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Join Us in Atlanta: An Evening of Reckoning and Rising

Published: 15 August 2023

Join Us! On Sunday, 8 October, V-Day and The Carter Center will present An Evening of Reckoning and Rising featuring V (formerly Eve Ensler), V-Day Board Members Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Maya Penn & Pat Mitchell; City of Joy co-Founder and Director of V-Day Congo Christine Schuler Deschryver; Joaquina Kalukango…

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The Transformative Power of Spoken Word: “Right/Write to Heal” New York Joins Abolition Night in Portland, Maine

Published: 6 July 2023

In a powerful display of solidarity and creative expression, participants from Right/Write to Heal New York traveled to Portland, Maine, to participate in the second annual “Abolition Night” at the STRAND THEATRE in Rockland, Maine. The Right/Write to Heal Initiative is a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice…

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V’s Birthday Wish: Give to the World the Thing that You Want the Most

Published: 25 May 2023

25 May is our visionary Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler)’s 70th birthday! To celebrate this milestone, and to commemorate 25 years of V-Day – the movement that she launched with her pathbreaking play The Vagina Monologues – we are raising funds for V-Day’s ongoing work across the planet. It is…

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“Prima Facie” Sparks Dialogue: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Published: 19 May 2023

New Play Prima Facie Sparks Dialogue About Sexuality, Masculinity & Consent: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Prima Facie is the award-winning new play starring Jodie Comer, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin, currently running on Broadway. The play follows a young female barrister…

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We RISE for Mother Earth; Activists RISE for Freedom in 99 Countries

Published: 21 April 2023

We RISE for Mother Earth On Earth Day and every day we RISE for Climate Justice & Mother Earth. We amplify the connections between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of the earth. The global climate crisis impacts communities around the world. Women and girls suffer the most in…

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‘DOING TIME – A WOMAN’S VIEW’ ANIMATED SHORT FILM RELEASED

Published: 10 April 2023

By Right/Write to Heal: Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Their Own Voices, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) and Human Pictures ‘DOING TIME’ Released for V25, the 25th Anniversary of the V-Day, the Global…

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Across 92 countries, Activists RISE for Freedom & Create the New Culture for ONE BILLION RISING 2023 (Photo Essay)

Published: 3 April 2023

Published in Women’s ENews (2 April 2023) From February – 22 April (Earth Day), survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe are rising For Freedom & to Create the New Culture to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism…

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With gratitude on International Women’s Day, Rising for Freedom & Creating the New Culture; WATCH V & Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement

Published: 8 March 2023

On International Women’s Day, Our Gratitude for 25 Years of Global Grassroots Art & Activism, RISING for Freedom & Creating the New Culture This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the survivors, activists and artists whose grassroots art and activism have created our global activist movement to end violence against women,…

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WATCH V & Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement

Published: 8 March 2023

V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day Board member emeritus Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement “Solidarity is the Key to Everything” – V (formerly Eve Ensler) In honor of V-Day’s 25th anniversary, actor/producer/activist and former V-Day Board member Kerry Washington and V (formerly Eve Ensler) talked about what solidarity…

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Activists RISING for Freedom Across the Globe

Published: 1 March 2023

Activists Across the Globe are RISING for Freedom & to Create the New Culture Activists across the globe are rising for freedom & to create the new culture in order to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today…

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