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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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What happens when you start trusting women? We have the receipts (The Guardian)

Published: 14 February 2023

As reported in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/13/v-day-womens-rights-activism-gender-feminism The playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) and a group of activists started a global movement for women’s rights in 1998. On V-Day’s 25th anniversary, they tell us what happened in their communities after they took action The pushback against women in this moment is…

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V25 Short Video Released #ThisIsV25

Published: 14 February 2023

Today V-Day, the global movement working to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet, marks #V25, its twenty-fifth anniversary of activism, advocacy and organizing led by survivors, artists and activists around the world. The very first V-Day benefit of founder V (formerly Eve Ensler)’s play The…

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V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION

Published: 13 February 2023

V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION:  V-Day Commemorates Twenty-Five Years of Global, Grassroots Activism, the Release of New Audioplay VOICES, & New Memoir Reckoning by Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler) After twenty-five years, V-Day reflects on its legacy of organizing to end violence against women, girls and the planet; supporting grassroots anti-violence…

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Share Your One Billion Rising 2023 Footage and Photos With Us!

Published: 13 February 2023

Nepal, Credit: Rita Thapa (OBR Nepal Coordinator) Please heavily document your event. We’re especially interested in Photos, Videos & Online/Zoom recordings. Over the past years, on or around 14 February, thousands of Risings took place around the world, in hundreds of cities, in virtually every country on earth. We have…

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On 14 Feb, the World is RISING, Activists will RISE FOR FREEDOM & to Create the New Culture

Published: 9 February 2023

READY TO RISE? This Year Activists Celebrate 10 Years of OBR and 25 of V-Day as They RISE Join survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe as we RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture and address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems…

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We are RISING FOR FREEDOM in 2023

Published: 9 February 2023

Join us as survivors, artists and activists RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture and address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the body of…

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V25 is here: V-Day Activists Gathered in NYC for An Evening of Reckoning and Rising

Published: 7 February 2023

2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women (cisgender and transgender), gender expansive people, girls and the planet. For 25 years, V-Day has worked at the intersection of arts and activism to shatter taboos, create space for women and the most marginalized, and initiate…

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One Billion Rising Events Taking Place Worldwide

Published: 23 January 2023

On 14 February, the world is RISING Activists around the World will RISE FOR FREEDOM & to Create the New Culture, Freedom from Patriarchy, Capitalism, Impunity, Poverty, Oppression, Division, Exploitation, Shame, Control, Individualism, Greed, Violence  Join us as survivors, artists and activists RISE For Freedom & to Create the New…

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