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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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V-DAY and Democracy By Zillah Eisenstein

Published: 17 February 2023

I have “risen” for/with V-Day and OBR for the past decade. This year feels different. It is different. Maybe it is because I live in the US where women have lost the right to abortion that we had for the past 50 years. But maybe it is also because of the visibility of the “woman-led revolution” in Iran, and the Ukrainian women snipers, and the women activists in Chile and Brazil. We can see women demanding democracy even if there are endless attempts to make us invisible.

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V25 is HERE: Your Story is the Story of the Movement, We Invite You To Share It

Published: 14 February 2023

2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet. YOUR work and voice have played a central role in the V-Day story and for that you have our gratitude, always. For 25 years, V-Day has unleashed vast grassroots,…

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