justice, protection, and for security and justice for women human rights defenders/ rising against all socio-economic and political systems that perpetuate and create violence

 

Hong Kong:
Rising for migrant domestic worker rights/ to end modern day slavery, social exclusion, forced migration, poverty and unemployment

 

Indonesia:
Rising for farmers rights, migrants rights and domestic worker rights

 

India:
Rising to end growing violence on minority and oppressed communities such as Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim, Transgender and disabled people, human rights journalists, children/ rising to end hate politics/ rising for gender and disability rights/ rising against violence in conflict zones

 

Mongolia:
Rising with a focus on eliminating victim-blaming culture/ rising for legislation to protect victims and survivors

 

Pakistan:
Rising for women’s property rights/ to end dowry abuse/ for girls education

 

Nepal:
Rising to end VAW and discrimination based on class and property rights/ to end discrimination based on caste and ethnicity/ to end economic injustice and capitalism

 

Taiwan:
Rising for migrant workers rights

 

Sydney:
Rising for migrant rights, rights of women workers, indigenous people’s rights

 

Mexico:
Rising for domestic workers rights/ to end all forms of human trafficking

 

Guatemala:
Rising to empower young girls/ Rising for education in violence prevention