THE WOMEN HAVE SPOKEN Guyana’s Rising was EXPLOSIVE. The Revolution theme created an energy that no one expected. The theme “Let the Women Speak~The Revolution Unveiled” truly sent ripples across Guyana and created a platform for women to speak openly, loudly, freely without shame. The transformation began giving our women…

As President Obama noted in his State of the Union address, the U.S. is “the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers.” In fact, only one other nation – Papua New Guinea – stands with us on this particularly…

JOIN GABRIELA for a Women’s Action in NYC! When:Tues, March 17th, 12:30PM EST Where: Entrance of the United Nations (UN) @West 45th St. and 1st Ave, NYC Twenty years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action was adapted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 and the…

Photo: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ref47cSyQWEQh154WKb8z__l05f2Uq0R-TIUYQTI-yk/viewform?c=0&w=1 One Billion Rising activists from all over the world condemn the detaining of our five young activist feminist sisters from China, who were arrested right before the International Women’s Day 2015. The women were planning actions for their campaign to end sexual harassment on buses. This year marks the…

Sunday, 8 March marks International Women’s Day and activist around the world are celebrating and RISING! One Billion Rising: Revolution continues to escalate, growing out of 14 February, through 8 March all the way until 1 May, International Workers Day. This week major events are happening in Bangladesh, Guyana, India,…

It’s 4:30am here of March 8th in Manila. I am on my way on a two hour land drive to Angeles City to begin the day. It is the launch of One Billion Rising Revolution there, by our newly formed, year-old, Gabriela Angeles chapter. This chapter was born at last…

Story  Scarves  in  Soweto,  South  Africa If social  change  occurred  ‘overnight’  there  would  be  no  need  for  another  rising  in  our  community.  The  one-in-three  ratio  hasn’t  budged.  Is  abuse so  ingrained  in  our  society  that  the majority  of  South  Africans  turn  a  blind eye?  If  so,  why  rise  again? Rising  disquiets…

What an honor to be in Cuba for the first celebration of One Billion Rising! 150 of us from the United States had travelled to Cuba with CODEPINK: Women for Peace in the largest delegation of Americans to visit Cuba since the December 17, 2014 announcement of opening of diplomatic…

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