Indonesian activists shared original choreography for the One Billion Rising for Revolution Campaign in 2015 Throughout the first three years of One Billion Rising, activists have creatively used the “Break The Chain” song and choreography in their communities.   Since it was released in late 2012, the song has been translated…

Gabriela Alliance of Women – Philippines “Women RISE, Speak out, Sign Up, Dance Against Corruption, Push For Political Reforms” Last September 12th, women from all social strata converged at the Mehan Garden in Manila, Philippines to raise their voices against the continuing scourge of the pork barrel system and rampant…

The One Billion Rising campaign in India has been a most amazing mobilization in the country. In the last two years, through this campaign, we were able to open up an amazing range of sites for activism in terms of people, places and issues. At the country level, the number…

Prologue 20 years ago Eve Ensler sent a fax to the Center for Women War Victims in Zagreb offering her support; I did not know that this message would change my life. It was 1994 and the war stretched from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the flow of refugees,…

My name is Karabo Tshikube, aged 23 from South Africa Johannesburg. I was a part of the thought provoking and mind-blowing play Emotional Creature written by Eve Ensler. The journey of this play has always been amazing, as I’m doing the play for the third time now and I am…

IN SYMPATHY WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND FAMILIES IN NIGERIA FOR THE RECENT BOKO HARAM ATROCITIES GAMCOTRAP in partnership with the Child Protection Alliance (CPA) wishes to express its sympathy and concern over the recent attacks and abduction of the 200 plus Nigerian girls in the name of Islam.  We have…

GAMCOTRAP and Child Protection Alliance in the Gambia expressed solidarity with the families, people and government of Nigeria to condemn the abduction of innocent girls by Boko Haram in Nigeria.  GAMCOTRAP Executive Director, Dr. Isatou Touray in partnership with the National Coordinator for the Child protection Alliance (CPA), Mr Njundu…

by Barbara Mhangami-Ruwende, Global Coordinator for Southern Africa Two weeks ago, 234 teenage girls were kidnapped in the Nigerian city of Bornu while taking their exams. It is assumed that the girls were taken by Boko Haram, a local Islamic extremist group whose name means “western education is forbidden.” It…

Dear activists, As we reflect on ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE, the escalation and the deepening of the campaign, we want to take a quick look back and ask – What did dancing do? “Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together….