International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and her staff, joined by other officials of the Court, RISE for justice to end sexual violence against women.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: CJ Frogozo, 310-570-2622, cj(at)fitzgibbonmedia.com One Billion Rising, 917-865-6603, media(at)vday.org ONE BILLION RISING: Revolution Activists Called for Radical Shift to End Violence Against Women in Thousands of Global Events in 200 Countries Massive Youth Risings Took Place Worldwide, Campaign Trended in UK In Hong Kong, Activists Danced for…

Four men read Eve Ensler’s piece Man Prayer at One Billion Rising Santa Fe, New Mexico on 14 Feb and two of them shared their personal My Revolution Statements. Daniel Craig – Veterans For Peace “I appreciated the opportunity to participate in recognizing the need f/a shift in the status quo regarding gender….

Today was a really amazing and emotional day here in Hong Kong. Last year Erwiana, a domestic worker from Indonesia working in Hong Kong was severely tortured by her Hong Kong employer and was close to death from the cruelty and severity of the violence inflicted on her. At last…

The president of Croatia joined the City Mayor and over 1,000 activists in Flower Square at Zagreb’s center for One Billion Rising for Revolution. Drummers, and a cello and violin player opened the event, which was focusing its efforts on demands to ratify the Istanbul Convention: a measure to ban…

This speech was delivered at the Artistic UpRising, Saturday 7 Feb, at the Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC. Welcome to The Artistic Rising to all of you in this room and to all watching around the world. Tonight we launch the 3rd year of our campaign, One Billion Rising — the first year we danced and…

Port Vila Vanuatu hosted their One Billion Rising event on Friday 13th February. A flash mob was held in the market, followed by a drumming and dance performance at Alliance Francaise. Over 90 women, men and children joined in the dancing in the main market place of Port Vila.

Activists throughout Botswana are RISING to end violence against women. Check out their website HERE  

The Revolution has begun in Italy! Risers in Italy have posted details about more than 100 events happening around the country on February 14th, around the country, to the OBR Italia Facebook page. Major flash mobs will be staged tomorrow in the piazzas of every major city, and included will be a Tango Rising…